Tanach
Nechemyah 3:33-35 נחמיה ג׳:ל״ג-ל״ה
Part of: Chapter 3
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וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע סַנְבַלַּט כִּֽי־אֲנַחְנוּ בוֹנִים אֶת־הַחוֹמָה וַיִּחַר לוֹ וַיִּכְעַס הַרְבֵּה וַיַּלְעֵג עַל־הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃
And it was, when Sanvalet heard that we were building the wall, he was irate and extremely wroth, and he mocked the Jews.
And it was, when Sanvalet heard that we were building the wall, he was irate and extremely wroth, and he mocked the Jews.
וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לִפְנֵי אֶחָיו וְחֵיל שֹֽׁמְרוֹן וַיֹּאמֶר מָה הַיְּהוּדִים הָאֲמֵלָלִים עֹשִׂים הֲיַעַזְבוּ לָהֶם הֲיִזְבָּחוּ הַיְכַלּוּ בַיּוֹם הַיְחַיּוּ אֶת־הָאֲבָנִים מֵעֲרֵמוֹת הֶעָפָר וְהֵמָּה שְׂרוּפֽוֹת׃
And he said before his brothers and the host of Shomron [(oppressors of Judah)]. What are these debilitated Jews doing? Will they [(the idolators)] allow them [(to continue to build)]? Will they [eternally] sacrifice [their offerings]? Will they finish [their work] in [one] day [(so that the idolators not halt it)]! Will they resurrect the stones [they are building with] from the piles of earth [where they found them fallen] when they are [completely] burnt!
And he said before his brothers and the host of Shomron [(oppressors of Judah)]. What are these debilitated Jews doing? Will they [(the idolators)] allow them [(to continue to build)]? Will they [eternally] sacrifice [their offerings]? Will they finish [their work] in [one] day [(so that the idolators not halt it)]! Will they resurrect the stones [they are building with] from the piles of earth [where they found them fallen] when they are [completely] burnt!
Rashi
מה היהודים. מדוע היהודים כך הם עושים:
What are the Jews Why are the Jews doing this?
האמללים. ענין חלשות ורפיון:
the feeble Heb. הָאֲמֵלָלִִים, a term denoting weakness and feebleness.
היעזבו להם. וכי הם סבורים אשר יעזבו ויניחו להם העובדי כוכבים לבנות:
Will they let them Do they think that the heathens will allow them to build?
היזבחו. אם יזבחו להם את זבחיהם תמיד כמו שהם סבורים:
Will they sacrifice Will they constantly slaughter their sacrifices for themselves as they think?
היכלו ביום. אם יכלו וישלימו מלאכתם אשר התחילו ביום א' לומר שלא יניחום העובדי כוכבים לגמור את בניינם:
Will they finish in one day Will they complete the work that they started in one day? That is to say that the heathens will not permit them to complete their building.
היחיו. אם יחיו ויתקנו ויחזירו האבנים לקדמתן להיות קשות וחזקות מן העפר:
Will they revive Will they revive and repair and restore stones to their previous state to be harder and stronger than the dust?
מערמות. ענין חמרים ותלים:
from the heaps Heb. מֵעֲרֵמוֹת, a term denoting heaps and mounds.
והמה שרופות. והאבנים היו שרופות ונעשית עפר כך היו מלעיגים ומתלוצצים על בנין החומה שהיו בונין מן האבנים שרופות שנפלו לארץ מן האש כאשר נשרפה ירושלים:
for they are burnt The stones were burnt and have become dust. So did they jeer and ridicule the building of the wall, which they were building from the burnt stones that had fallen to the earth from the fire when Jerusalem was burned.
וְטוֹבִיָּה הָעַמֹּנִי אֶצְלוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר גַּם אֲשֶׁר־הֵם בּוֹנִים אִם־יַעֲלֶה שׁוּעָל וּפָרַץ חוֹמַת אַבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ {פ}
And Toviah the Ammonite was at his side, and he said: Even if a wolf go up against what they are building he will breach the wall of their stones!
And Toviah the Ammonite was at his side, and he said: Even if a wolf go up against what they are building he will breach the wall of their stones!
Rashi
וטוביה העמוני אצלו. טוביה היה אצלו של סנבלט:
And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him Tobiah was beside Sanballat.
ויאמר. וכך היה אומר ומלעיג:
and he said And so he was saying and ridiculing.
גם אשר הם בונים. אף הבנין הזה אשר הם בונים:
Even what they build even this building that they are building.
אם יעלה שועל. על הבנין לפרוץ חומת העיר מה יהא עליו לומר שאין לבנין תקנה וכל מי שירצה יבא ויפרוץ בו:
if a fox comes up on the building to breach the wall of the city, what will become of it? That is to say that the building cannot be repaired, and whoever wishes, can come and break into it.
לפני אחיו וחיל שומרון. לפני חביריו וחיל שומרון שהיו צרי יהודה:
before his brethren and the army of Samaria before his brethren and the army of Samaria, who were the adversaries of Judea.