It happenedוַיְהִיthat whenכַּאֲשֶׁרallכָּלour enemiesאוֹיְבֵינוּheard,שָׁמְעוּallכָּלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםthatאֲשֶׁרwerearound usסְבִיבֹתֵינוּwere afraid,וַיִּרְאוּand they fellוַיִּפְּלוּgreatlyמְאֹדin their own eyes,בְּעֵינֵיהֶםand they knewוַיֵּדְעוּthatכִּיfromמֵאֵתour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּthisהַזֹּאתworkהַמְּלָאכָהhad been done.נֶעֶשְׂתָה
Nehemiah 6:16
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “sevivote” appears- 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.