Nehemiah 4:3-7

4:3

Tobiah <02900> [Tobiah.]

4:4

Hear <08085> [Hear.]

despised <0939> [despised. Heb. despite. turn.]

4:5

cover ... iniquity <03680 05771> [cover not.]

sin <02403> [their sin.]

builders <01129> [before the builders.]

4:6

wall ..... wall <02346> [and all the wall.]

That is, the whole circuit of the wall was completed unto half the intended height.

people <05971> [for the people.]

The original is very emphatic, {wyhee laiv l‰ƒm l„ƒsoth,} "for the people had a heart to work." Their heart was engaged in it, and they went about it cheerfully and vigorously.

<03820> [had a mind.]

4:7

Sanballat <05571> [Sanballat.]

Ammonites <05984> [the Ammonites.]

Ashdod <0796> [Ashdodites.]

When <08085> [heard.]

restoration <0724> [were made up. Heb. ascended. then.]