# I said

Here "I" refers to Nehemiah.

# the nobles ... the officials

These are the leaders referred to in [Nehemiah 4:16](./15.md).

# The work is great

Here the word "great" means "large-scale" or "huge."

# the trumpet sound

This refers to someone blowing a trumpet. AT: "someone blowing a trumpet" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/trumpet]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/assembly]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]