Commentary for Nehemiah 6:3
וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם מַלְאָכִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מְלָאכָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֔ה וְלֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל לָרֶ֑דֶת לָ֣מָּה תִשְׁבַּ֤ת הַמְּלָאכָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אַרְפֶּ֔הָ וְיָרַדְתִּ֖י אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃
And I sent messengers unto them, saying: ‘I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?’
Rashi on Nehemiah
“I am doing great work of the buildings (of the city); other editions read: [of the buildings] of dust.
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Rashi on Nehemiah
Why should...stop Why should the work be curtailed?
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when I leave it Heb. אַרְפֶּהָ, lit. [slacken] my hand from the building.
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and come down to you to speak with and to meet with you.
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