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Nehemiah 5:1-3

1About that time there wasוַתְּהִ֨יva.te.HiH1961a greatגְּדוֹלָ֑הge.do.LahH1419outcryצַעֲקַ֥תtza.'a.KatH6818from the peopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971and their wivesוּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖םu.ne.shei.HemH802againstאֶל־'el-H413their fellowאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם'a.chei.HemH251Jewsהַיְּהוּדִֽים׃hai.ye.hu.DimH3064.

2וְיֵשׁ֙ve.YeshH3426Someאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834were sayingאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559, “Weאֲנַ֣חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuH587andour sonsבָּנֵ֥ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121and daughtersוּבְנֹתֵ֖ינוּu.ve.no.Tei.nuH1323are numerousרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227.We must getוְנִקְחָ֥הve.nik.ChahH3947grainדָגָ֖ןda.GanH1715in order to eatוְנֹאכְלָ֥הve.no.khe.LahH398and stay aliveוְנִחְיֶֽה׃ve.nich.YehH2421.”

3וְיֵשׁ֙ve.YeshH3426Othersאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834were sayingאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559, “Weאֲנַ֣חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuH587are mortgagingעֹרְבִ֑ים'o.re.VimH6148our fieldsשְׂדֹתֵ֛ינוּse.do.Tei.nuH7704,our vineyardsוּכְרָמֵ֥ינוּu.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754,and our homesוּבָתֵּ֖ינוּu.va.Tei.nuH1004to getוְנִקְחָ֥הve.nik.ChahH3947grainדָגָ֖ןda.GanH1715during the famineבָּרָעָֽב׃ba.ra.'AvH7458.”

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