“But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.”
Nehemiah 5:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Nehemiah 5:1527 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הַ/פַּחוֹת֩wəhapaḥwōt
and the governorsconjH6346
deputy · governor
הָ/רִאשֹׁנִ֨יםhāriʾšōniym
formerparticleH7223
before · beginning · eldest · first ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לְ/פָנַ֜/יləpānay
were before mepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
הִכְבִּ֣ידוּhikəbiydw
they made heavyverbH3513
more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/עָ֗םhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
וַ/יִּקְח֨וּwayiqəḥw
and they tookconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
מֵ/הֶ֜םmēhem
pron
בְּ/לֶ֤חֶםbəleḥem
foodpronH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
וָ/יַ֨יִן֙wāyayin
and wineconjH3196
wine · wine
אַחַר֙ʾaḥar
afterpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
כֶּֽסֶףkesep
silvernounH3701
price · silver
שְׁקָלִ֣יםšəqāliym
shekelsnounH8255
אַרְבָּעִ֔יםʾarəbāʿiym
fortyadjH705
גַּ֥םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
נַעֲרֵי/הֶ֖םnaʿărēyhem
servants theirnounH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
שָׁלְט֣וּšāləṭw
they domineeredverbH7980
have) rule · have dominion · give power
עַלʿal
overpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/עָ֑םhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
וַ/אֲנִי֙waʾăniy
and IconjH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
עָשִׂ֣יתִיʿāśiytiy
I didverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
כֵ֔ןkēn
thusadvH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
מִ/פְּנֵ֖יmipənēy
because ofpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יִרְאַ֥תyirəʾat
the fear ofnounH3374
dreadful · exceedingly
אֱלֹהִֽיםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
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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