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I burned with angerוַיִּחַר לִיgreatlyמְאֹדwhenכַּאֲשֶׁרI heardשָׁמַעְתִּיtheir outcryזַעֲקָתָםandוְtheseהָאֵלֶּהwords.הַדְּבָרִים
Nehemiah 5:6
Study it in the app“I burned with anger greatly when I heard their outcry and these words.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 5:6, word by word
- I burned with angerיִּחַרyichar
be angry
For a person to feel strong anger at someone or something.
Where else “yichar” appears- greatlyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- I heardשָׁמַעְתִּיshamati
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamati” appears- their outcryזַעֲקָתָzaakata
outcry
Cry, outcry: the cry of someone who suffers injustice and calls for help.
Where else “zaakata” appears- wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears
The context
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.”
6 · This verse (above)
7My heart deliberated within me, and I contended with the nobles and with the officials and said to them, “You are lending at interest, each to his brother.” And I convened against them a great assembly,