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And there wereוְיֵשׁthose whoאֲשֶׁרwere saying,אֹמְרִים“Our fields,שְׂדֹתֵינוּour vineyards,וּכְרָמֵינוּand our housesוּבָתֵּינוּweאֲנַחְנוּare pledging,עֹרְבִיםso that we may getוְנִקְחָהgrainדָגָןin the famine.”בָּרָעָב
Nehemiah 5:3
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 5:3, 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 fieldsשְׂדֹתֵיsedote
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sedote” appears- our vineyardsכְרָמֵיcherame
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “cherame” appears- and our housesבָתֵּיvate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vate” appears- are pledgingעֹרְבִיםorvim
be surety
To guarantee another's debt.
Where else “orvim” appears- so that we may 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- in the famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears
The context
2There were those who were saying, “Our sons and our daughters, we, are many; let us get grain, and eat and live.”
3 · This verse (above)
4And there were those who were saying, “We have borrowed silver for the tribute of the king on our fields and our vineyards.