Revised Literal Translation

Nehemiah 5:2-5

2For there wereוְיֵשׁ֙ve.YeshH3426that saidאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559,We, our sonsבָּנֵ֥ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121,and our daughtersוּבְנֹתֵ֖ינוּu.ve.no.Tei.nuH1323, aremanyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227:therefore we take upוְנִקְחָ֥הve.nik.ChahH3947grainדָגָ֖ןda.GanH1715for them,that we may eatוְנֹאכְלָ֥הve.no.khe.LahH398,and liveוְנִחְיֶֽה׃ve.nich.YehH2421.

3Somealso there wereוְיֵשׁ֙ve.YeshH3426that saidאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559,We have mortgagedעֹרְבִ֑ים'o.re.VimH6148our landsשְׂדֹתֵ֛ינוּse.do.Tei.nuH7704,vineyardsוּכְרָמֵ֥ינוּu.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754,and housesוּבָתֵּ֖ינוּu.va.Tei.nuH1004,that we might buyוְנִקְחָ֥הve.nik.ChahH3947grainדָגָ֖ןda.GanH1715,because of the dearthבָּרָעָֽב׃ba.ra.'AvH7458.

4There wereוְיֵשׁ֙ve.YeshH3426also that saidאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559,We have borrowedלָוִ֥ינוּla.Vi.nuH3867moneyכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701for the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428tributeלְמִדַּ֣תle.mi.DatH4060, and that uponour landsשְׂדֹתֵ֖ינוּse.do.Tei.nuH7704and vineyardsוּכְרָמֵֽינוּ׃u.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754.

5Yet now our fleshכִּבְשַׂ֤רkiv.SarH1320isas the fleshבְּשָׂרֵ֔נוּbe.sa.Re.nuH1320of our brethrenאַחֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.Chei.nuH251,our childrenכִּבְנֵיהֶ֖םkiv.nei.HemH1121as their childrenבָּנֵ֑ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121:and, lo, we bring into bondageכֹ֠בְשִׁיםKhoe.shimH3533our sonsבָּנֵ֨ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121and our daughtersבְּנֹתֵ֜ינוּbe.no.Tei.nuH1323to be servantsלַעֲבָדִ֗יםla.'a.va.DimH5650, and someof our daughtersמִבְּנֹתֵ֤ינוּmi.be.no.Tei.nuH1323areוְיֵ֨שׁve.YeshH3426brought unto bondageנִכְבָּשׁוֹת֙nikh.ba.shOtH3533already: neither is itin our powerלְאֵ֣ל יָדֵ֔נוּle.'El ya.De.nuH3027 H410to redeem them;for other menלַאֲחֵרִֽים׃la.'a.che.RimH312have our landsוּשְׂדֹתֵ֥ינוּu.se.do.Tei.nuH7704and vineyardsוּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּu.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754.

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