KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Nehemiah 4:6 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “So built” | וַנִּבְנֶה֙ | To build (literally and figuratively) | built |
| “we” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | we |
| “the wall;” | הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה | A wall of protection | wall |
| “and all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the wall” | הַֽחוֹמָ֖ה | A wall of protection | wall |
| “was joined together” | וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר | To tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league) | joined together |
| “unto” | עַד | As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | unto |
| “the half” | חֶצְיָ֑הּ | The half or middle | half |
| “thereof: for the people” | לָעָ֖ם | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | thereof people |
| “had” | וַיְהִ֧י | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | had |
| “a mind” | לֵ֦ב | The heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything | mind |
| “to work.” | לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | work |
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4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
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