## Nehemiah Chapter 6

###### Nehemiah 6:1
[Nehemiah 6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:1)

וַיְהִ֣י כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁמַ֣ע לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט וְ֠טוֹבִיָּ֠ה וּלְגֶ֨שֶׁם הָֽעַרְבִ֜י וּלְיֶ֣תֶר אֹֽיְבֵ֗ינוּ כִּ֤י בָנִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה וְלֹא־נ֥וֹתַר בָּ֖הּ פָּ֑רֶץ גַּ֚ם עַד־הָעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא דְּלָת֖וֹת לֹא־הֶעֱמַ֥דְתִּי בַשְּׁעָרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now it came to pass, when Sanvallat, and Toviyya, and Geshem the ῾Arvian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was, when it was heard by Sanvalat and Toviah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our foes that I had built the wall and no breach remained in it, (and) also, (that) up to that time I had not set doors in the gates [(viz. verse 10)],


###### Nehemiah 6:2
[Nehemiah 6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:2)

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח סַנְבַלַּ֤ט וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙ אֵלַ֣י לֵאמֹ֔ר לְכָ֞ה וְנִֽוָּעֲדָ֥ה יַחְדָּ֛ו בַּכְּפִירִ֖ים בְּבִקְעַ֣ת אוֹנ֑וֹ וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ חֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לִ֖י רָעָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then Sanvallat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
that Sanvalat and Geshem sent to me, saying: Go, and we will meet together in Kefirim in the valley of Ono (and [I understood that] they were plotting to do me evil [i.e., to kill me])


###### Nehemiah 6:3
[Nehemiah 6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:3)

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם מַלְאָכִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מְלָאכָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֔ה וְלֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל לָרֶ֑דֶת לָ֣מָּה תִשְׁבַּ֤ת הַמְּלָאכָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אַרְפֶּ֔הָ וְיָרַדְתִּ֖י אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I sent messengers to 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?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I sent to them messengers, saying: I am busy with a great project and I will not be able to come down. Why should the work halt? When I complete it, I will come down to you.


###### Nehemiah 6:4
[Nehemiah 6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:4)

וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּ אֵלַ֛י כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה אַרְבַּ֣ע פְּעָמִ֑ים וָאָשִׁ֥יב אוֹתָ֖ם כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they sent me in this wise four times, and I returned answer in this wise [i.e., as I had before].


###### Nehemiah 6:5
[Nehemiah 6:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:5)

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ אֵלַ֨י סַנְבַלַּ֜ט כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֛ה פַּ֥עַם חֲמִישִׁ֖ית אֶֽת־נַעֲר֑וֹ וְאִגֶּ֥רֶת פְּתוּחָ֖ה בְּיָדֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Sanvallat sent his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Sanvalat sent me in this wise a fifth time by his youth with an open [i.e., an unsealed] letter in his hand.


###### Nehemiah 6:6
[Nehemiah 6:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:6)

כָּת֣וּב בָּ֗הּ בַּגּוֹיִ֤ם נִשְׁמָע֙ וְגַשְׁמ֣וּ אֹמֵ֔ר אַתָּ֤ה וְהַיְּהוּדִים֙ חֹשְׁבִ֣ים לִמְר֔וֹד עַל־כֵּ֛ן אַתָּ֥ה בוֹנֶ֖ה הַחוֹמָ֑ה וְאַתָּ֗ה הֹוֶ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לְמֶ֔לֶךְ כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
in which was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou didst build the wall, that thou mayst be their king, according to these words.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In it, such words were written: It has been heard [(by all the gentiles)] and Gashmu [the Arab also] says: You and the Jews are plotting to rebel, wherefore you are building the wall, and you would be their king.


###### Nehemiah 6:7
[Nehemiah 6:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:7)

וְגַם־נְבִיאִ֡ים הֶעֱמַ֣דְתָּ לִקְרֹא֩ עָלֶ֨יךָ בִֽירוּשָׁלַ֜͏ִם לֵאמֹ֗ר מֶ֚לֶךְ בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה וְעַתָּה֙ יִשָּׁמַ֣ע לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְעַתָּ֣ה לְכָ֔ה וְנִֽוָּעֲצָ֖ה יַחְדָּֽו׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim of these at Yerushalayim, saying, There is a king in Yehuda: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you have also set up speakers to proclaim over you in Jerusalem: "There is a king in Judah!" And now, these things will be heard by the king. And now, come, and we will take counsel together.


###### Nehemiah 6:8
[Nehemiah 6:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:8)

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֤ה אֵלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֤א נִֽהְיָה֙ כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֖ר אַתָּ֣ה אוֹמֵ֑ר כִּ֥י מִֽלִּבְּךָ֖ אַתָּ֥ה בוֹדָֽאם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayst, but thou dost invent them out of thy own heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I sent to him, saying: These things that you speak of are not so; you are imagining them.


###### Nehemiah 6:9
[Nehemiah 6:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:9)

כִּ֣י כֻלָּ֗ם מְיָֽרְאִ֤ים אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יִרְפּ֧וּ יְדֵיהֶ֛ם מִן־הַמְּלָאכָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א תֵעָשֶׂ֑ה וְעַתָּ֖ה חַזֵּ֥ק אֶת־יָדָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they all would have us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it shall not be done. (Now therefore, strengthen my hands.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For all of them [(the gentiles)] fear us, wherefore they say: Let them leave off the work so that it not be done. And now, assist me [(in building the wall)].


###### Nehemiah 6:10
[Nehemiah 6:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:10)

וַאֲנִי־בָ֗אתִי בֵּ֣ית שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה בֶן־דְּלָיָ֛ה בֶּן־מְהֵֽיטַבְאֵ֖ל וְה֣וּא עָצ֑וּר וַיֹּ֡אמֶר נִוָּעֵד֩ אֶל־בֵּ֨ית הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הַֽהֵיכָ֗ל וְנִסְגְּרָה֙ דַּלְת֣וֹת הַהֵיכָ֔ל כִּ֚י בָּאִ֣ים לְהׇרְגֶ֔ךָ וְלַ֖יְלָה בָּאִ֥ים לְהׇרְגֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Afterwards I came to the house of Shema῾ya the son of Delaya the son of Mehetav᾽el, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night they will come to slay thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I came to the house of Shemayah the son of Delayah the son of Mehetavel [(a false prophet, hired by Sanvalat and his cohorts to frighten Nechemiah into halting the work on the wall)], and he was at home. And he said: Let us meet in the house of G-d, in the midst of the sanctuary, and let us lock the doors of the sanctuary, for they are coming to kill you [(by way of the city gates, which were still without doors, [viz. 1])]; and they are coming to kill you tonight.


###### Nehemiah 6:11
[Nehemiah 6:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:11)

וָאֹמְרָ֗ה הַאִ֤ישׁ כָּמ֙וֹנִי֙ יִבְרָ֔ח וּמִ֥י כָמ֛וֹנִי אֲשֶׁר־יָבֹ֥א אֶל־הַהֵיכָ֖ל וָחָ֑י לֹ֖א אָבֽוֹא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who such as I could go into the temple and live? I will not go in.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I said: Shall a man such as I run away [(out of fear)]? And who such as I [(a non-priest)] may come to the sanctuary and live? [viz. Numbers 3:38] I shall not come!


###### Nehemiah 6:12
[Nehemiah 6:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:12)

וָאַכִּ֕ירָה וְהִנֵּ֥ה לֹֽא־אֱלֹהִ֖ים שְׁלָח֑וֹ כִּ֤י הַנְּבוּאָה֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר עָלַ֔י וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט שְׂכָרֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Toviyya and Sanvallat had hired him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I realized that, behold, not G-d had sent him (for he spoke [these things] to me [as being] prophecy) and (that) Toviah and Sanvalat had hired him.


###### Nehemiah 6:13
[Nehemiah 6:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:13)

לְמַ֤עַן שָׂכוּר֙ ה֔וּא לְמַֽעַן־אִירָ֥א וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־כֵּ֖ן וְחָטָ֑אתִי וְהָיָ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לְשֵׁ֣ם רָ֔ע לְמַ֖עַן יְחָֽרְפֽוּנִי׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might taunt me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Because he was hired [(had he spoken thus to me)], so that I should fear and do this [i.e., enter the sanctuary] and sin and enable them to vilify me [(as a sinner)] and shame me.


###### Nehemiah 6:14
[Nehemiah 6:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:14)

זׇכְרָ֧ה אֱלֹהַ֛י לְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה וּלְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט כְּמַעֲשָׂ֣יו אֵ֑לֶּה וְגַ֨ם לְנוֹעַדְיָ֤ה הַנְּבִיאָה֙ וּלְיֶ֣תֶר הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָי֖וּ מְיָֽרְאִ֥ים אוֹתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My God, remember Toviyya and Sanvallat according to these their works, and also the prophetess No῾adya, and the rest of the prophets, who would have put me in fear.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Remember, my G-d, Toviah and Sanvalat [to punish them] for these deeds, as well as Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who would frighten me [for hire].


###### Nehemiah 6:15
[Nehemiah 6:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:15)

וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ הַֽחוֹמָ֔ה בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה לֶאֱל֑וּל לַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּשְׁנַ֖יִם יֽוֹם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So the wall was finished in the twenty fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty two days.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul [(in the twentieth year of King Darius, when Nechemiah had come up from Bavel)], on the fifty-second day [(after building had begun)].


###### Nehemiah 6:16
[Nehemiah 6:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:16)

וַיְהִ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ כׇּל־א֣וֹיְבֵ֔ינוּ וַיִּֽרְא֗וּ כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבִֽיבֹתֵ֔ינוּ וַיִּפְּל֥וּ מְאֹ֖ד בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֑ם וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֚י מֵאֵ֣ת אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ נֶעֶשְׂתָ֖ה הַמְּלָאכָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard that, all the nations that were about us were afraid and were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was done by our God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And when all of our foes heard and all the nations around us saw [(that the city wall had been completed)], they fell greatly in their (own) eyes, [(the fear of the Jews falling upon them)], and they knew that it was from the L-rd that this work had been done.


###### Nehemiah 6:17
[Nehemiah 6:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:17)

גַּ֣ם**׀** בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֗ם מַרְבִּ֞ים חֹרֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ אִגְּרֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם הוֹלְכ֖וֹת עַל־טוֹבִיָּ֑ה וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה בָּא֥וֹת אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Moreover in those days the nobles of Yehuda sent many letters to Toviyya, and the letters of Toviyya came to them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Even in those days the nobles of Judah sent letters frequently to Toviah [(a wicked Jew)], and those of Toviah came to them.


###### Nehemiah 6:18
[Nehemiah 6:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:18)

כִּי־רַבִּ֣ים בִּֽיהוּדָ֗ה בַּעֲלֵ֤י שְׁבוּעָה֙ ל֔וֹ כִּי־חָתָ֥ן ה֖וּא לִשְׁכַנְיָ֣ה בֶן־אָרַ֑ח וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֣ן בְּנ֔וֹ לָקַ֕ח אֶת־בַּת־מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם בֶּ֥ן בֶּֽרֶכְיָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For there were many in Yehuda sworn to him, because he was the son in law of Shekhanya the son of Araĥ; and his son Yehoĥanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berekhya.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For many in Judah were covenanted with him. For he was a son-in-law of Shechanyah the son of Arach, and Jonathan his [(Toviah's)] son had wed the daughter of Meshulam the son of Berechyah.


###### Nehemiah 6:19
[Nehemiah 6:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/6:19)

גַּ֣ם טוֹבֹתָ֗יו הָי֤וּ אֹמְרִים֙ לְפָנַ֔י וּדְבָרַ֕י הָי֥וּ מוֹצִיאִ֖ים ל֑וֹ אִגְּר֛וֹת שָׁלַ֥ח טוֹבִיָּ֖ה לְיָֽרְאֵֽנִי׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Toviyya sent letters to put me in fear.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They also told of his prowess, and they told him of my affairs. (Toviah had [always] sent letters to frighten me [(not to build the wall)]).