Nehemiah 5:11

“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.””

Nehemiah 5:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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of the silverכֶּסֶףkesef

money

What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.

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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.

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