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There wereוְיֵשׁthose whoאֲשֶׁרwere saying,אֹמְרִים“Our sonsבָּנֵינוּand our daughters,וּבְנֹתֵינוּwe,אֲנַחְנוּare many;רַבִּיםlet us getוְנִקְחָהgrain,דָגָןand eatוְנֹאכְלָהand live.”וְנִחְיֶה
Nehemiah 5:2
Study it in the app“There were those who were saying, “Our sons and our daughters, we, are many; let us get grain, and eat and live.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 5:2, word by word
- were sayingאֹמְרִיםomrim
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrim” appears- “Our sonsבָּנֵיbane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bane” appears- and our daughtersבְנֹתֵיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- are manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- let us getנִקְחָהnikcha
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “nikcha” appears- grainדָגָןdagan
grain
Grain: wheat and barley.
Where else “dagan” appears- and eatנֹאכְלָהnochla
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “nochla” appears- and liveנִחְיֶהnichye
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “nichye” appears
The context
1And there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their brothers, the Jews.
2 · This verse (above)
3And there were those who were saying, “Our fields, our vineyards, and our houses we are pledging, so that we may get grain in the famine.”