Nehemiah 5:2
And there were that said, Our sons and our daughters be full many; take we wheat for the price of them, and eat we, and live.This verse in the real world
In what words
- דָּגָןdâgânproperly, increase, i.e. grain
- יֵשׁyêshthere is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
- רַבrababundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- בַּתbatha daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figu
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
- לָקַחlâqachto take (in the widest variety of applications)
- בֵּןbêna son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative re
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mal 2:2, Psa 128:2–4, Psa 127:3–5, Gen 42:2, Gen 43:8, Gen 41:57