Nehemia 6:19

6:19 They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. ¹  Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare ²  me.

Nehemia 9:13

9:13 “You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

Nehemia 13:24

13:24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned ³ ) and were unable to speak the language of Judah.

Nehemia 4:15

4:15 It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, ⁴  God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.

Nehemia 5:7

5:7 I considered these things carefully ⁵  and then registered a complaint with the wealthy ⁶  and the officials. I said to them, “Each one of you is seizing the collateral ⁷  from your own countrymen!” ⁸  Because of them I called for ⁹  a great public assembly.

Nehemia 6:12

6:12 I recognized the fact that God had not sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me as a hired agent of Tobiah and Sanballat. ¹⁰ 

Nehemia 2:20

2:20 I responded to them by saying, “The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. ¹¹  But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.” ¹² 

[6:19]  ¹ tn Heb “my words.”

[6:19]  ² tn Or “to intimidate” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[13:24]  ³ tn Heb “people and people.”

[4:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “it was known to us.”

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “my heart was advised upon me.”

[5:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “nobles.”

[5:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “taking a creditor’s debt.” The Hebrew noun מַשָּׁא (masha’) means “interest; debt” and probably refers to the collateral (pledge) collected by a creditor (HALOT 641-42 s.v.). This particular noun form appears only in Nehemiah (5:7, 10; 10:32); however, it is related to מַשָּׁאָה (masha’ah, “contractual loan; debt; collateral”) which appears elsewhere (Deut 24:10; Prov 22:26; cf. Neh 5:11). See the note on the word “people” at the end of v. 5. The BHS editors suggest emending the MT to מָשָׂא (masa’, “burden”), following several medieval Hebrew MSS; however, the result is not entirely clear: “you are bearing a burden, a man with his brothers.”

[5:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “his brothers.”

[5:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “I gave.”

[6:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.”

[2:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “will arise and build.” The idiom “arise and…” means to begin the action described by the second verb.

[2:20]  ¹² tn Heb “portion or right or remembrance.” The expression is probably a hendiatris: The first two nouns retain their full nominal function, while the third noun functions adjectivally (“right or remembrance” = “ancient right”).