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And I sentוָאֶשְׁלְחָהto him,אֵלָיוsaying,לֵאמֹר“It has notלֹאhappenedנִהְיָהaccording to these wordsכַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּהthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהare saying,אוֹמֵרbutכִּיout ofמִyour own heartלִּבְּךָyouאַתָּהare inventing them.”בוֹדָאם
Nehemiah 6:8
Study it in the app“And I sent to him, saying, “It has not happened according to these words that you are saying, but out of your own heart you are inventing them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 6:8, word by word
- And I sentאֶשְׁלְחָeshlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “eshlach” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- happenedנִהְיָהnihya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “nihya” appears- according to these wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- your own heartלִּבְּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- are inventing themבוֹדָאvoda
devise, invent
Devise, invent something on one's own. In the Bible it appears only twice (1 Kings 12:33; Nehemiah 6:8), both times of something a person makes up himself.
Where else “voda” appears
The context
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.”
8 · This verse (above)
9For all of them were frightening us, saying, “Their hands will slacken from the work, and it will not be done.” And now, strengthen my hands.