וְהָעִ֞יר רַחֲבַ֤ת יָדַ֙יִם֙ וּגְדוֹלָ֔ה וְהָעָ֥ם מְעַ֖ט בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ וְאֵ֥ין בָּתִּ֖ים בְּנוּיִֽם׃
Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
Read halakhic rulings (Jewish law) on Nehemiah 7:4: and classical halakhic sources.