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Nehemiah 6:10

Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”

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ASV

And I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

KJV

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַאֲנִי־va.'a.ni-and IH589
בָ֗אתִיVa.tiI wentH935
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֧הshe.ma'.YahShemaiahH8098
בֶן־ven-[the] son ofH1121
דְּלָיָ֛הde.la.YahDelaiahH1806
בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121
מְהֵֽיטַבְאֵ֖לme.hei.tav.'ElMehetabelH4105
וְה֣וּאve.Hu'and heH1931
עָצ֑וּר'a.Tzur[was] shut upH6113
וַיֹּ֡אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
נִוָּעֵד֩ni.va.'Edlet us meetH3259
אֶל־'el-toH413
בֵּ֨יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הָאֱלֹהִ֜יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
אֶל־'el-toH413
תּ֣וֹךְTokh[the] middle ofH8432
הַֽהֵיכָ֗לha.hei.Khalthe templeH1964
וְנִסְגְּרָה֙ve.nis.ge.Rahand let us closeH5462
דַּלְת֣וֹתdal.Tot[the] doors ofH1817
הַהֵיכָ֔לha.hei.Khalthe templeH1964
כִּ֚יkiforH3588
בָּאִ֣יםba.'Im[people are] comingH935
לְהָרְגֶ֔ךָle.ha.re.Ge.khato kill youH2026
וְלַ֖יְלָהve.Lay.lahand nightH3915
בָּאִ֥יםba.'Im[people are] comingH935
לְהָרְגֶֽךָ׃le.ha.re.Ge.khato kill youH2026

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About Nehemiah

Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain