Study it in the app“Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to do me harm.”
Sanballatסַנְבַלַּטand Geshemוְגֶשֶׁםsentוַיִּשְׁלַחto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר“Come,לְכָהand let us meetוְנִוָּעֲדָהtogetherיַחְדָּוin the villagesבַּכְּפִירִיםin the plainבְּבִקְעַתof Ono.”אוֹנוֹBut theyוְהֵמָּהwere planningחֹשְׁבִיםto doלַעֲשׂוֹתmeלִיharm.רָעָה
Sanballat
Sanballat: the main adversary of Nehemiah, called "the Horonite". He had authority in Samaria.
Where else “sanvalat” appearsGeshem, Gashmu
Geshem: the name of an Arab leader who, with Sanballat and Tobiah, opposed Nehemiah's building of the wall. In Nehemiah 6:6 he appears as "Gashmu".
Where else “geshem” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsgo along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “lecha” appearsmeet
To meet someone at the place and time agreed.
Where else “nivaada” appearstogether
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appearsvillage
Small unwalled towns of the countryside.
Where else “kefirim” appearsplain, valley
Broad plain between mountains; wide valley.
Where else “vikat” appearsOno
Ono: a city of Benjamin, near Lod.
Where else “ono” appearsdevise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “choshvim” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appearsharm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appears“In the villages”: it may also be the name of a place, Kephirim.
1It happened that when it was heard by Sanballat and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arab and by the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall and no breach was left in it —though up to that time I had not set up doors in the gates—
2 · This verse (above)
3So I sent messengers to them, saying, “A great work I am doing, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”
