sanvalat · Sanballat

What it means

sanvalat (סַנְבַלַּט) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Sanballat”.

The main adversary of Nehemiah, called "the Horonite". He had authority in Samaria.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• Nehemiah 2:10

  And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard, and it seemed to them a great evil that a man had come to seek the good of the sons of Israel.

• Nehemiah 2:19

  But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, and they mocked us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

• Nehemiah 4:1

  It happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he burned with anger and was greatly irritated, and he mocked the Jews.

• Nehemiah 4:7

  It happened that when Sanballat and Tobiah, and the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward, that the breaches had begun to be closed, they burned with anger greatly;

• Nehemiah 6:1

  It happened that when it was heard by Sanballat and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arab and by the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall and no breach was left in it —though up to that time I had not set up doors in the gates—

• Nehemiah 6:2

  Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to do me harm.

• Nehemiah 6:5

  And Sanballat sent to me according to this word a fifth time his young man with an open letter in his hand.

• Nehemiah 6:12

  And I recognized, and in fact, that it was not Elohim who had sent him, but he had spoken the prophecy against me, and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

• Nehemiah 6:14

  Remember, my Elohim, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of his, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were frightening me.

• Nehemiah 13:28

  And one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; so I chased him away from me.