And Iוַאֲנִיwent intoבָאתִיthe houseבֵּיתof Shemaiahשְׁמַעְיָהsonבֶןof Delaiah,דְּלָיָהsonבֶּןof Mehetabel,מְהֵיטַבְאֵלand heוְהוּאwasshut in;עָצוּרand he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Let us meetנִוָּעֵדatאֶלthe houseבֵּיתof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםinsideאֶל תּוֹךְthe temple,הַהֵיכָלand let us shutוְנִסְגְּרָהthe doorsדַּלְתוֹתof the temple,הַהֵיכָלforכִּיthey are comingבָּאִיםto kill you;לְהָרְגֶךָand by nightוְלַיְלָהthey are comingבָּאִיםto kill you.”לְהָרְגֶךָ
Nehemiah 6:10
Study it in the app“And I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, and he was shut in; and he said, “Let us meet at the house of Elohim, inside the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; and by night they are coming to kill you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 6:10, word by word
- went intoבָאתִיvati
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vati” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of Shemaiahשְׁמַעְיָהshemaya
Shemaiah
Shemaiah: a name meaning "Yah has heard." About twenty-five people in the Bible bear it; among them the man of Elohim who told Rehoboam not to fight against Israel (1 Kings 12:22).
Where else “shemaya” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Delaiahדְּלָיָהdelaya
Delaiah
Delaiah: the name of several Israelites. The name means "YHWH has drawn out" (as one draws water from a well).
Where else “delaya” appears- of Mehetabelמְהֵיטַבְאֵלmehetavel
Mehetabel
Mehetabel, the wife of King Hadar of Edom; also a man in the days of Nehemiah.
Where else “mehetavel” appears- shut inעָצוּרatsur
restrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “atsur” appears- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Let us meetנִוָּעֵדnivaed
meet
To meet someone at the place and time agreed.
Where else “nivaed” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- insideתּוֹךְtoch
inside
The inside of a place or an enclosed space.
Where else “toch” appears- the templeהֵיכָלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears- and let us shutנִסְגְּרָהnisgra
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “nisgra” appears- the doorsדַּלְתוֹתdaltot
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “daltot” appears- to kill youהָרְגֶharge
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harge” appears- and by nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears
The context
9For all of them were frightening us, saying, “Their hands will slacken from the work, and it will not be done.” And now, strengthen my hands.
10 · This verse (above)
11But I said, “Should a man like me flee? And who is there like me who would go into the temple and live? I will not go in.”