Nehemiah 2:19
And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah, the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem of Arabs, heard this, and they scorned us, and despised; and said, What is this thing, that ye do? whether ye rebel against the king?This verse in the real world
In what words
- חֹרֹנִיChôrônîya Choronite or inhabitant of Choronaim
- גֶּשֶׁםGeshemGeshem or Gashmu, an Arabian
- עֲרָבִיʻĂrâbîyan Arabian or inhabitant of Arab (i.e. Arabia)
- סַנְבַלַּטÇanballaṭSanballat, a Persian satrap of Samaria
- לָעַגlâʻagto deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
- טוֹבִיָּהṬôwbîyâhTobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan
- עַמּוֹנִיʻAmmôwnîyan Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish
- מָרַדmâradto rebel
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The Elephantine papyri — Sanballat's sons, 407 BCNamed outside the BibleNehemiah's opponent Sanballat, governor of Samaria, and a high priest named Johanan both appear in Egyptian Jewish correspondence dated to 407 BC.