New American Standard Bible 2020

Nehemiah 5:2-5

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.”

4ThereH3426also wereH3426those whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834saidאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559, “We have borrowedלָוִ֥ינוּla.Vi.nuH3867moneyכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701for the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428taxלְמִדַּ֣תle.mi.DatH4060onour fieldsשְׂדֹתֵ֖ינוּse.do.Tei.nuH7704and our vineyardsוּכְרָמֵֽינוּ׃u.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754.

5And nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258our fleshכִּבְשַׂ֤רkiv.SarH1320is like the fleshבְּשָׂרֵ֔נוּbe.sa.Re.nuH1320of our brothersאַחֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.Chei.nuH251,our childrenכִּבְנֵיהֶ֖םkiv.nei.HemH1121like their childrenבָּנֵ֑ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121.Yet beholdוְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.NehH2009,we are forcingH3533our sonsבָּנֵ֨ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121and our daughtersבְּנֹתֵ֜ינוּbe.no.Tei.nuH1323to be slavesלַעֲבָדִ֗יםla.'a.va.DimH5650,and someH4480of our daughtersמִבְּנֹתֵ֤ינוּmi.be.no.Tei.nuH1323are forcedH3533intoH3533bondageH3533already, andwe are helplessוְאֵ֣ין לְאֵ֣ל יָדֵ֔נוּve.'Ein le.'El ya.De.nuH369 H410 H3027because our fieldsוּשְׂדֹתֵ֥ינוּu.se.do.Tei.nuH7704and vineyardsוּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּu.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754belong to othersלַאֲחֵרִֽים׃la.'a.che.RimH312.”

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