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Forכִּיall of themכֻלָּםwere frighteningמְיָרְאִיםus,אוֹתָנוּsaying,לֵאמֹר“Their handsיְדֵיהֶםwill slackenיִרְפּוּfromמִןthe work,הַמְּלָאכָהand it will notוְלֹאbe done.”תֵעָשֶׂהAnd now,וְעַתָּהstrengthenחַזֵּקmy hands.יָדָי
Nehemiah 6:9
Study it in the app“For 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 6:9, word by word
- were frighteningמְיָרְאִיםmeyarim
be fearsome
To be so great or powerful that one inspires awe and respect.
Where else “meyarim” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Their handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- will slackenיִרְפּוּyirpu
go limp
To grow feeble, be discouraged.
Where else “yirpu” appears- the workמְּלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears- be doneתֵעָשֶׂהtease
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “tease” appears- strengthenחַזֵּקchazek
repair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “chazek” appears
Translation note
“Strengthen my hands”: the Hebrew does not say whom he is addressing; it can be understood that Nehemiah turns to God in the middle of the narrative.
The context
8And 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.”
9 · This verse (above)
10And I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, and he was shut in; and he said, “Let us meet at the house of Elohim, inside the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; and by night they are coming to kill you.”