to inspect
sa.var describes Nehemiah’s night-time examination of Jerusalem’s wall and gates.
The two attested participial uses describe Nehemiah examining the wall during his night journey, including the damaged walls and fire-consumed gates in Nehemiah 2:13 and the wall again in Nehemiah 2:15.
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Examining the wall · dominant
Both occurrences are Qal active participles, masculine singular absolute, within Nehemiah’s night-time movement around the city. In Nehemiah 2:13 the APB renders the clause "I was inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that were broken through," and in Nehemiah 2:15 it renders "and inspected the wall."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the activity as "inspecting" in both verses, once while describing Jerusalem’s breached walls and once during the return along the wall. This confirms the scene’s overall examination rather than a precise English equivalent for each token.