King James Version

Nehemiah 4:8

And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Nehemiah 4:2.

וַיִּקְשְׁר֤וּvayiqshervand bindקָשַׁרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bind”, the next action in the storyH7194to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason).כֻלָּם֙khulamallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).יַחְדָּ֔וyachdavalikeיַחַדadverb — “alike”H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyalike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.לָב֖וֹאlavoto to comeבּוֹאpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to to come”, the to-form of the verbH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…לְהִלָּחֵ֣םlehilachemto devourלָחַםpreposition, verb, niphal, infinitive construct — “to devour”, the to-form of the verbH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbirushalimin Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Jerusalem”H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineJerusalem.וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתvelaasotand to doעָשָׂהconjunction, preposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “and to do”, the to-form of the verbH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…ל֖וֹlvotoל֖וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toתּוֹעָֽהtoaherrorתּוֹעָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “error”, the ordinary formH8442mistake, i.e. (morally) impiety, or (political) injuryerror, hinder.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(4-2) and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they conspire, all of them together, to come in to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.

World English Bible

and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us.

Darby Translation

and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

Douay-Rheims

And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)