Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleBut when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” Young's Literal Translation And Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and they mock at us, and despise us, and say, ‘What [is] this thing that ye are doing? against the king are ye rebelling?’ King James Bible But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard [it], they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What [is] this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? Hebrew When Sanballatסַנְבַלַּ֨ט (san·ḇal·laṭ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5571: Sanballat -- a Samaritan leader the Horonite, הַחֹרֹנִ֜י (ha·ḥō·rō·nî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2772: Horonite -- a Choronite Tobiah וְטֹבִיָּ֣ה ׀ (wə·ṭō·ḇî·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2900: Tobiah -- 'Yah is my good', three Israelites, also an Ammonite the Ammonite הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֗י (hā·‘am·mō·w·nî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5984: Ammonite -- descendants of Ammon official, הָעֶ֣בֶד (hā·‘e·ḇeḏ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant and Geshem וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙ (wə·ḡe·šem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1654: Geshem -- an opponent of Nehemiah the Arab הָֽעַרְבִ֔י (hā·‘ar·ḇî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6163: Arabian -- inhabitant of Arabia heard about this, וַיִּשְׁמַע֩ (way·yiš·ma‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently they mocked וַיַּלְעִ֣גוּ (way·yal·‘i·ḡū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3932: To deride, to speak unintelligibly us לָ֔נוּ (lā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew and ridiculed us, וַיִּבְז֖וּ (way·yiḇ·zū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 959: To disesteem saying, וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say “What מָֽה־ (māh-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what is this הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that you are אַתֶּ֣ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you doing? עֹשִׂ֔ים (‘ō·śîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 6213: To do, make Are you אַתֶּ֥ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you rebelling מֹרְדִֽים׃ (mō·rə·ḏîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 4775: To rebel against עָלֵ֑ינוּ (‘ā·lê·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the king?” הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king |