Nehemiah 5:12

“Then 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.”

Nehemiah 5:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Nehemiah 5:12, word by word

Then they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomru” appears
“We will return themנָשִׁיבnashiv

bring back

To return something, restore.

Where else “nashiv” appears
seek anythingנְבַקֵּשׁnevakesh

try to get

To try to get something.

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we will doנַעֲשֶׂהnaase

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “naase” appears
And I calledאֶקְרָאekra

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

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the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

Where else “kohanim” appears
and made them swearאַשְׁבִּיעֵashbie

swear

To promise with God as witness.

Where else “ashbie” appears
wordדָּבָרdavar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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The context

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.”

12 · This verse (above)

13I also shook out my lap and said, “So may Elohim shake out every man who does not fulfill this word, from his house and from his labor; and so may he be shaken out and empty.” And all the assembly said, “Amen.” And they praised YHWH. And the people did according to this word.

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