Nehemiah

Nehemiah 5:8

⁸and 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.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and said	וָאֹמְרָ֣ה	wā·’ō·mə·rāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
We	אֲנַ֣חְנוּ	’ă·naḥ·nū	Pronoun - first person common plural	H587 we
have done our best	כְּדֵ֣י	kə·ḏê	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1767 sufficiency, enough
to buy back	קָ֠נִינוּ	qā·nî·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H7069 get, acquire
our Jewish	הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים	hay·yə·hū·ḏîm	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3064 Jewish
brothers	אַחֵ֨ינוּ	’a·ḥê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H251 brother
who were sold	הַנִּמְכָּרִ֤ים	han·nim·kā·rîm	Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H4376 sell
to foreigners	לַגּוֹיִם֙	lag·gō·w·yim	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
but now you	אַתֶּ֛ם	’at·tem	Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
are selling	תִּמְכְּר֥וּ	tim·kə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H4376 sell
your own brothers	אֲחֵיכֶ֖ם	’ă·ḥê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H251 brother
that they may be sold back	וְנִמְכְּרוּ־	wə·nim·kə·rū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H4376 sell
to us	לָ֑נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
But they remained silent	וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ	way·ya·ḥă·rî·šū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2790 cut in, engrave, plough, devise
for they could find	מָצְא֖וּ	mā·ṣə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H4672 attain to, find
nothing	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to say	דָּבָֽר׃ס	dā·ḇār	Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word

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