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Nehemiah 5:14-18
14Moreover from thetimeמִיּ֣וֹם׀mi.YomH3117that I wasappointedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680to be theirgovernorפֶּחָם֮pe.ChamH6346in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofJudahיְהוּדָה֒ye.hu.DahH3063, from thetwentiethעֶשְׂרִ֗ים'es.RimH6242yearמִשְּׁנַ֣תmi.she.NatH8141even to thetwoוּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙u.she.Ta.yimH8147andthirtiethשְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםshe.lo.ShimH7970yearשְׁנַ֨תshe.NatH8141ofArtaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shast'H783thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, that is,twelveשְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֑הshe.Teim 'es.RehH8147H6240yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141, I and mybrethrenוְאַחַ֔יve.'a.ChaiH251have noteatenאָכַֽלְתִּי׃'a.Khal.tiH398thebreadלֶ֥חֶםLe.chemH3899of thegovernorהַפֶּ֖חָהha.Pe.chahH6346.
15But theformerהָרִאשֹׁנִ֨יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223governorsוְהַפַּחוֹת֩ve.ha.pa.chOtH6346that had beenbeforeלְפָנַ֜יle.fa.NaiH6440me had laid aburdenהִכְבִּ֣ידוּhikh.Bi.duH3513upon thepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971, and hadtakenוַיִּקְח֨וּvai.yik.ChuH3947of themfoodבְּלֶ֤חֶםbe.Le.chemH3899andwineוָיַ֙יִן֙va.Ya.yinH3196,besidesאַחַר֙'a.CharH310fortyאַרְבָּעִ֔ים'ar.ba.'ImH705shekelsשְׁקָלִ֣יםshe.ka.LimH8255ofsilverכֶּֽסֶף־ke.sef-H3701; yea,evenגַּ֥םgamH1571theirservantsנַעֲרֵיהֶ֖םna.'a.rei.HemH5288boreruleשָׁלְט֣וּshal.TuH7980over thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971: but sodidעָשִׂ֣יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213not I,becauseמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440of thefearיִרְאַ֥תyir.'AtH3374ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430.
16Yea, also Icontinuedהֶחֱזַ֔קְתִּיhe.che.Zak.tiH2388in theworkבִּמְלֶ֜אכֶתbim.Le.khetH4399of thiswallהַחוֹמָ֤הha.cho.MahH2346, neitherboughtקָנִ֑ינוּka.Ni.nuH7069we anylandוְשָׂדֶ֖הve.sa.DehH7704: and all myservantsנְעָרַ֔יne.'a.RaiH5288weregatheredקְבוּצִ֥יםke.vu.TzimH6908there to theworkהַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ha.me.la.KhahH4399.
17Moreover there were at mytableשֻׁלְחָנִֽי׃shul.cha.NiH7979anhundredמֵאָ֧הme.'AhH3967andfiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אִ֗ישׁva.cha.mi.Shim 'IshH2572H376of theJewsוְהַיְּהוּדִ֨יםve.hai.ye.hu.DimH3064andrulersוְהַסְּגָנִ֜יםve.ha.se.ga.NimH5461, besides those thatcameוְהַבָּאִ֥יםve.ha.ba.'ImH935to us from among theheathenהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471that were aboutusסְבִיבֹתֵ֖ינוּse.vi.vo.Tei.nuH5439.
18Now that which waspreparedנַעֲשֶׂ֜הna.'a.SehH6213for medailyלְי֣וֹםle.YomH3117wasoneH259oxשׁ֣וֹרShorH7794andsixשֵׁשׁ־shesh-H8337choiceבְּרֻר֤וֹתbe.ru.RotH1305sheepצֹ֠אןtzonH6629; alsofowlsוְצִפֳּרִים֙ve.tzi.po.RimH6833werepreparedנַֽעֲשׂוּ־na.'a.su-H6213for me, and once intenעֲשֶׂ֧רֶת'a.Se.retH6235daysיָמִ֛יםya.MimH3117anabundanceלְהַרְבֵּ֑הle.har.BehH7235of all sorts ofwineיַ֖יִןYa.yinH3196: yet forallוְעִם־ve.'im-H5973this Irequiredבִקַּ֔שְׁתִּיvi.Kash.tiH1245not thefoodלֶ֤חֶםLe.chemH3899of thegovernorהַפֶּחָה֙ha.pe.ChahH6346, because thebondageהָעֲבֹדָ֖הha.'a.vo.DahH5656washeavyכָֽבְדָ֥הkha.ve.DahH3513upon thispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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