“For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.”
Nehemiah 5:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Nehemiah 5:211 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/יֵשׁ֙wəyēš
and thereconjH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
were those whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אֹמְרִ֔יםʾōməriym
were sayingverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בָּנֵ֥י/נוּbānēynw
sons ournounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וּ/בְנֹתֵ֖י/נוּwbənōtēynw
and daughters ourconjH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
אֲנַ֣חְנוּʾănaḥənw
weprepH587
us · we
רַבִּ֑יםrabiym
are manyadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
וְ/נִקְחָ֥הwəniqəḥāh
and let us getconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
דָגָ֖ןdāgān
grainnounH1715
wheat
וְ/נֹאכְלָ֥הwənōʾkəlāh
so we may eatconjH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְ/נִחְיֶֽהwəniḥəyeh
and we may liveconjH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
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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