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For this purposeלְמַעַןhe wasהוּאhired:שָׂכוּרso thatלְמַעַןI would be afraidאִירָאand actוְאֶעֱשֶׂהsoכֵּןand sin,וְחָטָאתִיand it would becomeוְהָיָהfor themלָהֶםan evilרָעname,לְשֵׁםso thatלְמַעַןthey could reproach me.יְחָרְפוּנִי
Nehemiah 6:13
Study it in the app“For this purpose he was hired: so that I would be afraid and act so and sin, and it would become for them an evil name, so that they could reproach me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 6:13, word by word
- hiredשָׂכוּרsachur
hire
Hire: pay someone for work or for the use of something.
Where else “sachur” appears- I would be afraidאִירָאira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “ira” appears- and actאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears- and sinחָטָאתִיchatati
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatati” appears- and it would becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- an evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- they could reproach meיְחָרְפוּyecharfu
reproach
To defy or humble someone with words, to put them to shame.
Where else “yecharfu” appears
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14Remember, my Elohim, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of his, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were frightening me.