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Nehemiah 5:2-7

2For therewereוְיֵשׁ֙ve.YeshH3426thatsaidאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559, We, oursonsבָּנֵ֥ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121, and ourdaughtersוּבְנֹתֵ֖ינוּu.ve.no.Tei.nuH1323, aremanyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227: therefore we takeupוְנִקְחָ֥הve.nik.ChahH3947grainדָגָ֖ןda.GanH1715for them, that we mayeatוְנֹאכְלָ֥הve.no.khe.LahH398, andliveוְנִחְיֶֽה׃ve.nich.YehH2421.

3Some also therewereוְיֵשׁ֙ve.YeshH3426thatsaidאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559, We havemortgagedעֹרְבִ֑ים'o.re.VimH6148ourlandsשְׂדֹתֵ֛ינוּse.do.Tei.nuH7704,vineyardsוּכְרָמֵ֥ינוּu.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754, andhousesוּבָתֵּ֖ינוּu.va.Tei.nuH1004, that we mightbuyוְנִקְחָ֥הve.nik.ChahH3947grainדָגָ֖ןda.GanH1715, because of thefamineבָּרָעָֽב׃ba.ra.'AvH7458.

4Therewereוְיֵשׁ֙ve.YeshH3426also thatsaidאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559, We haveborrowedלָוִ֥ינוּla.Vi.nuH3867moneyכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701for theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428taxלְמִדַּ֣תle.mi.DatH4060, and that upon ourlandsשְׂדֹתֵ֖ינוּse.do.Tei.nuH7704andvineyardsוּכְרָמֵֽינוּ׃u.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754.

5Yet now ourfleshכִּבְשַׂ֤רkiv.SarH1320is as thefleshבְּשָׂרֵ֔נוּbe.sa.Re.nuH1320of ourbrethrenאַחֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.Chei.nuH251, ourchildrenכִּבְנֵיהֶ֖םkiv.nei.HemH1121as theirchildrenבָּנֵ֑ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121: and, lo, we bring intobondageכֹ֠בְשִׁיםKhoe.shimH3533oursonsבָּנֵ֨ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121and ourdaughtersבְּנֹתֵ֜ינוּbe.no.Tei.nuH1323to beservantsלַעֲבָדִ֗יםla.'a.va.DimH5650, and some of ourdaughtersמִבְּנֹתֵ֤ינוּmi.be.no.Tei.nuH1323areוְיֵ֨שׁve.YeshH3426brought tobondageנִכְבָּשׁוֹת֙nikh.ba.shOtH3533already : neither is it in ourpowerלְאֵ֣ל יָדֵ֔נוּle.'El ya.De.nuH410 H3027to redeem them ; for othermenלַאֲחֵרִֽים׃la.'a.che.RimH312have ourlandsוּשְׂדֹתֵ֥ינוּu.se.do.Tei.nuH7704andvineyardsוּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּu.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754.

6And I wasveryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966angryוַיִּ֥חַרvai.Yi.charH2734when Iheardשָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙sha.Ma'.tiH8085theircryזַֽעֲקָתָ֔םza.'a.ka.TamH2201and thesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֥יםha.de.va.RimH1697.

7Then Iconsultedוַיִּמָּלֵ֨ךְvai.yi.ma.LekhH4427withmyselfלִבִּ֜יli.BiH3820, and Irebukedוָאָרִ֙יבָה֙va.'a.Ri.vahH7378thenoblesהַחֹרִ֣יםha.cho.RimH2715, and therulersהַסְּגָנִ֔יםha.se.ga.NimH5461, andsaidוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559to them, YeexactH5378 H5383interestמַשָּׁ֥אma.Sha'H4855, everyoneאִישׁ־'ish-H376of hisbrotherבְּאָחִ֖יוbe.'a.ChivH251. And Isetוָאֶתֵּ֥ןva.'e.TenH5414agreatגְדוֹלָֽה׃ge.do.LahH1419assemblyקְהִלָּ֥הke.hi.LahH6952against them.

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