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nehmiah 6: 17 Also in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.

New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Ne 6:17). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

I want to know the phrase '' Also in those days '' to whom it refers ,without consulting a commentary,I would also to know in Logos resources which enables me to identfy such cases (I have the logos platinum ,the Nelson,and Zondeervan 87 vols.)

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Tes

I want to know the phrase '' Also in those days '' to whom it refers

Sorry, I mean which days? After the
completion of building or after?

Tes

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/128856#Comment_128856

Sorry, I mean which days? After the
completion of building or after?

After or before?

Todd Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/128858#Comment_128858

Sorry, I mean which days?
After the
completion of building or after?

After or before?

It doesn't refer to any specific time. It is a
vague statement that doesn't necessarily before or after, but just sometime near what happened previously. It could be both before AND after. Do a bible search on the phrase, you'll see it is pretty common.

Why don't you want to refer to a commentary?

Tes

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/128867#Comment_128867

Why don't you want to refer to a commentary?

Thank you Philip, I would like first to see in a resource ,which tells me as it is without commenting it .If I go to commenteries I may have some ideas in me ,before I try to interpet it.or better study it .If this is before the completion it is meaningful to the context ,but if it is after that ,then I am still woundering,becuase onece his ememies have reaslised ,,it is done by the help of God ,then what does it mean if they continue?

Todd Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/128873#Comment_128873

Why don't you want to refer to a
commentary?

Thank you Philip, I would like first to see in a resource ,which
tells me as it is without commenting it .If I go to commenteries I may
have some ideas in me ,before I try to interpet it.or better study it
.If this is before the completion it is meaningful to the context ,but
if it is after that ,then I am still woundering,becuase onece his
ememies have reaslised ,,it is done by the help of God ,then what does
it mean if they continue?

I guess I don't see the difference between asking us for direction
and consulting a commentary. A lexicon isn't going to help with phrases
and grammar. Any resource that would help you understand what that
phrase means is going to be the matter of someone's opinion as much as a
commentary is. A good commentary will point you to other resources as
well.

The best you can do on your own is search for how the phrase is used
elsewhere in the Bible.

Todd Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/128876#Comment_128876

By the way, I think the letters were sent
during the building of the wall, since the author would not have needed to
say "in those days" if the letters were sent after it was completed. It points back to the previous action. But I don't think you're going to find a technical resource to help you understand that.

Tes

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/128876#Comment_128876

A good commentary will point you to other resources as
well.

Well, my problem here is not with the grammar,
but with the sequence of time.

Blessings in Chrst

Thank you again Philip

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/128882#Comment_128882

A good commentary will point you to other resources as
well.

Well, my problem here is not with the grammar,
but with the sequence of time.

Blessings in Chrst

Thank you again Philip

The topic you wish to explore linguistically is deixis . see http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsDeixis.htm for a series of definitions and examples that can help you sort out the questions.

Praiser

Tes, I know you aren't really wanting to know what a commentary says, but as Todd pointed out above "I guess I don't see the difference between asking us for direction and consulting a commentary."

I went to http://www.bestcommentaries.com/category/ezra-nehemiah/ and the top rated commentary on that site for Nehemiah is the Word Biblical Commentary. I notice that you didn't include it in your resources that you listed.

So I have copied just a portion of it for you here:

WARNING: WORD BIBLICAL COMMENTARY QUOTE FOLLOWS

"17–19 This paragraph is not to be regarded as following the preceding two verses in strict chronological order but rather, as the opening words of v 17 make clear (

גם בימים ההם
"furthermore, throughout that period"), as describing further the kind of intrigues of the period as a whole. It owes its present setting, therefore, to quite other considerations, analyzed in Form above.

The exchanges of letters between Tobiah and the Judean aristocracy were no doubt part of the way in which Nehemiah’s enemies were kept so well informed of developments in Jerusalem. The personal ties referred to add weight to the case argued at 2:10 above that although Tobiah was an official under Sanballat in Samaria, he had at some point been resident in Jerusalem. It was most likely during such a period that he and his son had married into Jewish families (for the family of Arah, cf. Ezra 2:5; for Meshullam, son of Berechiah, cf. Neh 3:4 and 30, where it was suggested that he was an important official. It would appear from chap. 3 that Meshullam was a firm supporter of Nehemiah’s building program. This shows that the situation may not have appeared so straightforward to everyone as it did to Nehemiah. Some may have been happy to see the city repaired without committing themselves in the least to the more separatist policy of which Nehemiah regarded the wall as a major symbol; see Comment on 3:5 for an even more extreme attitude). But Tobiah’s links were much wider than those of marriage. Quite why many should have "sworn allegiance to him" is uncertain, but the fact itself makes clear that there was an influential Tobiad party in Jerusalem with whom Nehemiah must have had difficulty in dealing, even though it rarely surfaces in our texts. Perhaps they wished to continue with an open policy toward Judah’s neighbors in the interests of commerce and trade.

19 For whatever reason, this group tried to encourage a more positive attitude by Nehemiah toward Tobiah (assuming the text here to be sound; cf. above). The riff was damaging to their interests, and so they tried to mediate. Ironically, however, Nehemiah records that the only direct communications he had from Tobiah belied the genuineness of their intentions."

Willamson, H. G. M. Vol. 16, Word Biblical Commentary : Ezra-Nehemiah. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas: Word, Incorporated, 2002.

WARNING: NICOT COMMENTARY QUOTE FOLLOWS

"17–19 We should expect these verses after v. 14. Verses 15–16 should then stand before the beginning of ch. 7. This is the logical sequence. On the other hand there might have been logic in the arrangement as we have it in the MT that escapes us now. It is possible that the events of 6:17–19 took place after the nations experienced the failure of their plans to stop the work on the wall (vv. 15–16). In vv. 17–19 it is no longer a question of stopping the work, but of diplomatic negotiations to reconcile Nehemiah with Tobiah. Some of the important citizens of Jerusalem were against the isolation of Judah, perhaps for commercial reasons. They corresponded with Tobiah, one of Nehemiah’s enemies."

Fensham, F. Charles. The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1982.

Tes

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/129012#Comment_129012

Thank you all of you.