Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall. Tobiah Nehemiah 2:10,19 And Sanaballat the Horonite, and Tobias the servant, the Ammonite, heard it, and it grieved them exceedingly, that a man was come, who sought the prosperity of the children of Israel. . . . Nehemiah 6:1 And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gossem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it, (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates,) 1 Kings 20:10,18 And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again, and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. . . . 2 Kings 18:23 Now therefore come over to my master, the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, and see whether you be able to have riders for them. Context The Work is Ridiculed…2And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt? 3Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.4Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.… Cross References Deuteronomy 23:3 The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever: Lamentations 5:18 For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it. Lexicon Then Tobiahוְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה (wə·ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2900: Tobiah -- 'Yah is my good', three Israelites, also an Ammonite the Ammonite, הָעַמֹּנִ֖י (hā·‘am·mō·nî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5984: Ammonite -- descendants of Ammon who was beside him, אֶצְל֑וֹ (’eṣ·lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 681: A joining together, proximity said, וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “If אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not even גַּ֚ם (gam) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and a fox שׁוּעָ֔ל (šū·‘āl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7776: Fox, perhaps jackal were to climb up on יַעֲלֶ֣ה (ya·‘ă·leh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively what אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that they הֵ֣ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: They are building, בּוֹנִ֔ים (bō·w·nîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build it would break down וּפָרַ֖ץ (ū·p̄ā·raṣ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6555: To break through their wall חוֹמַ֥ת (ḥō·w·maṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2346: A wall of protection of stones!” אַבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (’aḇ·nê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone Additional Translations Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall. And Tobias the Ammanite came near to him, and said to them, Do they sacrifice or eat in their place? shall not a fox go up and pull down their wall of stones? And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall. -- Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall. Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox should go up, he would even break down their stone wall. Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, "What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall." And Tobiah the Ammonite is by him and saith, 'Also, that which they are building -- if a fox doth go up, then it hath broken down their stone wall.' Jump to Previous Ammonite Break Broken Build Building Climbed Fox Goes Side Stone Stones Tobiah Tobi'ah WallJump to Next Ammonite Break Broken Build Building Climbed Fox Goes Side Stone Stones Tobiah Tobi'ah WallExternal Links Nehemiah 4:3 NIVNehemiah 4:3 NLT Nehemiah 4:3 ESV Nehemiah 4:3 NASB Nehemiah 4:3 ASV Nehemiah 4:3 Bible Apps Nehemiah 4:3 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 4:3 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 4:3 French Bible Nehemiah 4:3 German Bible Alphabetical: a Ammonite and are at break building building-if climbed down even fox he him his if it jump near Now of on said should side stone stones the their they Tobiah up wall was What who would OT History: Nehemiah 4:3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him (Neh Ne) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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