Nehemiah 4:11
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”

Young's Literal Translation
And our adversaries say, ‘They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.’

King James Bible
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

Hebrew
And our enemies
צָרֵ֗ינוּ (ṣā·rê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

said,
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Before
עַ֛ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

they know
יֵדְעוּ֙ (yê·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3045: To know

[or]
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

see
יִרְא֔וּ (yir·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

[a thing],
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

we will come
נָב֥וֹא (nā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

their midst,
תּוֹכָ֖ם (tō·w·ḵām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

kill them,
וַהֲרַגְנ֑וּם (wa·hă·raḡ·nūm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent

and put an end
וְהִשְׁבַּ֖תְנוּ (wə·hiš·baṯ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion

to the work.”
הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ (ham·mə·lā·ḵāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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