Nehemiah 4:6
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So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.

had a mind

Nehemiah 6:15 But the wall was finished the five and twentieth day of the month of Elul, in two and fifty days.

1 Chronicles 29:3,14,17,18 Now over and above the things which I have offered into the house of my God I give of my own proper goods, gold and silver for the temple of my God, beside what things I have prepared for the holy house. . . .

2 Chronicles 29:36 And Ezechias, and all the people rejoiced because the ministry of the Lord was accomplished. For the resolution of doing this thing was taken suddenly.

Psalm 110:3 With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee.

2 Corinthians 8:16,17 And thanks be to God, who hath given the same carefulness for you in the heart of Titus. . . .

Philippians 2:13 For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will.

Hebrews 13:21 Fit you in all goodness, that you may do his will; doing in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Context
The Work is Ridiculed
5Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders. 6So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.7And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.…
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:5
Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.

Nehemiah 4:7
And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.

Psalm 122:3
Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.

Haggai 1:14
And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel the son of Salathiel governor of Juda, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people: and they went in, and did the work in the house of the Lord of Hosts their God.

Lexicon
So we rebuilt
וַנִּבְנֶה֙ (wan·niḇ·neh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

the wall
הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה (ha·ḥō·w·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2346: A wall of protection

until all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

[of it]
הַחוֹמָ֖ה (ha·ḥō·w·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2346: A wall of protection

was joined together
וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר (wat·tiq·qā·šêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7194: To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league

up to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

half its [height],
חֶצְיָ֑הּ (ḥeṣ·yāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2677: The half, middle

for the people
לָעָ֖ם (lā·‘ām)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

had
וַיְהִ֧י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a mind
לֵ֦ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

to work.
לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make


Additional Translations
So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half of it, for the people had a mind to work.

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half [the height] of it: for the people had a mind to work.

And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined -- unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.
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