I looked,וָאֵרֶאand rose,וָאָקוּםand saidוָאֹמַרtoאֶלthe nobles,הַחֹרִיםtoוְאֶלthe officials,הַסְּגָנִיםand toוְאֶלthe restיֶתֶרof the people,הָעָם“Do notאַלbe afraidתִּירְאוּbefore them.מִפְּנֵיהֶםRememberזְכֹרוּAdonai,אֲדֹנָיthe greatהַגָּדוֹלand fearsome,וְהַנּוֹרָאand fightוְהִלָּחֲמוּforעַלyour brothers,אֲחֵיכֶםyour sonsבְּנֵיכֶםand your daughters,וּבְנֹתֵיכֶםyour wivesנְשֵׁיכֶםand your houses.”וּבָתֵּיכֶם
Nehemiah 4:14
Study it in the app“I looked, and rose, and said to the nobles, to the officials, and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid before them. Remember Adonai, the great and fearsome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.””
Nehemiah urges the people not to fear and to remember AdonaiCourage
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 4:14, word by word
- I lookedאֵרֶאere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- and roseאָקוּםakum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “akum” appears- and saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- the noblesחֹרִיםchorim
noble
Noble: a free person of rank in a city, one of those who had a say in its affairs together with the elders.
Where else “chorim” appears- the officialsסְּגָנִיםseganim
official, magistrate
Official, magistrate: one who holds a government office under a higher chief. In Ezra and Nehemiah, the authorities of the people together with the leaders.
Where else “seganim” appears- the restיֶתֶרyeter
rest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yeter” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- be afraidתִּירְאוּtiru
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tiru” appears- before themפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- Rememberזְכֹרוּzechoru
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zechoru” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- the greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- and fightהִלָּחֲמוּhilachamu
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachamu” appears- your brothersאֲחֵיache
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appears- your sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- and your daughtersבְנֹתֵיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- your wivesנְשֵׁיneshe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appears- and your housesבָתֵּיvate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vate” appears
The context
13So I stationed in the lowest parts of the place behind the wall, in the exposed places; I stationed the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 · This verse (above)
15It happened that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that Elohim had annulled their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, each to his work.