Study it in the app“In it was written, “Among the nations it has been heard, and Gashmu says it: you and the Jews are planning to rebel; therefore you are building the wall; and you are to become their king, according to these words.”
In it was written,כָּתוּב בָּהּ“Among the nationsבַּגּוֹיִםit has been heard,נִשְׁמָעand Gashmuוְגַשְׁמוּsays it:אֹמֵרyouאַתָּהand the Jewsוְהַיְּהוּדִיםare planningחֹשְׁבִיםto rebel;לִמְרוֹדthereforeעַל כֵּןyouאַתָּהare buildingבוֹנֶהthe wall;הַחוֹמָהand youוְאַתָּהare to becomeהֹוֶהtheirלָהֶםking,לְמֶלֶךְaccording to these words.כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katuv” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “nishma” 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 “gashmu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omer” appearsJew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudim” appearsdevise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “choshvim” appearsrebel
Rebel: refuse to obey the one in authority.
Where else “merod” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “vone” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appearsbe
To exist or be in a certain state; to come to be something.
Where else “hove” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears“Gashmu” is another form of the name of Geshem the Arab (6:1).
5And Sanballat sent to me according to this word a fifth time his young man with an open letter in his hand.
6 · This verse (above)
7And you have also set up prophets to proclaim about you in Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah.’ And now it will be heard by the king according to these words. So now come, and let us take counsel together.”
