Remember,זָכְרָהmy Elohim,אֱלֹהַיTobiahלְטוֹבִיָּהand Sanballatוּלְסַנְבַלַּטaccording to theseכְּ אֵלֶּהworks of his,מַעֲשָׂיוand alsoוְגַםNoadiahלְנוֹעַדְיָהthe prophetessהַנְּבִיאָהand the restוּלְיֶתֶרof the prophetsהַנְּבִיאִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere frighteningהָיוּ מְיָרְאִיםme.אוֹתִי
Nehemiah 6:14
Study it in the app“Remember, 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 6:14, word by word
- Rememberזָכְרָzachra
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zachra” appears- my Elohimאֱלֹהַeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- Tobiahטוֹבִיָּהtoviya
Tobijah
Tobijah: name of several people. It means "good is Yah."
Where else “toviya” appears- and Sanballatסַנְבַלַּטsanvalat
Sanballat
Sanballat: the main adversary of Nehemiah, called "the Horonite". He had authority in Samaria.
Where else “sanvalat” appears- works of hisמַעֲשָׂיmaasay
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maasay” appears- Noadiahנוֹעַדְיָהnoadya
Noadiah
Noadiah: a name meaning "YHWH has met". A Levite of Ezra's time (Ezra 8:33) and a prophetess opposed to Nehemiah (Nehemiah 6:14).
Where else “noadya” appears- the prophetessנְּבִיאָהnevia
prophetess
Prophetess: a woman who speaks on behalf of God.
Where else “nevia” appears- and the restיֶתֶרyeter
rest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yeter” appears- of the prophetsנְּבִיאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- were frighteningהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- were frighteningמְיָרְאִיםmeyarim
be fearsome
To be so great or powerful that one inspires awe and respect.
Where else “meyarim” appears
The context
13For 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.
14 · This verse (above)
15So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.