What Does Nehemiah 4:7 Mean?

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”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“But it came to pass that when Sanballat”

sanballat, a persian satrap of samaria

“and Tobiah”

tobijah, the name of three israelites and of one samaritan

“and the Arabians”

an arabian or inhabitant of arab (i.e., arabia)

“and the Ammonites”

an ammonite or (the adjective) ammonitish

“and the Ashdodites”

an ashdodite (often collectively) or inhabitant of asdod

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

“were made up”

wholeness (literally or figuratively)

“that the walls”

a wall of protection

“of Jerusalem”

jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“began”

properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin

“and that the breaches”

to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)

“to be stopped”

to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret

“wroth”

to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy

“then they were very”

properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or