Commentary for Nehemiah 6:9
כִּ֣י כֻלָּ֗ם מְיָֽרְאִ֤ים אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יִרְפּ֧וּ יְדֵיהֶ֛ם מִן־הַמְּלָאכָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א תֵעָשֶׂ֑ה וְעַתָּ֖ה חַזֵּ֥ק אֶת־יָדָֽי׃
For they all would have us afraid, saying: ‘Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done.’ But now, strengthen Thou my hands.
Rashi on Nehemiah
For they all for all the nations.
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Rashi on Nehemiah
fear us Heb. מְיָרְאִים. They fear us, and so they say, “Let their hands be slackened, etc.”
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and now, strengthen my hands to help me with the building of the wall.
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