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That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. (KJV)
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.Lachand he sent
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 1
סַנְבַלַּ֤טsan.va.LatSanballat
Lemma: סַנְבַלַּט (san.val.lat) · Strong's: H5571
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Sanballat
Used 10 times. Also: Nehemiah 2:10, Nehemiah 2:19, Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 4:7, Nehemiah 6:1, Nehemiah 6:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5571; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 2
וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙ve.Ge.shemand Geshem
Lemma: גֶּ֫שֶׁם (ge.shem) · Strong's: H1654
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Geshem
Used 4 times. Also: Nehemiah 2:19, Nehemiah 6:1, Nehemiah 6:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1654; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 3
אֵלַ֣י'e.Laito me
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 4
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> saying
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 5
לְכָ֞הle.Khahcome !
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980K
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to go: come!
Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 19:32, Genesis 31:44, Genesis 37:13, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:27, Exodus 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980K; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 6
וְנִֽוָּעֲדָ֥הve.ni.va.'a.Dahso let us meet
Lemma: יָעַד (ya.ad) · Strong's: H3259
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVNc1cp)
Meaning: to appoint
Used 29 times. Also: Exodus 21:8, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 25:22, Exodus 29:42, Exodus 29:43, Exodus 30:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3259; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 7
יַחְדָּ֛וyach.Davtogether
Lemma: יָחְדָּו (yach.dav) · Strong's: H3162B
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: together
Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 13:6, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:8, Genesis 22:19, Genesis 36:7, Exodus 19:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3162B; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 8
בַּכְּפִירִ֖יםba.ke.fi.Rimat <the> Kephirim
Lemma: כְּפִירִים (ke.phi.rim) · Strong's: H3715B
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Hakkephirim
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3715B; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 9
בְּבִקְעַ֣תbe.vik.'Atin [the] plain of
Lemma: בִּקְעָה (biq.ah) · Strong's: H1237K
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: valley
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 11:2, Deuteronomy 8:7, Deuteronomy 11:11, 2 Chronicles 35:22, Psalms 104:8, Isaiah 40:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1237K; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 10
אוֹנ֑וֹ'o.NoOno
Lemma: אוֹנוֹ (o.no) · Strong's: H0207
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Ono
Used 5 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 8:12, Ezra 2:33, Nehemiah 7:37, Nehemiah 11:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0207; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 11
וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ve.He.mahand they
Lemma: הֵ֫מָּה (hem.mah) · Strong's: H1992
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (HPp3mp)
Meaning: they(masc.)
Used 550 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1992; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 12
חֹֽשְׁבִ֔יםcho.she.Vim[were] planning
Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to devise: devise
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 50:20, 1 Samuel 18:25, 2 Samuel 14:13, Nehemiah 6:6, Esther 9:24, Psalms 10:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2803I; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 13
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto do
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 14
רָעָֽה\׃ra.'Ahharm
Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: distress: harm
Used 157 times. Also: Genesis 19:19, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 32:12, Exodus 32:14, Numbers 11:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451C; TAHOT Nehemiah 6:2 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Sanballat | → | סַנְבַלַּט H5571 Sanballat |
| and Geshem | → | גֶּ֫שֶׁם H1654 Geshem |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| sent me | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| this message | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Come | → | הָלַךְ H1980K to go: come! |
| let us meet | → | יָעַד H3259 to appoint |
| together | → | יָחְדָּו H3162B together |
| in [one of] the villages | → | כְּפִירִים H3715B Hakkephirim |
| on the plain | → | בִּקְעָה H1237K valley |
| of Ono | → | אוֹנוֹ H0207 Ono |
| But they | → | הֵ֫מָּה H1992 they(masc.) |
| were planning | → | חָשַׁב H2803I to devise: devise |
| to harm | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| . . . | → | רָעָה H7451C distress: harm |
| me | → |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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