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And there wereוְיֵשׁthose whoאֲשֶׁרwere saying,אֹמְרִים“We have borrowedלָוִינוּsilverכֶסֶףforלְthe tributeמִדַּתof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְonour fieldsשְׂדֹתֵינוּand our vineyards.וּכְרָמֵינוּ
Nehemiah 5:4
Study it in the app“And there were those who were saying, “We have borrowed silver for the tribute of the king on our fields and our vineyards.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 5:4, 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- “We have borrowedלָוִינוּlavinu
borrow
To receive something belonging to another on loan, bound to give it back.
Where else “lavinu” appears- silverכֶסֶףchesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “chesef” appears- the tributeמִדַּתmidat
tribute
A payment in silver that a subject people gives the king.
Where else “midat” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- our fieldsשְׂדֹתֵיsedote
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sedote” appears- and our vineyardsכְרָמֵיcherame
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “cherame” appears
The context
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.”
4 · This verse (above)
5And now, as the flesh of our brothers is our flesh, as their sons are our sons; and look, we are subjecting our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are subjected, and there is no power in our hand, and our fields and our vineyards belong to others.”