12. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Nehemiah 6:12:1 ⧉וָאַכִּ֕ירָהvaakiraand I recognized Nehemiah 6:12:2 ⧉וְהִנֵּ֥הvehineand look Nehemiah 6:12:3 ⧉לֹֽא־אֱלֹהִ֖יםloelohimnot God Nehemiah 6:12:4 ⧉שְׁלָח֑וֹshelakhosent him Nehemiah 6:12:5 ⧉כִּ֤יkifor Nehemiah 6:12:6 ⧉הַנְּבוּאָה֙hanevuathe prophecy Nehemiah 6:12:7 ⧉דִּבֶּ֣רdiberhe spoke Nehemiah 6:12:8 ⧉עָלַ֔יalaiagainst me Nehemiah 6:12:9 ⧉וְטוֹבִיָּ֥הvetoviyaand Tobiah Nehemiah 6:12:10 ⧉וְסַנְבַלַּ֖טvesanvalatand Sanballat Nehemiah 6:12:11 ⧉שְׂכָרֽוֹ׃sekharohired him |
12. Formal Translation And I recognized, and behold, it was not God {Elohim, Revealer of Truth} who had sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. |
12. Dynamic Translation Then I realized that God {Elohim, Source of Wisdom} had not sent him at all; instead, he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. |