Nehemiah 6:17
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.”
יְהוּדָה
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
חֹר
the nobles of
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חֹר
properly, white or pure (from the cleansing or shining power of fire; hence (figuratively) noble (in rank)
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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הָלַךְ
which were going
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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טוֹבִיָּה
Tobiah
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טוֹבִיָּה
Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan
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רָבָה
were multiplying
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רָבָה
to increase (in whatever respect)
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