Nehemiah 4:6

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ (3:38) 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.

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and all the wall.That is, the whole circuit of the wall was completed unto half the intended height.
for the people.The original is very emphatic, {wyhee laiv l\u65533 \u65533 m l\u65533 \u65533 soth,} "for the people had a heart to work." Their heart was engaged in it, and they went about it cheerfully and vigorously.
had a mind.
Nehemiah 6:15; 1 Chronicles 29:3; 1 Chronicles 29:14; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 29:36; Psalms 110:3; 2 Corinthians 8:16; 2 Corinthians 8:17
Philippians 2:13; Hebrews 13:21