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Nehemiah 5:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.


Nehemiah 5:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nehemiah 5:822 words
HebrewMeaning
וָ/אֹמְרָ֣/הwāʾōmərāh
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/הֶ֗םlāhem
pron
אֲנַ֣חְנוּʾănaḥənw
ourselvesprepH587
us · we
קָ֠נִינוּqāniynw
attainverbH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אַחֵ֨י/נוּʾaḥēynw
brothernounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
הַ/יְּהוּדִ֜יםhayəhwdiym
JewparticleH3064
הַ/נִּמְכָּרִ֤יםhaniməkāriym
sell (awayparticleH4376
at all · -er · self)
לַ/גּוֹיִם֙lagwōyim
GentilepronH1471
heathen · nation · people
כְּ/דֵ֣יkədēy
ablepronH1767
according to · after · among · as ···
בָ֔/נוּbānw
pron
וְ/גַםwəgam
againconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אַתֶּ֛םʾatem
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
תִּמְכְּר֥וּtiməkərw
sell (awayverbH4376
at all · -er · self)
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲחֵי/כֶ֖םʾăḥēykem
brothernounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
וְ/נִמְכְּרוּwəniməkərw
sell (awayconjH4376
at all · -er · self)
לָ֑/נוּlānw
pron
וַֽ/יַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּwayaḥăriyšw
ceaseconjH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
מָצְא֖וּmāṣəʾw
befallverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
דָּבָֽרdābār
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
Words 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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