Hebrew Interlinear
Nehemiah 5:8 Interlinear
“And I said have redeemed our brethren the Jews and will ye even sell unto the heathen unto them We after our ability and will ye even sell our brethren and will ye even sell unto us Then held they their peace and found ”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וָאֹֽמְרָ֣ה | H559 | And I said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 2 | לָהֶ֗ם | H0 | ||
| 3 | אֲנַ֣חְנוּ | H587 | we | |
| 4 | קָ֠נִינוּ | H7069 | have redeemed | to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own |
| 5 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 6 | אֲחֵיכֶ֖ם | H251 | our brethren | a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001]) |
| 7 | הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים | H3064 | the Jews | a jehudite (i.e., judaite or jew), or descendant of jehudah (i.e., judah) |
| 8 | וְנִמְכְּרוּ | H4376 | and will ye even sell | to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender) |
| 9 | לַגּוֹיִם֙ | H1471 | unto the heathen | a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts |
| 10 | כְּדֵ֣י | H1767 | unto them We after our ability | enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases |
| 11 | בָ֔נוּ | H0 | ||
| 12 | וְגַם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 13 | אַתֶּ֛ם | H859 | thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you | |
| 14 | וְנִמְכְּרוּ | H4376 | and will ye even sell | to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender) |
| 15 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 16 | אֲחֵיכֶ֖ם | H251 | our brethren | a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001]) |
| 17 | וְנִמְכְּרוּ | H4376 | and will ye even sell | to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender) |
| 18 | לָ֑נוּ | H0 | ||
| 19 | וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ | H2790 | unto us Then held they their peace | to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad |
| 20 | וְלֹ֥א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 21 | מָֽצְא֖וּ | H4672 | and found | properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present |
| 22 | דָּבָֽר׃ | H1696 | perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue |
Verse Context
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Nehemiah 5:8 (current)And I said have redeemed our brethren the Jews and will ye even sell unto the heathen unto them We after our ability and will ye even sell our brethren and will ye even sell unto us Then held they their peace and found
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