Study it in the app“My 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,”
My heartלִבִּיdeliberatedוַיִּמָּלֵךְwithin me,עָלַיand I contendedוָאָרִיבָהwith the noblesאֶת הַחֹרִיםand with the officialsוְאֶת הַסְּגָנִיםand saidוָאֹמְרָהto them,לָהֶם“Youאַתֶּםare lendingנֹשִׁיםat interest,מַשָּׁאeachאִישׁtoבְּhis brother.”אָחִיוAnd I convenedוָאֶתֵּןagainst themעֲלֵיהֶםa greatגְדוֹלָהassembly,קְהִלָּה
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appearsGeneral meaning: Reign, be king.
Where else “yimalech” appearsquarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “ariva” appearsnoble
Noble: a free person of rank in a city, one of those who had a say in its affairs together with the elders.
Where else “chorim” appearsofficial, magistrate
Official, magistrate: one who holds a government office under a higher chief. In Ezra and Nehemiah, the authorities of the people together with the leaders.
Where else “seganim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omra” appearslend; creditor
Lend; one who lends and presses for payment, a creditor.
Where else “noshim” appearsloan, interest
Loan at interest: what is lent demanding something more in return; the burden of a debt.
Where else “masha” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “achi” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearsassembly
Assembly: the people gathered together.
Where else “kehila” appears“You are lending at interest”: the law forbade charging interest to a poor Israelite brother (Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36).
6I burned with anger greatly when I heard their outcry and these words.
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8and said to them, “We have bought our brothers, the Jews who were sold to the nations, according to what was in us; and will you also sell your brothers, so that they may be sold to us?” And they were silent and did not find a word.
