King James Version
Nehemiah 6:5 in the King James Version says “Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;”
Nehemiah 6:5 · KJV
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words. Gashmu: or, Geshem
And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto me in like manner”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his servant”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“with an open”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
“in his hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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