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Nehemiah 5:2-7

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.”

4וְיֵשׁ֙ve.YeshH3426Still othersאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834were sayingאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559, “We have borrowedלָוִ֥ינוּla.Vi.nuH3867moneyכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701to paythe king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428taxלְמִדַּ֣תle.mi.DatH4060onour fieldsשְׂדֹתֵ֖ינוּse.do.Tei.nuH7704and vineyardsוּכְרָמֵֽינוּ׃u.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754.

5וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258כִּבְשַׂ֤רkiv.SarH1320We and our childrenכִּבְנֵיהֶ֖םkiv.nei.HemH1121are just like our countrymenאַחֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּשָׂרֵ֔נוּ'a.Chei.nu be.sa.Re.nuH251 H1320and their childrenבָּנֵ֑ינוּ וְהִנֵּ֣הba.Nei.nu ve.hi.NehH1121 H2009,yet weאֲנַ֣חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuH587are subjectingכֹ֠בְשִׁיםKhoe.shimH3533אֶת־'et-H853our sonsבָּנֵ֨ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853and daughtersבְּנֹתֵ֜ינוּbe.no.Tei.nuH1323to slaveryלַעֲבָדִ֗יםla.'a.va.DimH5650.Some ofוְיֵ֨שׁve.YeshH3426our daughtersמִבְּנֹתֵ֤ינוּmi.be.no.Tei.nuH1323are already enslavedנִכְבָּשׁוֹת֙nikh.ba.shOtH3533,but we are powerlessוְאֵ֣ין לְאֵ֣ל יָדֵ֔נוּve.'Ein le.'El ya.De.nuH369 H410 H3027to redeem thembecause our fieldsוּשְׂדֹתֵ֥ינוּu.se.do.Tei.nuH7704and vineyardsוּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּu.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754belong to othersלַאֲחֵרִֽים׃la.'a.che.RimH312.”

6Whenכַּאֲשֶׁ֤רka.'a.SherH834I heardשָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙sha.Ma'.tiH8085אֶת־'et-H853their outcryזַֽעֲקָתָ֔םza.'a.ka.TamH2201וְאֵ֖תve.'EtH853and theseהָאֵֽלֶּה׃ha.'E.lehH428complaintsהַדְּבָרִ֥יםha.de.va.RimH1697,I became extremelyמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966angryוַיִּ֥חַרvai.Yi.charH2734,

7and after seriousלִבִּ֜יli.BiH3820thoughtוַיִּמָּלֵ֨ךְvai.yi.ma.LekhH4427עָלַ֗י'a.LaiH5921I rebukedוָאָרִ֙יבָה֙va.'a.Ri.vahH7378אֶת־'et-H854the noblesהַחֹרִ֣ים וְאֶת־ha.cho.Rim ve.'EtH2715 H854and officialsהַסְּגָנִ֔יםha.se.ga.NimH5461,sayingוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559, “Youאִישׁ־ אַתֶּ֣ם'ish- 'a.TemH376 H859are exactingH5378usuryמַשָּׁ֥אma.Sha'H4855from your own brothersבְּאָחִ֖יוbe.'a.ChivH251!”So I calledוָאֶתֵּ֥ןva.'e.TenH5414a largeגְדוֹלָֽה׃ge.do.LahH1419assemblyקְהִלָּ֥הke.hi.LahH6952against themעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.HemH5921

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