Rashi, on Neh 4:8

“And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.”

“And I saw, and I arose And when I saw the enemies coming, I arose to speak to the nobles and to the prefects to spur them to fight against our enemy. for your brethren Heb. עַל אֲחֵיכֶם, for the sake of your brethren.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.