Study it in the app“and 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.”
and saidוָאֹמְרָהto them,לָהֶם“Weאֲנַחְנוּhave boughtקָנִינוּour brothers,אַחֵינוּthe Jewsהַיְּהוּדִיםwho were soldהַנִּמְכָּרִיםto the nations,לַגּוֹיִםaccording to whatכְּדֵיwas in us;בָנוּandוְwill you alsoגַם אַתֶּםsellתִּמְכְּרוּyour brothers,אֲחֵיכֶםso that they may be soldוְנִמְכְּרוּto us?”לָנוּAnd they were silentוַיַּחֲרִישׁוּand did notוְלֹאfindמָצְאוּa word.דָּבָר
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omra” appearsbuy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kaninu” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appearsJew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudim” appearssell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “nimkarim” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearsas often as
Together with other words: whenever, as often as, as much as suffices.
Where else “de” appearsbe silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “yacharishu” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsu” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears“We have bought”: they paid to bring them out of slavery among other peoples.
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,
8 · This verse (above)
9And I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our Elohim because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
