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Nehemiah 5:12-13

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.

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