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But I said,וָאֹמְרָה“Shouldהַa manאִישׁlike meכָּמוֹנִיflee?יִבְרָחAnd whoוּמִיis therelike meכָמוֹנִיwhoאֲשֶׁרwould goיָבוֹאintoאֶלthe templeהַהֵיכָלand live?וָחָיI will notלֹאgo in.”אָבוֹא
Nehemiah 6:11
Study it in the app“But 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 6:11, word by word
- But I saidאֹמְרָomra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omra” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- fleeיִבְרָחyivrach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “yivrach” appears- would goיָבוֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- the templeהֵיכָלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears- and liveחָיchay
live
Live.
Where else “chay” appears
Translation note
“And live”: it can be understood “to save his life,” or that someone who was not a priest could not enter the temple and stay alive (Numbers 18:7).
The context
10And 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.”
11 · This verse (above)
12And I recognized, and in fact, that it was not Elohim who had sent him, but he had spoken the prophecy against me, and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.