Then they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“We will return them,נָשִׁיבandוּfrom themמֵהֶםwe will notלֹאseek anything;נְבַקֵּשׁsoכֵּןwe will do,נַעֲשֶׂהasכַּאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהsay.”אוֹמֵרAnd I calledוָאֶקְרָאthe priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםand made them swearוָאַשְׁבִּיעֵםto doלַעֲשׂוֹתaccording to thisכַּ הַזֶּהword.דָּבָר
Nehemiah 5:12
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “nevakesh” appears- 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.
Where else “ekra” appears- 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.
Where else “davar” appears
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.