Nehemiah 6:13

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Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.

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Hebrew words

לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616שָׂכוּרsakhur[was] hiredH7936הוּאhu'heH1931לְמַעַן־lema'an-so thatH4616אִירָא'ira'I may be afraidH3372וְאֶעֱשֶׂה־ve'e'eseh-and I may actH6213כֵּןkenthusH3651וְחָטָאתִיvechatatiand I will sinH2398וְהָיָהvehayahand it will becomeH1961לָהֶםlahemfor themלְשֵׁםleshem<into> a nameH8034רָעra'badH7451לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616יְחָרְפוּנִי׃ פyecharefunithey may reproach meH2778

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