Nehemiah 5
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Nehemiah 5:1-3

1Nowthere was a greatגְּדוֹלָ֑הge.do.LahH1419outcryצַעֲקַ֥תtza.'a.KatH6818of the peopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971and of their wivesוּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖םu.ne.shei.HemH802againstאֶל־'el-H413theirJewishהַיְּהוּדִֽים׃hai.ye.hu.DimH3064brothersאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם'a.chei.HemH251.
2For thereH3426wereH3426those whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834saidאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559, “We, our sonsבָּנֵ֥ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121,and our daughtersוּבְנֹתֵ֖ינוּu.ve.no.Tei.nuH1323are manyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227; therefore let’sgetוְנִקְחָ֥הve.nik.ChahH3947grainדָגָ֖ןda.GanH1715so that we may eatוְנֹאכְלָ֥הve.no.khe.LahH398and liveוְנִחְיֶֽה׃ve.nich.YehH2421.”
3And thereH3426wereH3426otherswhoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834saidאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559, “We are mortgagingעֹרְבִ֑ים'o.re.VimH6148our fieldsשְׂדֹתֵ֛ינוּse.do.Tei.nuH7704,our vineyardsוּכְרָמֵ֥ינוּu.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754,and our housesוּבָתֵּ֖ינוּu.va.Tei.nuH1004so that we might getוְנִקְחָ֥הve.nik.ChahH3947grainדָגָ֖ןda.GanH1715because of the famineבָּרָעָֽב׃ba.ra.'AvH7458.”
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