Nehemiah 4:18
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For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.

by his side.

Numbers 10:9 If you go forth to war out of your land against the enemies that fight against you, you shall sound aloud with the trumpets, and there shall be a remembrance of you before the Lord your God, that you may be delivered out of the hands of your enemies.

2 Chronicles 13:12-17 Therefore God is the leader in our army, and his priests who sound with trumpets, and resound against you: O children of Israel, fight not against the Lord the God of your fathers, for it is not good for you. . . .

Context
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17Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword. 18For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.19And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: The work is great and wide, and we are separated on the wall one far from another:…
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:13
I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.

Nehemiah 4:17
Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.

Nehemiah 4:19
And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: The work is great and wide, and we are separated on the wall one far from another:

Ezekiel 33:3
And he sees the sword coming upon the land, and sound the trumpet, and tell the people:

Lexicon
And each
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of the builders
וְהַ֨בּוֹנִ֔ים (wə·hab·bō·w·nîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

worked
וּבוֹנִ֑ים (ū·ḇō·w·nîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

with his sword
חַרְבּ֛וֹ (ḥar·bōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

strapped
אֲסוּרִ֥ים (’ă·sū·rîm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle

at
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his side.
מָתְנָ֖יו (mā·ṯə·nāw)
Noun - mdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4975: The waist, small of the back, the loins

But the trumpeter
וְהַתּוֹקֵ֥עַ (wə·hat·tō·w·qê·a‘)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8628: To clatter, slap, clang, to drive, to become bondsman

stayed beside me.
אֶצְלִֽי׃ (’eṣ·lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 681: A joining together, proximity


Additional Translations
And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

And the builders wrought each man having his sword girt upon his loins, and so they built: and the trumpeter with his trumpet next to him.

And the builders had every one his sword girded by his side, and built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

and the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.

And the builders are each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet is beside me.
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