וַיְהִי֙ עַם־הָאָ֔רֶץ מְרַפִּ֖ים יְדֵ֣י עַם־יְהוּדָ֑ה ומבלהים [וּֽמְבַהֲלִ֥ים] אוֹתָ֖ם לִבְנֽוֹת׃
Das Volk des Landes entmutigte deshalb die Judäer und schreckte sie ab vom Bau.
Rashi on Ezra
the people of the land They are the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin.
Rashi on Ezra
from building Heb. לִבְנוֹת, lit. to build, and so (Gen. 41:49): “until one ceased to count (לִסְפֹּר).”