## Rashi on Nehemiah Chapter 6

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

**וְלֹא נוֹתַר בָּהּ.** בְּחוֹמַת הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and no breach was left therein** in the wall of the city.


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

**דְּלָתוֹת לֹא הֶעֱמַדְתִּי.** שֶׁלֹּא נַעֲשׂוּ דְלָתוֹת בְּשַׁעֲרֵי הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I had not erected** that doors were not made in the gates of the city.


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

**בַּכְּפִירִים.** שֵׁם מָקוֹם הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in Kefirim** This is a name of a place.


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

**בְּבִקְעַת אוֹנוֹ.** כָּךְ שֵׁם הַבִּקְעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[which is] in the Valley of Ono** That is the name of the valley.


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

**וְהֵמָּה חוֹשְׁבִים.** הֵבַנְתִּי מֵהֶם שֶׁהָיוּ חוֹשְׁבִים עָלַי לְהָרְגֵנִי שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they were plotting** against me. I understood from them that they were plotting against me to assassinate me there.


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

**מְלָאכָה גְדוֹלָה אֲנִי עֹשֶׂה.** מִבִּנְיָנֵי (הָעִיר. ספרים אחרים) הֶעָפָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“I am doing great work** of the buildings (of the city); other editions read: [of the buildings] of dust.


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

**לָמָּה תִשְׁבַּת.** לָמָּה תִּהְיֶה הַמְּלָאכָה בְּטֵלָה?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Why should...stop** Why should the work be curtailed?


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

**כַּאֲשֶׁר אַרְפֶּהָ.** יָדִי מִן הַבִּנְיָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when I leave it** Heb. אַרְפֶּהָ, lit. [slacken] my hand from the building.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:3:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:3:4)

**וְיָרַדְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם.** לְדַבֵּר וּלְהִוָּעֵד אֲלֵיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and come down to you** to speak with and to meet with you.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:5:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:5:1)

**אֶת נַעֲרוֹ.** עַל יְדֵי נַעֲרוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with his servant** through his servant.


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

**וְאִגֶּרֶת פְּתוּחָה בְּיָדוֹ.** כָּתַב אִגֶּרֶת שָׁלַח לִי עַל יָדוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and an open letter was in his hand** He sent me a written letter through him.


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

**כָּתוּב בָּהּ.** בְּאוֹתָהּ אִגֶּרֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**It was written in it** in that letter.


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

**בַּגּוֹיִם נִשְׁמָע.** שֶׁנּוֹדַע לְכָל הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת שֶׁאַתָּה וְכָל **הַיְּהוּדִים חוֹשְׁבִים לִמְרוֹד**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**It is heard among the nations** that it is known to all the nations that you and all the Jews are plotting to rebel.


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

**וְגַשְׁמוּ אוֹמֵר.** גַּשְׁמוּ הוּא גֶּשֶׁם הָעֲרָבִי (נחמיה ב:יט), וּפִתְרוֹנוֹ כְּאָדָם שֶׁאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵירוֹ כָּךְ הוּא הַדָּבָר וּפְלוֹנִי אוֹמֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Gashmu says** Gashmu is Geshem the Arab, and its interpretation is like a man who says to his friend, “This is the matter, and so-and-so says.”


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

**כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה.** מוּסָב עַל **כָּתוּב בָּהּ;** וּמִקְרָא מְסֹרָס הוּא, וַהֲרֵי הוּא כְּאִלּוּ נֶאֱמַר: **כָּתוּב בָּהּ כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה בַּגּוֹיִם נִשְׁמַע וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**according to these words** This refers back to the text, and it is a transposed verse. It is as though it was written, “According to these words was heard among the nations, etc.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:7:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:7:1)

**וְגַם נְבִיאִים וְגוֹ׳.** עַד **וְנִוָּעֲצָה יַחְדָּו** הָיָה כָתוּב בָּאִגֶּרֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**...also...speakers** Until “...and take counsel together” was written in the letter.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:7:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:7:2)

**נְבִיאִים.** בַּעֲלֵי לָשׁוֹן, כְּמוֹ ״בּוֹרֵא נִיב שְׂפָתָיִם״ (ישעיה נז:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**speakers** Heb. נְבִיאִים, speakers, like (Isa. 57:19): “I created the speech (נִיב) of the lips.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:7:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:7:3)

**לֵאמֹר.** שֶׁאוֹמְרִים: יֵשׁ מֶלֶךְ בִּיהוּדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**saying** who say that there is a king in Judea.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:7:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:7:4)

**וְעַתָּה יִשָּׁמַע לַמֶּלֶךְ.** אַחֲרֵי שֶׁנִּקְרֵאתָ מֶלֶךְ יִשָּׁמַע לַמֶּלֶךְ כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and now it will be reported to the king** After you have been called king, it will be reported to the king according to these words.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:8:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:8:1)

**כִּי מִלִּבְּךָ.** הֲרֵי **כִּי** בִּמְקוֹם אֶלָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from your heart** Heb. כִּי. This כִּי is in place of אֶלָּא, but.


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

**בּוֹדָם.** קוֹנְטְרַבְנְטַאלְ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּמוֹ אֲשֶׁר בָּדָה מִלִּבּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**invent them** contro(u)ves eles in Old French; you are concocting them, like (I Kings 12:33): “...that he had fabricated (בָּדָה) from his heart.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:9:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:9:1)

**כִּי כֻלָּם.** כִּי כָּל הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For they all** for all the nations.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:9:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:9:2)

**מְיָרְאִים אוֹתָנוּ.** מִתְיָרְאִים מִמֶּנּוּ, וְכָךְ הֵם אוֹמְרִים: **יִרְפּוּ יְדֵיהֶם וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**fear us** Heb. מְיָרְאִים. They fear us, and so they say, “Let their hands be slackened, etc.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:9:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:9:3)

**וְעַתָּה חַזֵּק אֶת יָדִי.** לְסַיְּעֵנִי בְּבִנְיַן הַחוֹמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and now, strengthen my hands** to help me with the building of the wall.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:10:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:10:1)

**וְהוּא עָצוּר.** שֶׁמְּצָאוֹ בְּבֵיתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he was confined** for he found him at home.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:10:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:10:2)

**וַיֹּאמֶר נוֹעֵד.** אוֹתוֹ שְׁמַעְיָה הָיָה נְבִיא שֶׁקֶר, וְקִבֵּל שֹׁחַד מִן סַנְבַלַּט וַחֲבֵרָיו לְהַפְחִיד אֶת נְחֶמְיָה, כְּדֵי לְבַטֵּל אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he said, “Let us meet** Shemaiah was a false prophet who had received a bribe from Sanballat and his colleagues to frighten Nehemiah in order to stop the work.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:10:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:10:3)

**כִּי בָאִים לְהָרְגֶךָ.** שֶׁהֲרֵי יָבוֹאוּ לְהָרְגְךָ סַנְבַלַּט וַחֲבֵרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for they are coming to assassinate you** for Sanballat and his colleagues will come to assassinate you.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:10:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:10:4)

**וְלַיְלָה בָּאִים.** וְעַל כֵּן הִזְהִירוּ לִיכָּנֵס בַּהֵיכָל וְלִסְגֹּר הַדְּלָתוֹת עָלָיו, שֶׁעֲדַיִן לֹא נַעֲשׂוּ דַלְתוֹת שַׁעֲרֵי הָעִיר, כְּמָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בִּתְחִלַּת הַפָּרָשָׁה: ״גַּם עַד הָעֵת הַהִיא דְּלָתוֹת לֹא הֶעֱמַדְתִּי בַשְּׁעָרִים״ (נחמיה ו:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and tonight they are coming** Therefore, he warned him to enter the Temple and to close the doors about himself, because the doors of the gates of the city had not been made, as it says at the beginning of the chapter (verse 1): “Also that until that time, I had not erected doors in the gates.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:11:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:11:1)

**הַאִישׁ כָּמוֹנִי יִבְרַח.** בִּתְמִיהָּ אִם **אִישׁ כָּמוֹנִי יִבְרַח** לִיכָּנֵס בַּהֵיכָל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will a man like me flee** This is a question: Will a man like me flee to enter the Temple?


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:11:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:11:2)

**לֹא אָבוֹא.** לֹא אֶכָּנֵס שָׁם מִפְּנֵי פַּחַד הַמִּיתָה, וְלֹא אֶעֱבֹר עַל הַמִּצְוָה שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁלֹּא יָבוֹא וְיִכָּנֵס זָר בְּהֵיכָלוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will not enter** I will not enter there because of fear of death, and I will not transgress the commandments of the Holy One, blessed be He, that a stranger (a non-Kohen) may not enter His Temple.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:12:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:12:1)

**וָאַכִּירָה.** הִכַּרְתִּי בִּדְבָרָיו שֶׁלֹּא שְׁלָחוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּדָבָר זֶה שֶׁאֶעֱבֹר עֲבֵרָה מִפְּנֵי פַּחַד הַמִּיתָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I discerned** I discerned in his words that the Holy One, blessed be He, had not sent him on this mission, but that he wanted me to commit a transgression because of fear of death.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:12:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:12:2)

**כִּי הַנְּבוּאָה דִּבֶּר עָלַי.** שֶׁהֲרֵי הוּא דִּבֵּר הַדְּבָרִים הַלָּלוּ עָלַי בְּשֵׁם נְבוּאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for he spoke prophesy concerning me** for he spoke these words concerning me in the name of prophecy.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:12:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:12:3)

**שְׂכָרוֹ.** כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד מֵהֶם **שְׂכָרוֹ**, וְנָתְנוּ לוֹ שָׂכָר לְהַפְחִידֵנִי וּלְבַטֵּל בְּבִנְיַן הַחוֹמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**had hired him** Heb. שְּׂכָרוֹ. Each one of them had hired him and given him pay to frighten me and to curtail the building of the wall.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:13:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:13:1)

**לְמַעַן שָׁכוּר הוּא.** אָמַר לִי הַדְּבָרִים הַלָּלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because he was hired** he told me these things.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:13:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:13:2)

**לְמַעַן אִירָא.** כְּדֵי שֶׁאֶתְיָרֵא מֵהֶם לִהְיוֹת עוֹשֶׂה כֵּן לִיכָּנֵס בַּהֵיכָל וְלִהְיוֹת חוֹטֵא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in order that I fear** in order that I fear them, to do this to enter the Temple and sin.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:13:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:13:3)

**וְהָיָה לָהֶם לְשֵׁם רָע.** לְמַעַן שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לָהֶם **לְשֵׁם רָע**, לְחָרְפֵנִי בַּעֲבֵרָה זוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**so that they should have this for a scandal** in order that they should have this as a scandal to reproach me with this sin.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:14:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:14:1)

**וְגַם לְנוֹעַדְיָה הַנְּבִיאָה.** הִיא וּשְׁאָר נְבִיאֵי הַשֶּׁקֶר קִבְּלוּ שָׂכָר מִסַּנְבַלַּט וַחֲבֵרָיו כְּדֵי לְהַפְחִידֵנִי בִּנְבוּאַת שִׁקְרֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and also Noadiah the prophetess** She and the rest of the false prophets received pay from Sanballat and his cohorts in order to frighten me with their false prophecies.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:15:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:15:1)

**בְּעֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה.** יָמִים לְחֹדֶשׁ אֱלוּל בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ, שֶׁבִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ עָלָה נְחֶמְיָה מִבָּבֶל וּבְאוֹתָהּ שָׁנָה בָּנָה חָרְבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the twenty-fifth** day of the month of Ellul, in the twentieth year of King Darius, for in the twentieth year of Darius, Nehemiah went up from Babylon, and in that year he built the ruins of Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:15:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:15:2)

**לַחֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁנַיִם יוֹם.** סוֹף חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם יוֹם מִיּוֹם שֶׁהִתְחִילוּ לִבְנוֹתוֹ נִגְמַר בִּנְיַן הַחוֹמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**after fifty-two days** The construction of the wall was completed fifty-two days after they had started building it.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:16:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:16:1)

**וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמְעוּ כָּל אוֹיְבֵינוּ.** דָּבָר זֶה שֶׁנִּשְׁלַם בִּנְיַן הַחוֹמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now it came to pass when all our enemies heard** this matter, that the construction of the wall was completed.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:16:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:16:2)

**וַיִּרְאוּ כָל הַגּוֹיִם.** וְכַאֲשֶׁר רָאוּ כָל הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת שֶׁנִּגְמַר בִּנְיַן חוֹמַת הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that all the nations became frightened** when all the nations saw that the construction of the wall of the city had been completed.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:16:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:16:3)

**וַיִּפְּלוּ מְאֹד בְּעֵינֵיהֶם.** נָפְלוּ הֵם עַצְמָם בְּעֵינֵיהֶם שֶׁהָיוּ מוֹאֲסִים בְּעַצְמָם, כִּי נָפַל פַּחַד הַיְּהוּדִים עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they fell very low in their own eyes** They themselves fell in their own eyes; they despised themselves, for the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:17:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:17:1)

**חוֹרֵי יְהוּדָה.** שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the rulers of Judea** Heb. חֹרֵי, the princes of Judea.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:17:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:17:2)

**עַל טוֹבִיָּה.** אֶל טוֹבִיָּה. יִשְׂרָאֵל רָשָׁע הָיָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to Tobiah** Heb. עַל-טוֹבִיָה. He was a renegade Israelite.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:17:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:17:3)

**וַאֲשֶׁר לְטוֹבִיָּה.** וְאִגֶּרֶת אֲשֶׁר לְטוֹבִיָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Tobiah’s** i.e., Tobiah’s letters.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:18:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:18:1)

**כִּי רַבִּים בִּיהוּדָה.** שֶׁהָיוּ שָׂרִים רַבִּים בִּיהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ לוֹ לְטוֹבִיָּה בַּעֲלֵי בְּרִית וּשְׁבוּעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For many in Judea** Heb. רַבִּים, who were great rulers in Judea, were partners in a covenant and an oath with him.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:18:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:18:2)

**כִּי חָתָן הוּא.** אוֹתוֹ טוֹבִיָּה לִשְׁכַנְיָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for he was the son-in-law** Tobiah [was the son-in-law] of Shechaniah.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:18:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:18:3)

**וִיהוֹחָנָן בְּנוֹ**. שֶׁל טוֹבִיָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Jehohanan his son** [the son] of Tobiah.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:18:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:18:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:18:4)

**בַּת מְשֻׁלָּם.** אוֹתוֹ מְשֻׁלָּם שַׂר וְגָדוֹל הָיָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the daughter of Meshullam** Meshullam was a great man and a ruler.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:19:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:19:1)

**גַּם טוֹבוֹתָיו.** שֶׁל טוֹבִיָּה הָיוּ מְסַפְּרִים לְפָנַי אוֹתָן בַּעֲלֵי שְׁבוּעָתוֹ וּקְרוֹבָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**also of his good qualities** His confederates and his kinsmen would speak of them before me.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:19:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:19:2)

**טוֹבוֹתָיו.** שֶׁשְׁפְּרוֹאוּצְ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his good qualities** Heb. טוֹבֹתְָיו ses proezes, in Old French, his gallant exploits.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:19:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:19:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:19:3)

**הָיוּ מוֹצִיאִים לוֹ.** לְהַגִּיד לוֹ לְטוֹבִיָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they divulged to him** to tell Tobiah.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 6:19:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 6:19:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/6:19:4)

**אִגְּרוֹת שָׁלַח טוֹבִיָּה.** אִגְּרוֹת הָיָה שׁוֹלֵחַ תָּדִיר לְהַפְחִידֵנִי, שֶׁלֹּא לִבְנוֹת בִּנְיַן הַחוֹמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Tobiah sent letters** He constantly sent letters to frighten me so that we would not build the wall.