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Nehemiah 5:10-15

10And likewiseוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571I, my brothersאַחַ֣י'a.ChaiH251,and my servantsוּנְעָרַ֔יu.ne.'a.RaiH5288are lendingנֹשִׁ֥יםno.ShimH5383them moneyכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701and grainוְדָגָ֑ןve.da.GanH1715.Pleaseנָּ֖אna'H4994, let’sdoH5800withoutH5800thisהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088interestהַמַּשָּׁ֥אha.ma.Sha'H4855.

11Pleaseנָ֨אna'H4994,giveH7725backH7725to them this very dayכְּהַיּ֗וֹםke.hai.YomH3117their fieldsשְׂדֹתֵיהֶ֛םse.do.tei.HemH7704,their vineyardsכַּרְמֵיהֶ֥םkar.mei.HemH3754,their oliveזֵיתֵיהֶ֖םzei.tei.HemH2132grovesH2132,and their housesוּבָתֵּיהֶ֑םu.va.tei.HemH1004,as well as the hundredthוּמְאַ֨תu.me.'AtH3967partof the moneyהַכֶּ֤סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701and of the grainוְהַדָּגָן֙ve.ha.da.GanH1715,the newהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁha.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492,and the oilוְהַיִּצְהָ֔רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323that you are chargingH5383asH5383interestH5383from them.”

12Then they saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “Wewill giveH7725itbackH7725andwill requireנְבַקֵּ֔שׁne.va.KeshH1245nothingלֹ֣אlo'H3808from them; we will doנַעֲשֶׂ֔הna.'a.SehH6213exactlyכֵּ֣ןkenH3651as you sayאוֹמֵ֑ר'o.MerH559.”So I calledוָאֶקְרָא֙va.'ek.Ra'H7121the priestsהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.NimH3548and made themtakeH7650anH7650oathוָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔םva.'ash.bi.'EmH7650to actלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213in accordance with thisהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088promiseכַּדָּבָ֥רka.da.VarH1697.

13Ialsoגַּם־gam-H1571shookH5287outH5287thefrontH2684ofH2684my garmentH2684and saidוָֽאֹמְרָ֡הva.'o.me.RahH559, “Soכָּ֣כָהKa.khahH3602may Godהָֽאֱלֹהִ֟יםha.'E.lo.HimH430shakeH5287outH5287everyכָּל־kol-H3605personהָאִישׁ֩ha.'IshH376from his houseמִבֵּיתוֹ֙mi.bei.ToH1004and from his possessionsוּמִ֣יגִיע֔וֹu.Mi.gi.'OH3018whoאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834does not keepיָקִ֜יםya.KimH6965thisהַזֶּ֗הha.ZehH2088promiseהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697;just soוְכָ֛כָהve.Kha.khahH3602may he be shakenH5287outH5287and emptiedוָרֵ֑קva.RekH7386.” Andallכָֽל־khol-H3605the assemblyהַקָּהָ֜לha.ka.HalH6951saidוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “Amenאָמֵ֗ן'a.MenH543!”And they praisedוַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙vay.ha.LuH1984the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068.Then the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971actedוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213in accordance with thisהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088promiseכַּדָּבָ֥רka.da.VarH1697.

14Furthermoreגַּ֞םgamH1571,sinceH4480the dayמִיּ֣וֹם׀mi.YomH3117that I was appointedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680to be their governorפֶּחָם֮pe.ChamH6346in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Judahיְהוּדָה֒ye.hu.DahH3063, fromthe twentiethעֶשְׂרִ֗ים'es.RimH6242yearמִשְּׁנַ֣תmi.she.NatH8141to thethirty-secondשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙she.lo.Shim u.she.Ta.yimH7970 H8147yearשְׁנַ֨תshe.NatH8141of Kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Artaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shast'H783,for twelveשְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֑הshe.Teim 'es.RehH8147 H6240yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141,neitherH3808I norH3808my kinsmenוְאַחַ֔יve.'a.ChaiH251have eatenאָכַֽלְתִּי׃'a.Khal.tiH398the governor’sהַפֶּ֖חָהha.Pe.chahH6346foodלֶ֥חֶםLe.chemH3899allowance.

15But the previousהָרִאשֹׁנִ֨יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223governorsוְהַפַּחוֹת֩ve.ha.pa.chOtH6346whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834were beforeלְפָנַ֜יle.fa.NaiH6440melaidH3513burdensH3513on the peopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971and tookוַיִּקְח֨וּvai.yik.ChuH3947from them breadבְּלֶ֤חֶםbe.Le.chemH3899and wineוָיַ֙יִן֙va.Ya.yinH3196besidesאַחַר֙'a.CharH310fortyאַרְבָּעִ֔ים'ar.ba.'ImH705shekelsשְׁקָלִ֣יםshe.ka.LimH8255of silverכֶּֽסֶף־ke.sef-H3701;evenגַּ֥םgamH1571their servantsנַעֲרֵיהֶ֖םna.'a.rei.HemH5288domineeredשָׁלְט֣וּshal.TuH7980the peopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971.But I did not doעָשִׂ֣יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213soכֵ֔ןKhenH3651becauseמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH4480 H6440of myfearיִרְאַ֥תyir.'AtH3374of Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430.

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