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Nehemiah 4:7

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,

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In the Hebrew text this line is Nehemiah 4:1.

וַיְהִ֣יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כַאֲשֶׁ֣רkhaasheras becauseאֲשֶׁרpreposition, particle, relative — “as because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…שָׁמַ֣עshamahearשָׁמַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hear”, a completed actionH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…סַנְבַלַּ֡טsanvalatSanballatסַנְבַלַּטnoun, proper name — “Sanballat”H5571Sanballat, a Persian satrap of SamariaSanballat.וְ֠טוֹבִיָּהvetoviyahand Tobijahטוֹבִיָּהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Tobijah”H2900Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one SamaritanTobiah, Tobijah.וְהָעַרְבִ֨יםvehaarvimand the Arabianעֲרָבִיconjunction, definite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “and the Arabian”, the ordinary formH6163an Arabian or inhabitant of Arab (i.e. Arabia)Arabian.וְהָעַמֹּנִ֜יםvehaamonimand the Ammoniteעַמּוֹנִיconjunction, definite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “and the Ammonite”, the ordinary formH5984an Ammonite or (the adjective) AmmonitishAmmonite(-s).וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִ֗יםvehaashdodimand the of Ashdodאַשְׁדּוֹדִיconjunction, definite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “and the of Ashdod”, the ordinary formH796an Ashdodite (often collectively) or inhabitant of AsdodAshdodites, of Ashdod.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…עָלְתָ֤הaletahascend upעָלָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “ascend up”, a completed actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…אֲרוּכָה֙arukhahhealthאֲרוּכָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “health”, the ordinary formH724wholeness (literally or figuratively)health, made up, perfected.לְחֹמ֣וֹתlechomotto wallחוֹמָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “to wall”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2346a wall of protectionwall, walled.יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םyerushalimJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםnoun, proper name — “Jerusalem”H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineJerusalem.כִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…הֵחֵ֥לּוּhechelvbeginחָלַלverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “begin”, a completed actionH2490properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute…הַפְּרֻצִ֖יםhaprutsimthe breakפָּרַץdefinite article, verb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “the break”, a verb used as a describing wordH6555to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)[idiom] abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.לְהִסָּתֵ֑םlehisatemto secretסָתַםpreposition, verb, niphal, infinitive construct — “to secret”, the to-form of the verbH5640to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secretclosed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.וַיִּ֥חַרvayicharand burnחָרָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and burn”, the next action in the storyH2734to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousybe angry, burn, be displeased, [idiom] earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, [idiom] very, be wroth. See H8474 (תַּחָרָה).לָהֶ֖םlahemtoלָהֶ֖םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toמְאֹֽדmeodespeciallyמְאֹדadverb — “especially”H3966properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(4-1) But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;

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American Standard Version (1901)

But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;

Young’s Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening hath gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,

World English Bible

But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;

Darby Translation

And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

Douay-Rheims

And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall, that it was grievous to him, and he was very angry, and railed against the Jews.