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They sentוַיִּשְׁלְחוּto meאֵלַיaccording to this wordכַּדָּבָר הַזֶּהfourאַרְבַּעtimes,פְּעָמִיםand I repliedוָאָשִׁיבto themאוֹתָםaccording to this word.כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה
Nehemiah 6:4
Study it in the app“They sent to me according to this word four times, and I replied to them according to this word.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 6:4, word by word
- They sentיִּשְׁלְחוּyishlchu
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlchu” appears- according to this wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “peamim” appears- and I repliedאָשִׁיבashiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “ashiv” appears
The context
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?”
4 · This verse (above)
5And Sanballat sent to me according to this word a fifth time his young man with an open letter in his hand.