Nehemiah 4:1
BUT. And. SANBALLATIN See note on Nehemiah 2:10. BUILDED. were building. WROTH. The third form of opposition. See note on Nehemiah 2:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. And. SANBALLATIN See note on Nehemiah 2:10. BUILDED. were building. WROTH. The third form of opposition. See note on Nehemiah 2:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARMY. force. WHAT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. FORTIFY. Hebrew. _Homonym, 'azab._ See note on Exodus 23:5. Margin note of Authorized Version and Revised Version neither needed nor correct. WILL THEY SACRIFICE? Showing that no altar was as yet built or sacrificial worship being carried... [ Continue Reading ]
TOBIAH. See note on Nehemiah 2:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAR. TURN. Figure of speech _Apostrophe._ Nehemiah's prayer an echo of Psalms 120, 121, 123:Psalms 120:3, 125, 127, and 129. In accord with that dispensation. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. DESPISED. become. taunt. CAPTIVITY. Some codices, with six early printed editions and Syriac, read "their c... [ Continue Reading ]
COVER NOT. Hebrew. _kasah =_ conceal not. Not _kaphar,_ to cover by atonement. SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THE HALF. The circuit complete to _half the height._ MIND. heart.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. In Hebrew text, Neh. begins here. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), for emphasis. STOPPED. repaired. So the only other occurrence of the Hebrew (2 Chronicles 24:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
HINDER. cause. miscarriage.... [ Continue Reading ]
SET. WATCH. The result of the prayer.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE NOT. shall not.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAUSE, &C.. suspend the work.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY. close to. TEN TIMES. Compare Genesis 31:7. THEY WILL BE UPON YOU. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6). Render: "From all quarters to which ye will turn [they will be] upon us".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LOWER PLACES BEHIND: or, the lowest parts of the space behind.... [ Continue Reading ]
RULERS. See note on Nehemiah 2:16. THE LORD *. Jehovah. One of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ altered Jehovah to _Adonai._ See App-32, and compare App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROUGHT, &C. Compare Job 5:12; Psalms 33:10. ONE. man. Hebrew. _'ish_.... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVANTS. young men. HABERGEONS. corselets or coats of mail. RULERS. princes. Hebrew sar. BEHIND. To encourage, and help if needed.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. And.... [ Continue Reading ]
LODGE. pass the night. Few, or no houses yet. See Nehemiah 7:4; Nehemiah 13:21. Compare Hebrew. _lun._ First occurrence Genesis 19:2; Genesis 24:23; Genesis 24:25; Genesis 24:54, &c. See note on Nehemiah 7:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MEN OF THE GUARD. The Persian guard attached to Nehemiah. NONE OF US, &C. The Hebrew is literally "none of us put off our clothes; each man went with his weapon (or tool) [and his] water".. single and measured part of the ration "water" being put for the whole. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of... [ Continue Reading ]