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And there wasוַתְּהִיa greatגְּדוֹלָהoutcryצַעֲקַתof the peopleהָעָםand of their wivesוּנְשֵׁיהֶםagainstאֶלtheir brothers,אֲחֵיהֶםthe Jews.הַיְּהוּדִים
Nehemiah 5:1
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Nehemiah 5:1, word by word
- And there wasתְּהִיtehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tehi” appears- a greatגְּדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- outcryצַעֲקַתtsaakat
outcry
Outcry, cry of distress.
Where else “tsaakat” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and of their wivesנְשֵׁיneshe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appears- their brothersאֲחֵיache
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appears- the Jewsיְּהוּדִיםyehudim
Jew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudim” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2There were those who were saying, “Our sons and our daughters, we, are many; let us get grain, and eat and live.”