Return,הָשִׁיבוּplease,נָאto themלָהֶםthis very dayכְּהַיּוֹםtheir fields,שְׂדֹתֵיהֶםtheir vineyards,כַּרְמֵיהֶםtheir olive groves,זֵיתֵיהֶםand their houses,וּבָתֵּיהֶםand the hundredthוּמְאַתof the silver,הַכֶּסֶףthe grain,וְהַדָּגָןthe new wine,הַתִּירוֹשׁand the oilוְהַיִּצְהָרthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםare lendingנֹשִׁיםthem.”בָּהֶם
Nehemiah 5:11
Study it in the app“Return, 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 5:11, word by word
- Returnהָשִׁיבוּhashivu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “hashivu” appears- this very dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- their fieldsשְׂדֹתֵיsedote
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sedote” appears- their vineyardsכַּרְמֵיkarme
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “karme” appears- their olive grovesזֵיתֵיzete
olive tree
A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.
Where else “zete” appears- and their housesבָתֵּיvate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vate” appears- and the hundredthמְאַתmeat
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meat” appears- of the silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- the grainדָּגָןdagan
grain
Grain: wheat and barley.
Where else “dagan” appears- the new wineתִּירוֹשׁtirosh
new wine
New wine: the juice of freshly trodden grapes.
Where else “tirosh” appears- and the oilיִּצְהָרyitshar
fresh oil
Fresh olive oil.
Where else “yitshar” appears- are lendingנֹשִׁיםnoshim
lend; creditor
Lend; one who lends and presses for payment, a creditor.
Where else “noshim” appears
Translation note
“The hundredth”: the hundredth part; it can be understood as the interest they charged.
The context
10I too, my brothers, and my young men are lending them silver and grain. Let us give up, please, this loan at interest.
11 · This verse (above)
12Then they said, “We will return them, and from them we will not seek anything; so we will do, as you say.” And I called the priests and made them swear to do according to this word.