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I too,וְגַם אֲנִיmy brothers,אַחַיand my young menוּנְעָרַיare lendingנֹשִׁיםthemבָּהֶםsilverכֶּסֶףand grain.וְדָגָןLet us give up,נַעַזְבָהplease,נָּאthisהַזֶּהloan at interest.הַמַּשָּׁא
Nehemiah 5:10
Study it in the app“I too, my brothers, and my young men are lending them silver and grain. Let us give up, please, this loan at interest.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 5:10, word by word
- my brothersאַחַaach
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “aach” appears- and my young menנְעָרַneara
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “neara” appears- are lendingנֹשִׁיםnoshim
lend; creditor
Lend; one who lends and presses for payment, a creditor.
Where else “noshim” appears- silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- and grainדָגָןdagan
grain
Grain: wheat and barley.
Where else “dagan” appears- Let us give upנַעַזְבָהnaazva
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “naazva” appears- loan at interestמַּשָּׁאmasha
loan, interest
Loan at interest: what is lent demanding something more in return; the burden of a debt.
Where else “masha” appears
The context
9And I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our Elohim because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
10 · This verse (above)
11Return, please, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, and the hundredth of the silver, the grain, the new wine, and the oil that you are lending them.”