## Rashi on Nehemiah Chapter 3

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

**שַׁעַר הַצֹּאן.** כָּךְ שְׁמוֹ שֶׁל שַׁעַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Sheep Gate** Such was the name of the gate.


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

**הֵמָּה קִדְּשׁוּהוּ.** לְאוֹתוֹ שַׁעַר בִּקְדֻשַּׁת הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they hallowed it** that gate with the sanctity of the city.


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

**דַּלְתוֹתָיו.** שֶׁל שַׁעַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its doors** i.e., of the gate.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:1:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:1:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:1:4)

**וְעַד מִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָה.** כָּךְ שְׁמוֹ שֶׁל מִגְדָּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and until the Tower of the Hundred** Such was the name of the tower.


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

**וְעַל יָדוֹ.** אֵצֶל יָדוֹ, בְּסָמוּךְ לוֹ שֶׁל כָּל בּוֹנֶה וּבוֹנֶה שֶׁבָּנוּ אוֹתוֹ בְּבִנְיָן שֶׁל שַׁעַר הַצֹּאן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And next to it** Next to it, near the Sheep’s Gate, each builder built.


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

**בָּנוּ אַנְשֵׁי יְרֵחוֹ.** שֶׁכָּךְ הָיוּ מִנְהָגָם: הַלָּלוּ הָיוּ בּוֹנִים כָּאן בְּחוֹמַת הָעִיר עַד תַּשְׁלוּם בִּנְיָנָהּ הַמּוּטָל עֲלֵיהֶם, וְהָאֲחֵרִים הָיוּ בּוֹנִים סָמוּךְ לַבִּנְיָן הָרִאשׁוֹן, וְכָךְ הָיָה מִנְהָגָם בָּזֶה אַחַר זֶה עַד שֶׁנִּבְנֵית כָּל הַחוֹמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the men of Jericho built** Such was their custom, these would build here [their section] of the wall of the city until [the part] they were responsible for was completed, and then others would build next to the first construction. Such was their custom, one after another, until the entire wall was built.


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

**וְעַל.** כְּמוֹ (במדבר ב:כ) ״וְעָלָיו מַטֵּה מְנַשֶּׁה״, בְּסָמוּךְ, וְכֵן פִּתְרוֹנוֹ: סָמוּךְ לְבִנְיָן יָדוֹ. וְהַמִּקְרָא לֹא דִקְדֵּק בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ, פְּעָמִים שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר: **עַל יָדוֹ**, וּפְעָמִים שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר: עָלָיו, וְאַחֲרָיו הֶחֱזִיק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And next** As in (Num. 2:20) “Next to him, the tribe of Manasseh”, near him, and such is its explanation, next to the construction, and Scripture was not particular in its choice of words. Sometimes it says ודי לע, and sometimes it says וילו. “And next to them he repaired.”


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

**וְאֶת שַׁעַר הַדָּגִים.** כָּךְ שֵׁם הַשַּׁעַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Fish Gate** Such was the name of the gate.


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

**הֵמָּה קֵרוּהוּ.** נָתְנוּ הַקּוֹרוֹת וְתִקְרוֹת עַל הַשַּׁעַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they laid its beams** They placed the beams and ceilings on the gate.


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

**קֵרוּהוּ.** מִשְׁקָל חָזָק, כְּמוֹ מִן קָרָה, דּוּגְמַת ״הַמְקָרֶה בַמַּיִם עֲלִיּוֹתָיו״ (תהילים קד:ג). וְקוּ״ף שֶׁל קֵרוּהוּ אֵינָהּ נְהוּגָה לִינָּקֵד בְּחִירִ״ק בְּעִנְיָן זֶה מִפְּנֵי רֵי״שׁ שֶׁל אַחֲרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ ״בֵּרַךְ״ (תהילים י:ג), ״חֵרֵף עֹשֵׂהוּ״ (משלי יז:ה), ״וּבֵרַכְתִּיהָ וְהָיְתָה לְגוֹיִם״ (בראשית יז:טז), ״וְזֵרִיתִים בָּאֲרָצוֹת״ (יחזקאל כט:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they laid its beams** Heb. קֵֵֵֵרוּהוּ the intensive conjugation, like “...behold he laid the beams (קֵרָה),” [which appears nowhere in Scripture;] similar to (Ps. 104:3): “Who roofs (הַמְקָרֶה) His upper chambers with water.” The “kuf” of קֵרוּהוּ is not customarily vowelized with a “hirik” in this context because of the “resh” following it, like (ibid. 10:3): “blessed (בֵּרֵךְ)”; (Prov. 17: 5): “blasphemed (חֵרֵף)”; (Gen. 17:16): “I shall bless her (וּבֵרַכְתִּיהָ)”;(Ezek. 29:12): “and I shall scatter them (וּזְרֵתִים) in the lands.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:3:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:3:4)

**מַנְעוּלָיו.** מַסְגְּרָיו שֶׁשְׁוִירְלָ״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its locks** מַנְעוּלָיו, ses verrous in French, its bolts (locks).


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:4:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:4:1)

**הֶחֱזִיק.** לִבְנוֹת הַבִּנְיָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**repaired** Heb. הֶחְֱזִיק, [lit. strengthened,] to build the building.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:5:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:5:1)

**הַתְּקוֹעִים.** כָּךְ הָיוּ נִקְרָאִים עַל שֵׁם מְקוֹמָם שֶׁהָיָה תְּקוֹעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Tekoites** They were called this because of their place, which was Tekoa.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:5:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:5:2)

**אַדִּירֵיהֶם**. עֲשִׁירִים שֶׁל תְּקוֹעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but their mighty men** the wealthy men of Tekoa.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:5:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:5:3)

**לֹא הֵבִיאוּ צַוָּרָם.** לֹא סִיְּעוּ בַּעֲבוֹדָתוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, לִבְנוֹת חוֹמַת הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**did not bring their neck** They did not assist in the service of the Holy One, blessed be He, to build the wall of the city.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:6:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:6:1)

**וְאֶת שַׁעַר הַיְשָׁנָה.** כָּךְ שְׁמָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And...the gate of the old [city]** Heb. הַיְשָּׁנָה, the Gate Yeshana, such was its name.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:7:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:7:1)

**לְכִסֵּא פַּחַת עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר.** כִּסֵּא אֶחָד בָּנָה כְּדֵי לֵישֵׁב בּוֹ אוֹתוֹ פַּחַת שֶׁל עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a throne for the governor of the land beyond the river** The [people of] the land beyond the river built a throne for the governor of the land beyond the river to sit upon.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:8:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:8:1)

**צוֹרְפִים.** אוֹתָהּ מִשְׁפָּחָה הָיְתָה נִקְרֵאת עַל שֵׁם אוּמָּנוּתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**goldsmiths** That family was called by their craft.


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

**וַיַּעַזְבוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם.** מִלְּאוּהָ עָפָר עַד הַחוֹמָה הָרְחָבָה, כְּדֵי לְהַחֲזִיקָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they filled Jerusalem** Heb. וַיַעַזְבוּ יְרוּשָּׁלַיִם They filled it with earth up to the wide wall in order to strengthen it.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:9:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:9:1)

**שַׂר חֲצִי פֶּלֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם.** שַׂר הָיָה עַל חֲצִי הָעָם שֶׁבִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, פֶּלֶךְ לְשׁוֹן דֻּכָּסוּת וּמַלְכוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem** He was the prince over half the people in Jerusalem. פֶּלֶךְ is an expression of a duchy or a kingdom.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:10:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:10:1)

**וְנֶגֶד בֵּיתוֹ.** נָפַל חֶלְקוֹ לִבְנוֹת שֶׁהָיָה בֵּיתוֹ סָמוּךְ לְאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם שֶׁל חוֹמַת הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and opposite his house** his lot fell to build, for his house was near that place of the wall of the city.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:11:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:11:1)

**מִדָּה שֵׁנִית.** כְּאוֹתָהּ מִדָּה אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה חֲבֵירוֹ שֶׁל מַעְלָה, גַּם הוּא בָּנָה כְּמוֹתוֹ, **מִדָּה שֵׁנִית** בְּבִנְיַן הַחוֹמָה. אֵינוֹ נוֹפֵל לוֹמַר לְשׁוֹן מִדָּה בְּבִנְיַן הַשְּׁעָרִים, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם כִּי אִם בְּבִנְיַן חֵלֶק שֶׁל חוֹמָה, שֶׁלֹּא מָצִינוּ בְּכָל הַפָּרָשָׁה בְּבִנְיַן הַשְּׁעָרִים לְשׁוֹן מִדָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a second measure** Just like the measurement which his friend built before [him], so he also built like [his friend.] **a second measure** in the building of the wall. The expression of measure is inappropriate for the building of the gates because they have [a measure] only in the building of a part of the wall, for we do not find in the entire chapter of the building of the gates the expression of a measure.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:11:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:11:2)

**וְאֶת מִגְדַּל הַתַּנּוּרִים.** גַּם הוּא בָּנָה אוֹתוֹ מִגְדָּל שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ כָּךְ. כָּל הַמִּגְדָּלִים הַלָּלוּ שֶׁבַּפָּרָשָׁה הָיוּ בְנוּיִים בְּחוֹמַת הָעִיר סָבִיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Tower of the Furnaces** He also built a tower by that name. All these towers in the chapter were built in the wall around the city.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:12:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:12:1)

**הוּא וּבְנוֹתָיו.** שַׁלּוּם וּבְנוֹתָיו הֶחֱזִיקוּ לִבְנוֹת הַבִּנְיָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he and his daughters** Shallum and his daughters repaired the building of the structure.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:13:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:13:1)

**עַד שַׁעַר הַשְּׁפוֹת.** וְשַׁעַר **הָאַשְׁפּוֹת** לֹא הָיָה בִּכְלָל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**until the Dung Gate** but the Dung Gate was not included.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:15:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:15:1)

**שַׂר פֶּלֶךְ הַמִּצְפָּה.** שַׂר וְדֻוכּוֹס הַמִּצְפָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the ruler of the district of Mizpah** the prince and duke of Mizpah.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:15:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:15:2)

**הוּא יִבְנֶנּוּ.** הוּא הָיָה בּוֹנֶה אוֹתוֹ שַׁעַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he built it** he was building the same gate.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:15:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:15:3)

**וַיְטַלְלֶנּוּ.** וְהוּא הָיָה מְסַכֵּךְ אוֹתוֹ, לְשׁוֹן מְטַלַלְתָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and roofed it** And he laid the roof on it, an expression of a ceiling (מְטַלַלְתָּא).


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:15:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:15:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:15:4)

**וְאֶת חוֹמַת בְּרֵכַת הַשֶּׁלַח.** שֶׁהוּא נוֹטֶה לְצַד גַּן הַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the wall of the pool of Shelah** which inclines towards the king’s garden.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:15:5
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:15:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:15:5)

**וְעַד הַמַּעֲלוֹת.** הֵם הָיוּ מַכִּירִים מְקוֹמוֹת הַלָּלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and until the steps** They recognized these places.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:16:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:16:1)

**בֵּית צוּר**. שֵׁם מָקוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Beth Zur** the name of a place.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:17:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:17:1)

**לְפִלְכּוֹ.** מֵאוֹתָהּ שְׂרָרָה חֲצִי פֶלֶךְ בָּנָה בִּנְיָן זֶה. לְפִלְכּוֹ כָּ״ף דְּגוּשָׁה, כַּאֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר מִן מֶלֶךְ מַלְכּוֹ, מִן עֶבֶד עַבְדּוֹ, כֵּן יֹאמַר מִן פֶּלֶךְ פִּלְכּוֹ; שֶׁאוֹת אַחֲרוֹנָה שֶׁל שֵׁם דָּבָר מֵאוֹתִיּוֹת בג״ד כפ״ת דְּגוּשׁוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**half the district** From that bailiwick, the half district, he built this structure. In the word לְפִּלְכּוֹ, the “kaff” has a “dagesh,” as one says from מֶלֶךְ, מַלְכּוֹ, from עֶבֶד, עַבְדוֹ, so does one say from פֶּלֶךְ, פִּלְכּוֹ, for [if] the last letter of the noun is one of the letters “beth,” “gimmel,” “daleth,” “kaff,” “pey,” or “tav,” it is punctuated with a “dagesh.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:18:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:18:1)

**אֲחֵיהֶם**. הַלְוִיִּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their brothers** the Levites.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:19:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:19:1)

**מִנֶּגֶד עֲלוֹת הַנֶּשֶׁק.** כְּנֶגֶד אוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹלִים הַגִּבּוֹרִים אֶל **הַנֶּשֶׁק**. לְפִי פְּשׁוּטוֹ שֶׁל מִקְרָא נִרְאֶה שֶׁהָיָה שָׁם מָקוֹם אֶחָד בְּסָמוּךְ לַחוֹמָה וּכְלֵי זַיִן שֶׁל נֶשֶׁק הַגִּבּוֹרִים הָיוּ נוֹתְנִין (ספרים אחרים: נְתוּנִים) שָׁם כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״עָרֵי מִבְצָר וְהַנֶּשֶׁק״ (מלכים ב י:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**opposite the ascent to the armory** opposite the place where the mighty men would ascend to the weapons. According to the simple interpretation of the verse, it appears that there was a place near the wall where the mighty men kept their weapons, as it is stated: (II Kings 10:2) “...and cities (sic) of fortification and arms.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:19:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:19:2)

**הַמִּקְצוֹעַ.** לְקֶרֶן זָוִית שֶׁל חוֹמָה׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at the corner** at the corner of the wall.


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

**הֶחֱרָה.** פִּתְרוֹנוֹ לְפִי עִנְיָנוֹ, וְכֶפֶל לָשׁוֹן הוּא עַל הַחִזּוּק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**repaired** Heb. הֶחֱרָה. Its interpretation is according to the context, and it is a double expression for repairing.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:21:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:21:1)

**מִפֶּתַח בֵּית אֶלְיָשִׁיב וְעַד תַּכְלִית וְגוֹ׳.** מִנֶּגֶד אוֹתוֹ בַּיִת בָּנָה בִּנְיָנוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the entrance of the house of Eliashib until the end of, etc.** Opposite that house he built his structure.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:23:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:23:1)

**נֶגֶד בֵּיתָם.** שֶׁהָיָה שָׁם בְּסָמוּךְ לַחוֹמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**opposite their house** which was there near the wall.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:25:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:25:1)

**וְהַמִּגְדָּל הַיּוֹצֵא.** מִגְדָּל אֶחָד הָיָה בַּחוֹמָה שֶׁהוּא יוֹצֵא וּבוֹלֵט מִבִּפְנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the tower that juts out** There was one tower in the wall that jutted out and protruded from within.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:26:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:26:1)

**וְהַנְּתִינִים הָיוּ יֹשְׁבִים בָּעֹפֶל.** וְהַנְּתִינִים הָיוּ יוֹשְׁבִים בְּאוֹתוֹ מָחוֹז, וְהָיוּ בּוֹנִים אוֹתוֹ מָחוֹז שֶׁלָּהֶם שֶׁהָיָה סָמוּךְ לַחוֹמָה עַד נֶגֶד שַׁעַר הַמַּיִם שֶׁל צַד הַמִּזְרָח:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the Nethinites dwelt in the Ophel** And the Nethinites were dwelling in that district, and they were building their district, which was near the wall, until opposite the Water Gate of the eastern side.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:28:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:28:1)

**אִישׁ לְנֶגֶד בֵּיתוֹ.** כָּל אֶחָד הָיָה בּוֹנֶה כְּנֶגֶד בֵּיתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**each one opposite his house** Each one was building opposite his house.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:30:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:30:1)

**וְחָנוּן בֶּן צָלָף הַשִּׁשִּׁי.** בָּנִים הַרְבֵּה הָיוּ לוֹ לְצָלָף, וְחָנוּן הוּא **הַשִּׁשִּׁי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph** Zalaph had many sons, and Hanun was the sixth.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:30:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:30:2)

**מִדָּה שֵׁנִי.** כְּמוֹ ״שֵׁנִית״ (נחמיה ג:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a second measure** Heb. מִדָה שֵּׁנִי, like שֵּׁנִית.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:30:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:30:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:30:3)

**נִשְׁכָּתוֹ.** כְּמוֹ לִשְׁכָּתוֹ, לִשְׁכָּה אַחַת הָיְתָה לוֹ שָׁם סָמוּךְ לַחוֹמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his chamber** Heb. נִשְּׁכָּתוֹ, like לִשְּׁכָּתוֹ. He had one chamber adjoining the wall.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:31:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:31:1)

**בֶּן הַצּוֹרְפִי.** אִישׁ הַצּוֹרֵף, וְנִקְרָא שֶׁל שֵׁם אוּמָנוּתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the son of Hatzorefi** the goldsmith, and he was named after his craft.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:32:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:32:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:32:1)

**וּבֵין עֲלִיַּת הַפִּנָּה לְשַׁעַר הַצֹּאן.** תְּחִלַּת הַבִּנְיָן הִתְחִילוּ לִבְנוֹת שַׁעַר הַצֹּאן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיִּבְנוּ אֶת שַׁעַר הַצֹּאן וְגוֹ׳״ (נחמיה ג:א). כָּךְ הָיוּ בּוֹנִין הַחוֹמָה מִסָּבִיב בָּזֶה אַחַר זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And between the ascent to the tower and the Sheep Gate** At the beginning of the building they began to build the Sheep Gate, as it says (verse 1): “...and they built the Sheep Gate, etc.” So did they build the wall all around, one after the other.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:34:1)

**לִפְנֵי אֶחָיו וְחֵיל שֹׁמְרוֹן.** לִפְנֵי חֲבֵירָיו וְחֵיל שֹׁמְרוֹן שֶׁהָיוּ צָרֵי יְהוּדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**before his brethren and the army of Samaria** before his brethren and the army of Samaria, who were the adversaries of Judea.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:34:2)

**מָה הַיְּהוּדִים.** מַדּוּעַ הַיְּהוּדִים כָּךְ הֵם עוֹשִׂים?:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**What are the Jews** Why are the Jews doing this?


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:34:3)

**הָאֲמֵלָלִים.** עִנְיַן חֲלָשׁוּת וְרִפְיוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the feeble** Heb. הָאֲמֵלָלִִים, a term denoting weakness and feebleness.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:34:4)

**הֲיַעַזְבוּ לָהֶם.** וְכִי הֵם סְבוּרִים אֲשֶׁר יַעַזְבוּ וְיַנִּיחוּ לָהֶם הָעוֹבְדֵי כוֹכָבִים לִבְנוֹת?:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will they let them** Do they think that the heathens will allow them to build?


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:5
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:34:5)

**הֲיִזְבָּחוּ.** אִם יִזְבְּחוּ לָהֶם אֶת זִבְחֵיהֶם תָּמִיד כְּמוֹ שֶׁהֵם סְבוּרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will they sacrifice** Will they constantly slaughter their sacrifices for themselves as they think?


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:6
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:34:6)

**הַיְכַלּוּ בַיּוֹם.** אִם יְכַלּוּ וְיַשְׁלִימוּ מְלַאכְתָּם אֲשֶׁר הִתְחִילוּ בְּיוֹם א׳? לוֹמַר שֶׁלֹּא יַנִּיחוּם הָעוֹבְדֵי כוֹכָבִים לִגְמֹר אֶת בִּנְיָנָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will they finish in one day** Will they complete the work that they started in one day? That is to say that the heathens will not permit them to complete their building.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:7
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:34:7)

**הֲיְחַיּוּ.** אִם יְחַיּוּ וִיתַקְּנוּ וְיַחֲזִירוּ **הָאֲבָנִים** לְקַדְמָתָן לִהְיוֹת קָשׁוֹת וַחֲזָקוֹת מִן **הֶעָפָר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will they revive** Will they revive and repair and restore stones to their previous state to be harder and stronger than the dust?


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:8
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:34:8)

**מֵעֲרֵמוֹת.** עִנְיַן חֳמָרִים וְתִלִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the heaps** Heb. מֵעֲרֵמוֹת, a term denoting heaps and mounds.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:9
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:34:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:34:9)

**וְהֵמָּה שְׂרוּפוֹת.** וְהָאֲבָנִים הָיוּ שְׂרוּפוֹת וְנַעֲשֵׂית עָפָר. כָּךְ הָיוּ מַלְעִיגִים וּמִתְלוֹצְצִים עַל בִּנְיַן הַחוֹמָה, שֶׁהָיוּ בּוֹנִין מִן הָאֲבָנִים שְׂרוּפוֹת שֶׁנָּפְלוּ לָאָרֶץ מִן הָאֵשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׂרְפָה יְרוּשָׁלָיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for they are burnt** The stones were burnt and have become dust. So did they jeer and ridicule the building of the wall, which they were building from the burnt stones that had fallen to the earth from the fire when Jerusalem was burned.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:35:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:35:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:35:1)

**וְטוֹבִיָּה הָעַמּוֹנִי אֶצְלוֹ.** טוֹבִיָּה הָיָה אֶצְלוֹ שֶׁל סַנְבַלָּט:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him** Tobiah was beside Sanballat.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:35:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:35:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:35:2)

**וַיֹּאמֶר.** וְכָךְ הָיָה אוֹמֵר וּמַלְעִיג:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he said** And so he was saying and ridiculing.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:35:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:35:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:35:3)

**גַּם אֲשֶׁר הֵם בּוֹנִים.** אַף הַבִּנְיָן הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר הֵם בּוֹנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Even what they build** even this building that they are building.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:35:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:35:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:35:4)

**אִם יַעֲלֶה שׁוּעָל.** עַל הַבִּנְיָן לִפְרֹץ חוֹמַת הָעִיר, מַה יְּהֵא עָלָיו? לוֹמַר שֶׁאֵין לַבִּנְיָן תַּקָּנָה, וְכָל מִי שֶׁיִּרְצֶה יָבֹא וְיִפְרֹץ בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**if a fox comes up** on the building to breach the wall of the city, what will become of it? That is to say that the building cannot be repaired, and whoever wishes, can come and break into it.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:36:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:36:1)

**שְׁמַע אֱלֹהֵינוּ.** כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּלַעֲגָם עָלֵינוּ הִתְפַּלַּלְתִּי תְּפִלָּה זֹאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Hearken, our God** When I heard their ridicule of us, I prayed this prayer.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:36:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:36:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:36:2)

**בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁבְיָה.** שֶׁיִּגְלוּ מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם כַּאֲשֶׁר גָּלִינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in a land of captivity** that they be exiled from the land as we were exiled.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:37:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:37:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:37:1)

**וְאַל תְּכַס.** כְּמוֹ וְאַל תְּכַסֶּה, דּוּגְמַת ״וְסוֹד אַחֵר אַל תְּגַל״ (משלי כה:ט), כְּמוֹ אַל תְּגַלֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And do not conceal** Heb. וְאַל תְּכַס, like וְאַל תְּכַסֶה, similar to (Prov. 25:9): “...but do not divulge (תְּגָל) another’s secret,” like תְּגַלֶה.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:37:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:37:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:37:2)

**כִּי הִכְעִיסוּ.** אֲשֶׁר הִכְעִיסוּ נֶגֶד הַבּוֹנִים לְהַלְעִיגָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for they have provoked** that they have provoked the builders to ridicule them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 3:38:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 3:38:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/3:38:1)

**וַתִּקָּשֵׁר.** כַּאֲשֶׁר נִתְקַשְּׁרָה הַחוֹמָה וְנִבְנֵית עַד חֶצְיָהּ, אָז הָיָה לֵב הָעָם לָהוּט וּמָשׁוּךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת בִּנְיַן הַחוֹמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**was built** Heb. וַתִּקָשֵּׁר, lit. it was bound. When the wall was bound up and built to its half, the people were eager and anxious to complete their building of it.