King James Version
Nehemiah 4:1 in the King James Version says “But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and m...” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.”
Nehemiah 4:1 · KJV
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? fortify: Heb. leave to themselves
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“heard”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“But it came to pass that when Sanballat”
H5571sanballat, a persian satrap of samaria
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“he was wroth”
H2734to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
“and mocked”
H3932to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“the Jews”
H3064a jehudite (i.e., judaite or jew), or descendant of jehudah (i.e., judah)
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