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Look,הִנֵּהweאֲנַחְנוּareslavesעֲבָדִיםtoday;הַיּוֹםand the landוְהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרyou gaveנָתַתָּהto our fathersלַאֲבֹתֵינוּto eatלֶאֱכֹלits fruitפִּרְיָהּand its good things,וְ טוּבָהּlook,הִנֵּהweאֲנַחְנוּareslavesעֲבָדִיםon it.עָלֶיהָ
Nehemiah 9:36
Study it in the app“Look, we are slaves today; and the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good things, look, we are slaves on it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:36, word by word
- slavesעֲבָדִיםavadim
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avadim” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- and the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- you gaveנָתַתָּהnatata
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natata” appears- to our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- to eatאֱכֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- its fruitפִּרְיָpirya
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “pirya” appears- and its good thingsטוּבָtuva
good things
The best the land gives: its goods, wealth and plenty.
Where else “tuva” appears
The context
35And they, in their kingdom, and in your abundant goodness that you gave them, and in the wide and fertile land that you set before them, did not serve you, nor turn from their evil deeds.
36 · This verse (above)
37And its produce increases for the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins; and over our bodies they rule, and over our livestock, according to their will; and in great distress are we.”