Tanach
Nechemyah 6:8-13 נחמיה ו׳:ח׳-י״ג
Part of: Chapter 6
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וָאֶשְׁלְחָה אֵלָיו לֵאמֹר לֹא נִֽהְיָה כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה אוֹמֵר כִּי מִֽלִּבְּךָ אַתָּה בוֹדָֽאם׃
And I sent to him, saying: These things that you speak of are not so; you are imagining them.
And I sent to him, saying: These things that you speak of are not so; you are imagining them.
Rashi
בודם. קונטרבנטאל"ש בלע"ז כמו אשר בדה מלבו:
invent them contro(u)ves eles in Old French; you are concocting them, like (I Kings 12:33): “...that he had fabricated (בָּדָה) from his heart.”
כִּי כֻלָּם מְיָֽרְאִים אוֹתָנוּ לֵאמֹר יִרְפּוּ יְדֵיהֶם מִן־הַמְּלָאכָה וְלֹא תֵעָשֶׂה וְעַתָּה חַזֵּק אֶת־יָדָֽי׃
For all of them [(the gentiles)] fear us, wherefore they say: Let them leave off the work so that it not be done. And now, assist me [(in building the wall)].
For all of them [(the gentiles)] fear us, wherefore they say: Let them leave off the work so that it not be done. And now, assist me [(in building the wall)].
Rashi
כי כולם. כי כל העכו"ם:
For they all for all the nations.
מיראים אותנו. מתיראים ממנו וכך הם אומרים ירפו ידיהם וגו':
fear us Heb. מְיָרְאִים. They fear us, and so they say, “Let their hands be slackened, etc.”
ועתה חזק את ידי. לסייעני בבנין החומה:
and now, strengthen my hands to help me with the building of the wall.
וַאֲנִי־בָאתִי בֵּית שְֽׁמַֽעְיָה בֶן־דְּלָיָה בֶּן־מְהֵֽיטַבְאֵל וְהוּא עָצוּר וַיֹּאמֶר נִוָּעֵד אֶל־בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים אֶל־תּוֹךְ הַֽהֵיכָל וְנִסְגְּרָה דַּלְתוֹת הַהֵיכָל כִּי בָּאִים לְהׇרְגֶךָ וְלַיְלָה בָּאִים לְהׇרְגֶֽךָ׃
And I came to the house of Shemayah the son of Delayah the son of Mehetavel [(a false prophet, hired by Sanvalat and his cohorts to frighten Nechemiah into halting the work on the wall)], and he was at home. And he said: Let us meet in the house of G-d, in the midst of the sanctuary, and let us lock the doors of the sanctuary, for they are coming to kill you [(by way of the city gates, which were still without doors, [viz. 1])]; and they are coming to kill you tonight.
And I came to the house of Shemayah the son of Delayah the son of Mehetavel [(a false prophet, hired by Sanvalat and his cohorts to frighten Nechemiah into halting the work on the wall)], and he was at home. And he said: Let us meet in the house of G-d, in the midst of the sanctuary, and let us lock the doors of the sanctuary, for they are coming to kill you [(by way of the city gates, which were still without doors, [viz. 1])]; and they are coming to kill you tonight.
Rashi
והוא עצור. שמצאו בביתו:
and he was confined for he found him at home.
ויאמר נועד. אותו שמעיה היה נביא שקר וקבל שוחד מן סנבלט וחביריו להפחיד את נחמיה כדי לבטל את המלאכה:
and he said, “Let us meet Shemaiah was a false prophet who had received a bribe from Sanballat and his colleagues to frighten Nehemiah in order to stop the work.
כי באים להרגך. שהרי יבואו להרגך סנבלט וחביריו:
for they are coming to assassinate you for Sanballat and his colleagues will come to assassinate you.
ולילה באים. וע"כ הזהירו ליכנס בהיכל ולסגור הדלתות עליו שעדיין לא נעשו דלתות שערי העיר כמה שנאמר בתחילת הפרשה גם עד העת ההיא דלתות לא העמדתי בשערים:
and tonight they are coming Therefore, he warned him to enter the Temple and to close the doors about himself, because the doors of the gates of the city had not been made, as it says at the beginning of the chapter (verse 1): “Also that until that time, I had not erected doors in the gates.”
וָאֹמְרָה הַאִישׁ כָּמוֹנִי יִבְרָח וּמִי כָמוֹנִי אֲשֶׁר־יָבֹא אֶל־הַהֵיכָל וָחָי לֹא אָבֽוֹא׃
And I said: Shall a man such as I run away [(out of fear)]? And who such as I [(a non-priest)] may come to the sanctuary and live? [viz. Numbers 3:38] I shall not come!
And I said: Shall a man such as I run away [(out of fear)]? And who such as I [(a non-priest)] may come to the sanctuary and live? [viz. Numbers 3:38] I shall not come!
Rashi
האיש כמוני יברח. בתמיה אם איש כמוני יברח ליכנס בהיכל:
Will a man like me flee This is a question: Will a man like me flee to enter the Temple?
לא אבוא. לא אכנס שם מפני פחד המיתה ולא אעבור על המצוה של הקב"ה שלא יבוא ויכנס זר בהיכלו:
I will not enter I will not enter there because of fear of death, and I will not transgress the commandments of the Holy One, blessed be He, that a stranger (a non-Kohen) may not enter His Temple.
וָאַכִּירָה וְהִנֵּה לֹֽא־אֱלֹהִים שְׁלָחוֹ כִּי הַנְּבוּאָה דִּבֶּר עָלַי וְטוֹבִיָּה וְסַנְבַלַּט שְׂכָרֽוֹ׃
And I realized that, behold, not G-d had sent him (for he spoke [these things] to me [as being] prophecy) and (that) Toviah and Sanvalat had hired him.
And I realized that, behold, not G-d had sent him (for he spoke [these things] to me [as being] prophecy) and (that) Toviah and Sanvalat had hired him.
Rashi
ואכירה. הכרתי בדבריו שלא שלחו הקב"ה בדבר זה שאעבור עבירה מפני פחד המיתה:
And I discerned I discerned in his words that the Holy One, blessed be He, had not sent him on this mission, but that he wanted me to commit a transgression because of fear of death.
כי הנבואה דבר עלי. שהרי הוא דבר הדברים הללו עלי בשם נבואה:
for he spoke prophesy concerning me for he spoke these words concerning me in the name of prophecy.
שכרו. כל א' וא' מהם שכרו ונתנו לו שכר להפחידני ולבטל בבנין החומה:
had hired him Heb. שְּׂכָרוֹ. Each one of them had hired him and given him pay to frighten me and to curtail the building of the wall.
לְמַעַן שָׂכוּר הוּא לְמַֽעַן־אִירָא וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־כֵּן וְחָטָאתִי וְהָיָה לָהֶם לְשֵׁם רָע לְמַעַן יְחָֽרְפֽוּנִי׃ {פ}
Because he was hired [(had he spoken thus to me)], so that I should fear and do this [i.e., enter the sanctuary] and sin and enable them to vilify me [(as a sinner)] and shame me.
Because he was hired [(had he spoken thus to me)], so that I should fear and do this [i.e., enter the sanctuary] and sin and enable them to vilify me [(as a sinner)] and shame me.
Rashi
למען שכור הוא. אמר לי הדברים הללו:
Because he was hired he told me these things.
למען אירא. כדי שאתירא מהם להיות עושה כן ליכנס בהיכל ולהיות חוטא:
in order that I fear in order that I fear them, to do this to enter the Temple and sin.
והיה להם לשם רע. למען שיהיה להם לשם רע לחרפני בעבירה זו:
so that they should have this for a scandal in order that they should have this as a scandal to reproach me with this sin.
כי מלבך. הרי כי במקום אלא:
from your heart Heb. כִּי. This כִּי is in place of אֶלָּא, but.