## Rashi on Nehemiah Chapter 2

###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:1:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:1:1)

**לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא**. הוּא דָּרְיָוֶשׁ (עזרא ד:ה), וְעַל שֵׁם הַמַּלְכוּת נִקְרָא כָּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of...Artaxerxes** That was Darius, and because of his kingship he was called this.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:1:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:1:2)

**יַיִן לְפָנָיו.** הֵבִיאוּ יַיִן לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ בֶּחָצֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**wine before him** They brought wine before the king in the court.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:1:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:1:3)

**וָאֶשָּׂא אֶת הַיַּיִן.** וְאָנֹכִי נָשָׂאתִי אֶת כּוֹס הַיַּיִן וּנְתַתִּיהָ לַמֶּלֶךְ. וְכָךְ הוּא הַמִּנְהָג, שֶׁהַמֵּבִיא יַיִן בַּחֲצַר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵינוֹ נוֹשֵׂא וְנוֹתְנוֹ לַמֶּלֶךְ, אֲבָל שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים מְקַבֵּל כּוֹס הַיַּיִן מִיַּד הַמֵּבִיא וְהוּא נוֹשֵׂא וְנוֹתְנוֹ לַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I carried the wine** And I carried the cup of wine and gave it to the king, and so is the custom, that the one who brings wine into the king’s court does not carry it and give it to the king, but the chief butler receives it from the hand of the one who brings it, and carries it and gives it to the king.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:1:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:1:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:1:4)

**לֹא הָיִיתִי רַע לְפָנָיו.** וַאֲנִי לֹא הָיִיתִי רָגִיל לִהְיוֹת רַע לְפָנָיו בְּרוֹעַ פָּנִים, כִּי אִם שָׂמֵחַ וְטוֹב לֵב, וְעַתָּה הָיִיתִי זוֹעֵף בְּרוֹעַ פָּנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I had never been sad in his presence** And I was not accustomed to being sad in his presence, to have a sad face, but to be happy and cheerful, but now I was sad with a sad face.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:2:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:2:1)

**וְאַתָּה אֵינְךָ חוֹלֶה.** וַהֲרֵי אֵין אַתָּה חוֹלֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You are not ill** Is it not so that you are not ill?


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:2:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:2:2)

**אֵין זֶה.** אֵין הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הַזֶּה **כִּי אִם רֹעַ לֵב**, שֶׁיֵּשׁ בִּלְבָבְךָ עָלַי לַהֲמִיתֵנִי בְּסַם הַמָּוֶת בִּשְׁתִיַּת כּוֹס זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**This is nothing** This incident is only wickedness of heart, that you have in your heart to put me to death by poisoning this cup.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:2:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:2:3)

**וָאִירָא הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד.** וְנִתְיָרֵאתִי מְאֹד עַל כָּךְ, שֶׁלֹּא יַעֲלִיל עָלַי הַמֶּלֶךְ עֲלִילָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I became very frightened** And I became very frightened about this, lest the king accuse me falsely.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:3:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:3:1)

**מַדּוּעַ לֹא יֵרְעוּ פָנָי.** מַדּוּעַ לֹא יִהְיוּ פָנַי רָעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Why should my countenance not be sad** [as translated,] why should my countenance not be sad.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:3:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:3:2)

**אֲשֶׁר הָעִיר** יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, שֶׁהִיא בֵּית קִבְרוֹת אֲבוֹתַי, חֲרֵבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when the city** Jerusalem, which is the place of the graves of my forefathers, is laid waste.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:4:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:4:1)

**עַל מַה זֶּה אַתָּה מְבַקֵּשׁ.** אֵי זֶה דָּבָר תְּבַקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנִּי וְאֶעֱשֶׂה לְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For what do you make request** What do you request of me and I shall do it for you.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:4:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:4:2)

**וָאֶתְפַּלֵּל.** וְאָמַרְתִּי לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ בִּתְפִלָּתִי: כֵּן יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֵי **אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם**, שֶׁתְּמַלֵּא שְׁאֵלָתִי וּבַקָּשָׁתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I prayed** And I said before the king in my prayer, “May it be Your will, O God of the heavens, that You fulfill my petition and my request.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:5:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:5:1)

**אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁלָחֵנִי.** שֶׁתִּתֵּן לִי רְשׁוּת לַעֲלוֹת לִירוּשָׁלַיִם וְלִבְנוֹתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that you send me** that you grant me permission to ascend to Jerusalem and build it.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:6:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:6:1)

**וַיֹּאמֶר לִי הַמֶּלֶךְ.** בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁדִּבֵּר אֵלַי הַמֶּלֶךְ הָיְתָה אִשְׁתּוֹ הַמַּלְכָּה יוֹשֶׁבֶת אֶצְלוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the king said to me** At the time the king spoke to me, his wife, the queen, was sitting beside him.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:6:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:6:2)

**וְהַשֵּׁגַל.** אִשְׁתּוֹ הַמַּלְכָּה, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דניאל ה:ב) ״שֵׁגְלָתֵהּ וּלְחֵנָתֵהּ״. שֶׁכֵּן נוֹהֵג הַמִּקְרָא לִכְתֹּב הַמַּלְכָּה אֵצֶל הַפִּלֶגֶשׁ ״נָשָׁיו וּפִילַגְשָׁיו״ (דברי הימים ב יא:כא), כְּמוֹ ״מְלָכוֹת וּפִילַגְשִׁים״ (שיר השירים ו:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the queen** Heb. וְהַשֵּׁגָל, his wife the queen, as it is stated (Dan. 5:2): “...his queen (שֵּׁגְלָתֵהּ) and his concubine,” for it is customary for Scripture to write “the queen,” next to “the concubine”; his wives and his concubines, like (Song 6:9): “מְלָכוֹת וּפִּילַגְשִּׁים, queens and concubines. “


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:6:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:6:3)

**עַד מָתַי יִהְיֶה מַהֲלָכְךָ.** מָתַי תִּרְצֶה שֶׁיְּהֵא מַהֲלָכְךָ וּמַסָּעֲךָ?:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**How long will your trip take** When is it your intention to return?


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:6:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:6:4)

**וּמָתַי תָּשׁוּב.** וּמָתַי דַּעְתְּךָ לַחֲזוֹר?:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and when will you return?** When is it your intention to return?


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:6:5
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:6:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:6:5)

**יִשְׁלָחֵנִי.** נָתַן לִי רְשׁוּת לָלֶכֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he sent me** He gave me permission to go.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:6:6
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:6:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:6:6)

**וָאֶתְּנָה לוֹ זְמָן.** נָתַתִּי לוֹ זְמָן לַחֲזוֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I gave him a time** I gave him a time of return.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:7:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:7:1)

**אִגְּרוֹת יִתְּנוּ לִי.** סוֹפְרֶיךָ עַל רְשׁוּתְךָ וְדַעְתְּךָ, חֲתוּמוֹת בְּחוֹתָמְךָ, עַל פַּחֲוַת עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר שֶׁל צַד אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**may letters be given to me** [Let] your scribes [give me letters] by your sanction and your knowledge, sealed with your signet to the governors of the land beyond the river, on the side of the land of Israel.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:7:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:7:2)

**אֲשֶׁר יַעֲבִירוּנִי.** וִיתַיְּרוּנִי לְשָׁלוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that they escort me through** and escort me in peace.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:7:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:7:3)

**עַד אֲשֶׁר אָבוֹא.** לִירוּשָׁלַיִם אֲשֶׁר בִּמְדִינַת יְהוּדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**until I come** to Jerusalem, which is in the province of Judea.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:8:1)

**וְאִגֶּרֶת אֶל אָסָף.** וְתִשְׁלַח כְּתַב אִגֶּרֶת אֶל אָסָף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And a letter to Asaph** and that you send a letter to Asaph.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:8:2)

**שׁוֹמֵר הַפַּרְדֵּס.** מְמֻנֶּה הָיָה עַל הַיְּעָרִים אֲשֶׁר לַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the guardian of the king’s orchard** He was appointed over the king’s forests.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:8:3)

**לְקָרוֹת.** מִשְׁקַל חָזָק לַעֲשׂוֹת תִּקְרוֹת וְקוֹרוֹת לְשַׁעֲרֵי בִּירוֹת הַר הַבַּיִת, שֶׁהֲרֵי בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ בָּנוּ בְּבִנְיָנוֹ, אֲבָל שַׁעֲרֵי חוֹמוֹת הַר הַבַּיִת וְחוֹמַת הֶחָצֵר אֲשֶׁר סָבִיב בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ לֹא בָּנוּ עֲדַיִן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to make beams** This is the intensive conjugation: to make ceilings and beams for the gates of the castles of the Temple Mount, for they had built the Temple as it should be built, but the gates of the walls of the Temple Mount and the wall for the court surrounding the Temple had not yet been built.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:8:4)

**וּלְחוֹמַת הָעִיר.** וְלַעֲשׂוֹת קוֹרוֹת **לְחוֹמַת הָעִיר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and for the wall of the city** and to make beams for the wall of the city.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:5
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:8:5)

**וְלַבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר אָבוֹא אֵלָיו.** וְלַעֲשׂוֹת בַּיִת אֲשֶׁר אֵשֵׁב בּוֹ לְצָרְכִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and for the house to which I shall go** and to make a house in which I shall dwell for my needs.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:6
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:8:6)

**וַיִּתֶּן לִי הַמֶּלֶךְ.** אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר שָׁאַלְתִּי מִמֶּנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the king gave me** all I asked him for.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:7
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:8:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:8:7)

**כְּיַד.** כְּפִי יָדוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁהָיְתָה **טוֹבָה עָלַי** לְהַצְלִיחֵנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**according to the good hand** according to the hand of the Holy One, blessed be He, which was good upon me, to cause me to succeed.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:9:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:9:1)

**וָאֶתְּנָה לָהֶם אֶת אִגְּרוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ.** לְמַעַן יְתַיְּרוּנִי לְשָׁלוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I gave them the king’s letters** in order that they escort me in peace.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:9:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:9:2)

**שָׂרֵי חַיִל וּפָרָשִׁים.** שָׁלַח הַמֶּלֶךְ עִמִּי לִכְבוֹדִי, לְמַעַן אֵלֵךְ לְשָׁלוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**officers of the army and horsemen** the king sent with me [officers] in my honor, in order that I go in peace.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:10:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:10:1)

**וַיִּשְׁמַע סַנְבַלַּט וְגוֹ׳.** כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמְעוּ שֶׁבָּאתִי לְבַקֵּשׁ טוֹבָה עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלִבְנוֹת חוֹמוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, וַיֵּרַע בְּעֵינֵיהֶם, כִּי הָיוּ צָרֵי יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִין (עזרא ד:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now Sanballat etc., heard** When they heard that I had come to request good for Israel and to build the walls of Jerusalem it displeased them greatly, for they were the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:11:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:11:1)

**וָאֱהִי שָׁם יָמִים שְׁלֹשָׁה.** הָיִיתִי בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם יָמִים שְׁלֹשָׁה וּלְסוֹף שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים קַמְתִּי בַלַּיְלָה אֲנִי וַאֲנָשִׁים מְעַטִּים עִמִּי וְלֹא הִגַּדְתִּי לְשׁוּם אָדָם אֶת אֲשֶׁר נָתַן הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּלִבִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I was there for three days** I was in Jerusalem for three days, and at the end of three days, I and a few men with me arose at night, and I did not tell any person what the Holy One, blessed be He, had put into my heart.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:12:1
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**וּבְהֵמָה אֵין עִמִּי.** כִּי כָל הָאֲנָשִׁים מוּעָטִים אֲשֶׁר עִמִּי הָלְכוּ בְרַגְלֵיהֶם, אֲבָל אֲנִי לְבַדִּי הָיִיתִי רוֹכֵב עַל בְּהֵמָה; שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ רוֹצִים לִרְכֹּב עַל סוּסֵיהֶם, לְמַעַן יִהְיוּ יוֹצְאִים מִן הָעִיר בְּצִנְעָא, בְּלֹא יְדִיעַת אָדָם. וְהֵם הָלְכוּ לִשְׁבֹּר וּלְהַפִּיל חוֹמוֹת הָעִיר בַּלַּיְלָה, וּלְהַרְבּוֹת פִּרְצוֹתֶיהָ, לְמַעַן יִהְיוּ בְּנֵי הָעִיר לְמָחָר לְהוּטִים וּמַסְכִּימִים בְּעֵצָה אַחַת עִם נְחֶמְיָה לִבְנוֹת חוֹמוֹת הָעִיר, וְכֵן מוֹכִיחַ הַמַּעֲשֶׂה בְּתוֹךְ הַפָּרָשָׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and there were no animals with me** The few men who were with me went by foot and I alone rode on an animal. They did not ride their horses because they wanted to leave the city in secret, without anyone knowing. They went to break and cast down the walls of the city at night and to increase their breaches in order that on the morrow, the people of the city would be eager and agree unanimously with Nehemiah to build the walls of the city. So it appears from the text.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:13:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:13:1)

**וָאֵצְאָה בְשַׁעַר הַגַּיְא.** יָצָאתִי בְּאוֹתוֹ **שַׁעַר בַּלַּיְלָה** עִם הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר עִמִּי לְצַד אוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם שֶׁל **עֵין הַתַּנִּין** וּלְאוֹתוֹ **שַׁעַר הָאַשְׁפֹּת** שֶׁבְּחוֹמוֹת הָעִיר. וְהָיִיתִי פּוֹרֵץ בַּחוֹמָה, וְהַחוֹמָה הָיְתָה נוֹחָה לְהַפִּילָהּ וְלִפְרֹץ בָּהּ לְפִי שֶׁהָיְתָה שְׂרוּפָה **בָאֵשׁ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I went out through the Gate of the Valley** I went out through that gate at night with the men who were with me toward En Hattannin and the Dung Gate in the wall of the city; and I broke the wall, and the wall was easily cast down and broken because it had been burned with fire.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:13:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:13:2)

**אֲשֶׁר הֵם פְּרוּצִים.** שֶׁהֵם אוֹתָם מְקוֹמוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ פְּרוּצִים וְהֵם פָּרְצוּ בָּהֶם יוֹתֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which were breached** which are those places that were breached, and they breached them more.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:14:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:14:1)

**וָאֶעֱבֹר אֶל שַׁעַר הָעָיִן.** וְרָצִיתִי לַעֲבֹר אֶל אוֹתָן מְקוֹמוֹת שֶׁבְּחוֹמַת הָעִיר וּבְאוֹתָן פְּרָצוֹת, וְאֵין מָקוֹם בְּאוֹתָן פְּרָצוֹת לַעֲבֹר בֵּינֵיהֶם רוֹכֵב עַל הַבְּהֵמוֹת, שֶׁהָיוּ פְּרָצוֹת קְטַנּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I passed to the Fountain Gate** And I wished to pass to those places in the wall of the city and in those breaches, and there was no place in those breaches for riders on animals to pass through because they were so small.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:15:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:15:1)

**וָאֱהִי עוֹלֶה.** וְהָיִיתִי עוֹלֶה מִצַּד אֶחָד בַּלַּיְלָה, וְהָיִיתִי שׁוֹבֵר בַּחוֹמָה עִם הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר עִמִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I ascended** And I was ascending from one side at night, and I was breaking the wall with the men who were with me.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:15:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:15:2)

**וָאָשׁוּב וָאָבוֹא.** וְכַאֲשֶׁר חָזַרְתִּי בָּאתִי דֶּרֶךְ **שַׁעַר הַגַּיְא**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I returned and came** And when I returned, I came by way of the Gate of the Valley.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:16:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:16:1)

**וְהַסְּגָנִים.** אֲשֶׁר בָּעִיר, לֹא הָיוּ יוֹדְעִין לְהֵיכָן הָלַכְתִּי וְאֶת הַמַּעֲשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the prefects** who were in the city did not know where I had gone to and what I had done.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:16:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:16:2)

**עַד כֵּן.** עַד עַתָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**yet** Heb. עַד כֵּן, until now.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:17:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:17:1)

**וָאוֹמַר אֲלֵיהֶם.** לְמָחָר אָמַרְתִּי לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I said to them** On the morrow I said to them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:17:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:17:2)

**וְלֹא נִהְיֶה עוֹד חֶרְפָּה.** שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ צָרֵינוּ בּוֹזְזִים וְשׁוֹלְלִים אוֹתָנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and we shall no longer be a reproach** that our adversaries should not plunder and pillage us.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:18:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:18:1)

**אֶת יַד אֱלֹהַי.** אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לִי חֵן וְהַצְלָחָה לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the hand of my God** who gave me favor and success before the king.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:18:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:18:2)

**לַטּוֹבָה.** הַכֹּל נִתְכַּוְּנוּ לְטוֹבָה, לִבְנוֹת חוֹמַת הָעִיר וּמִגְדָּלֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for good** They intended everything for good—to build the wall of the city and its towers.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:19:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:19:1)

**וַיַּלְעִיגוּ.** כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמְעוּ הַצָּרִים שְׁמוּעַת בִּנְיַן חוֹמַת הָעִיר, הָיוּ מַלְעִיגִים עָלֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they mocked** When our adversaries heard the news of the building of the walls of the city, they mocked us.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:19:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:19:2)

**הֲעַל הַמֶּלֶךְ.** אִם עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ אַתֶּם מוֹרְדִים לִבְנוֹת חוֹמַת הָעִיר כְּדֵי לִמְרוֹד בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**are...against the king** Are you rebelling against the king by building the wall of the city in order to rebel against him?


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 2:20:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 2:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/2:20:1)

**וְלָכֶם אֵין חֵלֶק.** מַה לָּכֶם בְּבִנְיַן חוֹמַת הָעִיר הַזֹּאת כִּי אֵין לָכֶם חֵלֶק בָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but you have no share** What do you have in the building of the wall of this city, for you have no share in it.