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and thatוַאֲשֶׁרwe will notלֹאgiveנִתֵּןour daughtersבְּנֹתֵינוּto the peoplesלְעַמֵּיof the land,הָאָרֶץandוְtheir daughtersבְּנֹתֵיהֶםwe will notלֹאtakeנִקַּחfor our sons;לְבָנֵינוּ
Nehemiah 10:30
Study it in the app“and that we will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, and their daughters we will not take for our sons;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 10:30, word by word
- giveנִתֵּןniten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “niten” appears- our daughtersבְּנֹתֵיbenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benote” appears- to the peoplesעַמֵּיame
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ame” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- takeנִקַּחnikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “nikach” appears- for our sonsבָנֵיvane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appears
The context
29were adhering to their brothers, their nobles, and entering into an imprecation and into an oath to walk in the law of Elohim, which was given by the hand of Moses the servant of Elohim, and to keep and do all the commandments of YHWH our Lord, and his rules and his statutes;
30 · This verse (above)
31and as for the peoples of the land who bring the merchandise and any grain on the day of the Sabbath to sell, we will not take anything from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day; and we will leave the seventh year and the loan of every hand.