Commentary for Ezra 4:4
וַיְהִי֙ עַם־הָאָ֔רֶץ מְרַפִּ֖ים יְדֵ֣י עַם־יְהוּדָ֑ה ומבלהים [וּֽמְבַהֲלִ֥ים] אוֹתָ֖ם לִבְנֽוֹת׃
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and harried them while they were building,
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the people of the land They are the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin.
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were hindering to disrupt them from their work.
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from building Heb. לִבְנוֹת, lit. to build, and so (Gen. 41:49): “until one ceased to count (לִסְפֹּר).”
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