Nehemiah 5:8
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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.and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
In other translations
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.and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
Hebrew words
וָאֹמְרָהva'omerahand I said !H559לָהֶםlahemto themאֲנַחְנוּ'anachnuweH587קָנִינוּkaninuwe have boughtH7069אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אַחֵינוּ'acheinucountrymen ourH251הַיְּהוּדִיםhaiyehudimthe JewsH3064הַנִּמְכָּרִיםhanimkarimwho sold themselvesH4376לַגּוֹיִםlagoyimto the nationsH1471כְּדֵיkedeiaccording to [the] sufficiencyH1767בָנוּvanuin usוְגַם־vegam-and alsoH1571אַתֶּם'atemyouH859תִּמְכְּרוּtimkeruyou soldH4376אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֲחֵיכֶם'acheikhemcountrymen yourH251וְנִמְכְּרוּ־venimkeru-and they were soldH4376לָנוּlanuto usוַיַּחֲרִישׁוּvaiyacharishuand they were silentH2790וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808מָצְאוּmatze'uthey foundH4672דָּבָר׃ סdavara wordH1697
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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