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Commentary for Nehemiah 6:17

גַּ֣ם ׀ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֗ם מַרְבִּ֞ים חֹרֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ אִגְּרֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם הוֹלְכ֖וֹת עַל־טוֹבִיָּ֑ה וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה בָּא֥וֹת אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

Rashi on Nehemiah

the rulers of Judea Heb. חֹרֵי, the princes of Judea.
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Rashi on Nehemiah

to Tobiah Heb. עַל-טוֹבִיָה. He was a renegade Israelite.
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Rashi on Nehemiah

and Tobiah’s i.e., Tobiah’s letters.
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