Nehemiah 4:10
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Judah saith, ‘The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish [is] abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.’

King James Bible
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and [there is] much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

Hebrew
Meanwhile, the people of Judah
יְהוּדָ֗ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

said:
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“The strength
כֹּ֣חַ (kō·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

of the laborer
הַסַּבָּ֔ל (has·sab·bāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5449: Burden bearer

fails,
כָּשַׁל֙ (kā·šal)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall

and there is so much
הַרְבֵּ֑ה (har·bêh)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

rubble
וְהֶעָפָ֖ר (wə·he·‘ā·p̄ār)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

that we
וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ (wa·’ă·naḥ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 587: We

will never
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be able
נוּכַ֔ל (nū·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 3201: To be able, have power

to rebuild
לִבְנ֖וֹת (liḇ·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1129: To build

the wall.”
בַּחוֹמָֽה׃ (ba·ḥō·w·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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