“Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.”
Nehemiah 5:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Nehemiah 5:1217 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
נָשִׁ֗יבnāšiyb
we will return itverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
וּ/מֵ/הֶם֙wmēhem
conj
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נְבַקֵּ֔שׁnəbaqēš
we will require itverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
כֵּ֣ןkēn
soparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
נַעֲשֶׂ֔הnaʿăśeh
we will doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖רkaʾăšer
just aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אַתָּ֣הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
אוֹמֵ֑רʾwōmēr
are sayingverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
וָ/אֶקְרָא֙wāʾeqərāʾ
and I summonedconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/כֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםhakōhăniym
the priestsparticleH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
וָֽ/אַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔/םwāʾašəbiyʿēm
and I made swear an oath themconjH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹתlaʿăśwōt
to dopronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
כַּ/דָּבָ֥רkadābār
according to the mannerpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/זֶּֽהhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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