Nehemiah 6:16

“It happened that when all our enemies heard, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they fell greatly in their own eyes, and they knew that from our Elohim this work had been done.”

Nehemiah 6:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Nehemiah 6:16, word by word

It happenedיְהִיyehi

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

Where else “yehi” appears
our enemiesאוֹיְבֵיoyve

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

Where else “oyve” appears
heardשָׁמְעוּshamu

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

Where else “shamu” appears
the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
around usסְבִיבֹתֵיsevivote

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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were afraidיִּרְאוּyiru

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “yiru” appears
and they fellיִּפְּלוּyiplu

fall

To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.

Where else “yiplu” appears
greatlyמְאֹדmeod

very

To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.

Where else “meod” appears
in their own eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

Where else “ene” appears
and they knewיֵּדְעוּyedu

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yedu” appears
our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
workמְּלָאכָהmelacha

work

The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.

Where else “melacha” appears
had been doneנֶעֶשְׂתָהneesta

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “neesta” appears

The context

15So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

16 · This verse (above)

17Also in those days the nobles of Judah were multiplying their letters going to Tobiah, and those of Tobiah were coming to them.

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