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Nehemiah 5:2 Interlinear

“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”

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Nehemiah 5 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְיֵשׁ֙	H3426	For there were	there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
2	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
3	אֹֽמְרִ֔ים	H559	that said	to say (used with great latitude)
4	בָּנֵ֥ינוּ	H1121	We our sons	a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
5	וּבְנֹתֵ֖ינוּ	H1323	and our daughters	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
6	אֲנַ֣חְנוּ	H587		we
7	רַבִּ֑ים	H7227	are many	abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
8	וְנִקְחָ֥ה	H3947	therefore we take up	to take (in the widest variety of applications)
9	דָגָ֖ן	H1715	corn	properly, increase, i.e., grain
10	וְנֹֽאכְלָ֥ה	H398	for them that we may eat	to eat (literally or figuratively)
11	וְנִֽחְיֶֽה׃	H2421	and live	to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

Nehemiah 5:2 (current)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