Nehemiah 4:6
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
1129 [e]וַנִּבְנֶה֙
wan-niḇ-neh
So we builtConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cp
853 [e]אֶת־
’eṯ-
-DirObjM
2346 [e]הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה
ha-ḥō-w-māh,
the wallArt | N-fs
7194 [e]וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר
wat-tiq-qā-šêr
and was joined togetherConj-w | V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3fs
3605 [e]כָּל־
kāl-
entireN-msc
2346 [e]הַחוֹמָ֖ה
ha-ḥō-w-māh
the wallArt | N-fs
5704 [e]עַד־
‘aḏ-
up toPrep
2677 [e]חֶצְיָ֑הּ
ḥeṣ-yāh;
half its [height]N-msc | 3fs
1961 [e]וַיְהִ֧י
way-hî
and hadConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
3820 [e]לֵ֦ב
lêḇ
a mindN-ms
5971 [e]לָעָ֖ם
lā-‘ām
for the peoplePrep-l, Art | N-ms
6213 [e]לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃
la-‘ă-śō-wṯ.
to workPrep-l | V-Qal-Inf
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Hebrew Texts
נחמיה 4:6 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַנִּבְנֶה֙ אֶת־הַ֣חֹומָ֔ה וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר כָּל־הַחֹומָ֖ה עַד־חֶצְיָ֑הּ וַיְהִ֧י לֵ֦ב לָעָ֖ם לַעֲשֹֽׂות׃ פ

נחמיה 4:6 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
ונבנה את־החומה ותקשר כל־החומה עד־חציה ויהי לב לעם לעשות׃ פ

נחמיה 4:6 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
ונבנה את־החומה ותקשר כל־החומה עד־חציה ויהי לב לעם לעשות׃ פ

נחמיה 4:6 Hebrew Bible
ונבנה את החומה ותקשר כל החומה עד חציה ויהי לב לעם לעשות׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

King James Bible
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So we rebuilt the wall until the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had the will to keep working.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

and all the wall (That is, the whole circuit of the wall was completed unto half the intended height.)

for the people (The original is very emphatic, wyhee laiv leam laasoth, 'for the people had a heart to work.' Their heart was engaged in it, and they went about it cheerfully and vigorously.)

had a mind

Nehemiah 6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month …

1 Chronicles 29:3,14,17,18 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, …

2 Chronicles 29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared …

Psalm 110:3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties …

2 Corinthians 8:16,17 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart …

Philippians 2:13 For it is God which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Hebrews 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you …

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