Nehemiah 4:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

Young's Literal Translation
And Tobiah the Ammonite [is] by him and saith, ‘Also, that which they are building—if a fox doth go up, then it hath broken down their stone wall.’

King James Bible
Now Tobiah the Ammonite [was] by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

Hebrew
Then Tobiah
וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה (wə·ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2900: Tobiah -- 'Yah is my good', three Israelites, also an Ammonite

the Ammonite,
הָעַמֹּנִ֖י (hā·‘am·mō·nî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5984: Ammonite -- descendants of Ammon

who was beside him,
אֶצְל֑וֹ (’eṣ·lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 681: A joining together, proximity

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

“If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

even
גַּ֚ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

a fox
שׁוּעָ֔ל (šū·‘āl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7776: Fox, perhaps jackal

were to climb up on
יַעֲלֶ֣ה (ya·‘ă·leh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

what
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

they
הֵ֣ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

are building,
בּוֹנִ֔ים (bō·w·nîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1129: To build

it would break down
וּפָרַ֖ץ (ū·p̄ā·raṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6555: To break through

their wall
חוֹמַ֥ת (ḥō·w·maṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

of stones!”
אַבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (’aḇ·nê·hem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 68: A stone

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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