Revised Version 1895

Nehemiah 5:10-15

10And I likewise, mybrethrenאַחַ֣י'a.ChaiH251and myservantsוּנְעָרַ֔יu.ne.'a.RaiH5288,doאֲנִי֙'a.NiH589lend themmoneyכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701and corn onusuryהַמַּשָּׁ֥אha.ma.Sha'H4855. IprayH4994youH853,letH4994usH4994leaveנַֽעַזְבָה־na.'az.vah-H5800offH853thisusuryH4855.

11Restoreהָשִׁיבוּ֩ha.shi.VuH7725, Iprayנָ֨אna'H4994youH859, to them, even thisdayכְּהַיּ֗וֹםke.hai.YomH3117, theirfieldsשְׂדֹתֵיהֶ֛םse.do.tei.HemH7704, theirvineyardsכַּרְמֵיהֶ֥םkar.mei.HemH3754, their oliveyards, and theirhousesוּבָתֵּיהֶ֑םu.va.tei.HemH1004, also thehundredthוּמְאַ֨תu.me.'AtH3967partH859of themoneyהַכֶּ֤סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701, and of the corn, thewineהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁha.ti.Ro.oshH8492, and theoilוְהַיִּצְהָ֔רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323, that ye exact of them.

12ThensaidH559they,WeH834willrestoreנָשִׁ֗יבna.ShivH7725them, and willrequireנְבַקֵּ֔שׁne.va.KeshH1245nothingH3808of them;soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651willweH834doנַעֲשֶׂ֔הna.'a.SehH6213,evenH3808as thou sayest. Then Icalledוָאֶקְרָא֙va.'ek.Ra'H7121thepriestsהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.NimH3548, andtookאֶת־'et-H853anoathוָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔םva.'ash.bi.'EmH7650of them, that they shoulddoלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213according to thispromiseכַּדָּבָ֥רka.da.VarH1697.

13Also Ishookנָעַ֗רְתִּיna.'Ar.tiH5287outH3605my lap, andsaidוָֽאֹמְרָ֡הva.'o.me.RahH559,SoH6213Godהָֽאֱלֹהִ֟יםha.'E.lo.HimH430shakeיְנַעֵ֪רye.na.'ErH5287outH3605everyH3605manהָאִישׁ֩ha.'IshH376from hishouseמִבֵּיתוֹ֙mi.bei.ToH1004, and from his labour, that performethnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808thispromiseהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697;evenגַּם־gam-H1571thusכָּ֣כָהKa.khahH3602be heshakenנָע֖וּרna.'UrH5287outH3605, andemptiedוָרֵ֑קva.RekH7386. AndallH3605thecongregationהַקָּהָ֜לha.ka.HalH6951saidוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559,Amenאָמֵ֗ן'a.MenH543, andpraisedוַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙vay.ha.LuH1984theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068. And thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971didH6213accordingוְכָ֛כָהve.Kha.khahH3602to thispromiseכַּדָּבָ֥רka.da.VarH1697.

14MoreoverH1571from the time that I wasappointedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680to be theirgovernorפֶּחָם֮pe.ChamH6346in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofJudahיְהוּדָה֒ye.hu.DahH3063, from thetwentiethעֶשְׂרִ֗ים'es.RimH6242yearמִשְּׁנַ֣תmi.she.NatH8141evenH1571unto thetwoH8147andthirtiethשְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםshe.lo.ShimH7970yearשְׁנַ֨תshe.NatH8141ofArtaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shast'H783thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, that is,twelveעֶשְׂרֵ֑ה'es.RehH6240yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141, I and mybrethrenוְאַחַ֔יve.'a.ChaiH251havenotלֹ֥אlo'H3808eatenאָכַֽלְתִּי׃'a.Khal.tiH398thebreadלֶ֥חֶםLe.chemH3899of thegovernorהַפֶּ֖חָהha.Pe.chahH6346.

15But theformerהָרִאשֹׁנִ֨יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223governorsוְהַפַּחוֹת֩ve.ha.pa.chOtH6346that werebeforeלְפָנַ֜יle.fa.NaiH6440meמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440were chargeable unto thepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971, andtookוַיִּקְח֨וּvai.yik.ChuH3947of thembreadבְּלֶ֤חֶםbe.Le.chemH3899andwineוָיַ֙יִן֙va.Ya.yinH3196,besideעַל־'al-H5921fortyאַרְבָּעִ֔ים'ar.ba.'ImH705shekelsשְׁקָלִ֣יםshe.ka.LimH8255ofsilverכֶּֽסֶף־ke.sef-H3701; yea,evenגַּ֥םgamH1571theirservantsנַעֲרֵיהֶ֖םna.'a.rei.HemH5288bare rule over thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971: butsoכֵ֔ןKhenH3651didעָשִׂ֣יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213notלֹא־lo'-H3808I,becauseעַל־'al-H5921of thefearיִרְאַ֥תyir.'AtH3374ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430.

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