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Nehemiah 5:10-15

10Iאֲנִי֙'a.NiH589,as well asוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571my brothersאַחַ֣י'a.ChaiH251and my servantsוּנְעָרַ֔יu.ne.'a.RaiH5288,have been lendingנֹשִׁ֥יםno.ShimH5383the peoplemoneyכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701and grainוְדָגָ֑ןve.da.GanH1715.Pleaseנָּ֖אna'H4994אֶת־'et-H853,let us stopנַֽעַזְבָה־na.'az.vah-H5800thisהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088usuryהַמַּשָּׁ֥אha.ma.Sha'H4855.

11Pleaseנָ֨אna'H4994restoreהָשִׁיבוּ֩ha.shi.VuH7725to themimmediatelyכְּהַיּ֗וֹםke.hai.YomH3117their fieldsשְׂדֹתֵיהֶ֛םse.do.tei.HemH7704,vineyardsכַּרְמֵיהֶ֥םkar.mei.HemH3754,olive grovesזֵיתֵיהֶ֖םzei.tei.HemH2132,and housesוּבָתֵּיהֶ֑םu.va.tei.HemH1004,along with the percentageוּמְאַ֨תu.me.'AtH3967of the moneyהַכֶּ֤סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701,grainוְהַדָּגָן֙ve.ha.da.GanH1715,new wineהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁha.ti.Ro.oshH8492,and oilוְהַיִּצְהָ֔רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323thatאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834youאַתֶּ֖ם'a.TemH859have been assessingנֹשִׁ֥יםno.ShimH5383them.”

12“We will restoreנָשִׁ֗יבna.ShivH7725it,”they repliedוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “and will requireנְבַקֵּ֔שׁ כֵּ֣ןne.va.Kesh kenH1245 H3651nothingלֹ֣אlo'H3808more from them.We will doנַעֲשֶׂ֔הna.'a.SehH6213asכַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.SherH834youאַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH859sayאוֹמֵ֑ר'o.MerH559.”So I summonedוָאֶקְרָא֙va.'ek.Ra'H7121אֶת־'et-H853the priestsהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.NimH3548and required of the nobles and officials an oath that theyוָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔םva.'ash.bi.'EmH7650would doלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213what they had promisedכַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃ka.da.Var ha.ZehH1697 H2088.

13I alsoגַּם־gam-H1571shook outנָעַ֗רְתִּיna.'Ar.tiH5287the folds of my robeחָצְנִ֣יcha.tze.NiH2684and saidוָֽאֹמְרָ֡הva.'o.me.RahH559, “May Godהָֽאֱלֹהִ֟יםha.'E.lo.HimH430אֶת־'et-H853likewiseכָּ֣כָהKa.khahH3602shakeיְנַעֵ֪רye.na.'ErH5287out of his houseמִבֵּיתוֹ֙mi.bei.ToH1004and possessionsוּמִ֣יגִיע֔וֹ וְכָ֛כָהu.Mi.gi.'O ve.Kha.khahH3018 H3602everyכָּל־kol-H3605manהָאִישׁ֩ha.'IshH376whoאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834does notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808keepיָקִ֜יםya.KimH6965אֶת־'et-H853thisהַזֶּ֗הha.ZehH2088promiseהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697.May such a man beיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961shaken outנָע֖וּרna.'UrH5287and have nothingוָרֵ֑קva.RekH7386!”The wholeכָֽל־khol-H3605assemblyהַקָּהָ֜לha.ka.HalH6951saidוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “Amenאָמֵ֗ן'a.MenH543,”and they praisedוַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙vay.ha.LuH1984אֶת־'et-H853the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068.And the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971didוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213as they had promisedכַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃ka.da.Var ha.ZehH1697 H2088.

14Furthermoreגַּ֞םgamH1571,from the dayמִיּ֣וֹם׀mi.YomH3117אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Artaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shast'H783appointed meצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680אֹתִ֗י'o.TiH853to beלִהְי֣וֹתlih.YotH1961their governorפֶּחָם֮pe.ChamH6346in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Judahיְהוּדָה֒ye.hu.DahH3063,from his twentiethעֶשְׂרִ֗ים'es.RimH6242yearמִשְּׁנַ֣תmi.she.NatH8141untilוְ֠עַדVe.'adH5704his thirty-secondשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙she.lo.Shim u.she.Ta.yimH7970 H8147yearשְׁנַ֨תshe.NatH8141(twelveשְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֑הshe.Teim 'es.RehH8147 H6240years totalשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141),neither Iאֲנִ֣י'a.NiH589nor my brothersוְאַחַ֔י לֹ֥אve.'a.Chai lo'H251 H3808ateאָכַֽלְתִּי׃'a.Khal.tiH398the foodלֶ֥חֶםLe.chemH3899allotted to the governorהַפֶּ֖חָהha.Pe.chahH6346.

15The governorsוְהַפַּחוֹת֩ הָרִאשֹׁנִ֨יםve.ha.pa.chOt ha.ri.sho.NimH6346 H7223אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834before meלְפָנַ֜יle.fa.NaiH6440had heavily burdenedהִכְבִּ֣ידוּ עַל־hikh.Bi.du 'al-H3513 H5921the peopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971,takingוַיִּקְח֨וּvai.yik.ChuH3947from thembreadבְּלֶ֤חֶםbe.Le.chemH3899and wineוָיַ֙יִן֙va.Ya.yinH3196plusאַחַר֙'a.CharH310fortyאַרְבָּעִ֔ים'ar.ba.'ImH705shekelsשְׁקָלִ֣יםshe.ka.LimH8255of silverכֶּֽסֶף־ke.sef-H3701.Their servantsנַעֲרֵיהֶ֖םna.'a.rei.HemH5288alsoגַּ֥םgamH1571oppressedשָׁלְט֣וּ עַל־shal.Tu 'al-H7980 H5921the peopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971.But Iוַאֲנִי֙va.'a.NiH589did notלֹא־lo'-H3808doעָשִׂ֣יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213thisכֵ֔ןKhenH3651,becauseמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440of my fearיִרְאַ֥תyir.'AtH3374of Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430.

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