Nehemiah Chapter 4 verse 11 Holy Bible
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
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And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.
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And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.
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And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
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And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
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Our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
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And our adversaries say, `They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) They shall not know.--As to the adversaries, their plan was evidently to watch and surprise, instead of making the threatened attack.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewAnd our enemiesצָרֵ֗ינוּ (ṣā·rê·nū)Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common pluralStrong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponentsaid,וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 559: To utter, say“Beforeעַ֛ד (‘aḏ)PrepositionStrong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, whilethey knowיֵדְעוּ֙ (yê·ḏə·‘ū)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 3045: To know[or]וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, noseeיִרְא֔וּ (yir·’ū)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 7200: To see[a thing],לֹ֤א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nowe will comeנָב֥וֹא (nā·ḇō·w)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common pluralStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, gointoאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, totheir midst,תּוֹכָ֖ם (tō·w·ḵām)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 8432: A bisection, the centrekill them,וַהֲרַגְנ֑וּם (wa·hă·raḡ·nūm)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural | third person masculine pluralStrong's 2026: To smite with deadly intentand put an endוְהִשְׁבַּ֖תְנוּ (wə·hiš·baṯ·nū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common pluralStrong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertionto the work.”הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ (ham·mə·lā·ḵāh)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, propertyJump to PreviousAdversaries Cause Caused Causing Cease Death End Enemies Kill Midst Right Slain Slay Stop Work
