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Alsoגַּםin thoseבַּ הָהֵםdaysיָּמִיםthe noblesחֹרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהwere multiplyingמַרְבִּיםtheir lettersאִגְּרֹתֵיהֶםgoingהוֹלְכוֹתto Tobiah,עַל טוֹבִיָּהand thoseוַאֲשֶׁרof Tobiahלְטוֹבִיָּהwere comingבָּאוֹתto them.אֲלֵיהֶם
Nehemiah 6:17
Study it in the app“Also in those days the nobles of Judah were multiplying their letters going to Tobiah, and those of Tobiah were coming to them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 6:17, word by word
- daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- the noblesחֹרֵיchore
noble
Noble: a free person of rank in a city, one of those who had a say in its affairs together with the elders.
Where else “chore” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- were multiplyingמַרְבִּיםmarbim
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “marbim” appears- their lettersאִגְּרֹתֵיigrote
letter
Letter: a written message that is sent. A word of the late books (Chronicles, Nehemiah, Esther).
Where else “igrote” appears- goingהוֹלְכוֹתholchot
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchot” appears- to Tobiahטוֹבִיָּהtoviya
Tobijah
Tobijah: name of several people. It means "good is Yah."
Where else “toviya” appears- were comingבָּאוֹתbaot
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baot” appears
The context
16It 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.
17 · This verse (above)
18For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was son-in-law to Shecaniah son of Arah, and Jehohanan his son had taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.