Nehemiah 10:31
When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.
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ASV
and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
KJV
And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַמֵּ֣י | ve.'a.Mei | and [the] peoples of | H5971 → |
| הָאָ֡רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| הַֽמְבִיאִים֩ | ham.vi.'Im | who will bring | H935 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַמַּקָּח֨וֹת | ha.ma.ka.Chot | <the> wares | H4728 → |
| וְכָל־ | ve.khol | and any | H3605 → |
| שֶׁ֜בֶר | She.ver | grain | H7668 → |
| בְּי֤וֹם | be.Yom | on [the] day of | H3117 → |
| הַשַּׁבָּת֙ | ha.sha.Bat | the sabbath | H7676 → |
| לִמְכּ֔וֹר | lim.Kor | to sell | H4376 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| נִקַּ֥ח | ni.Kach | we will take | H3947 → |
| מֵהֶ֛ם | me.Hem | from them | |
| בַּשַּׁבָּ֖ת | ba.sha.Bat | on the sabbath | H7676 → |
| וּבְי֣וֹם | u.ve.Yom | and on a day of | H3117 → |
| קֹ֑דֶשׁ | Ko.desh | holiness | H6944 → |
| וְנִטֹּ֛שׁ | ve.ni.Tosh | so we may leave | H5203 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַשָּׁנָ֥ה | ha.sha.Nah | the year | H8141 → |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖ית | ha.she.vi.'It | <the> seventh | H7637 → |
| וּמַשָּׁ֥א | u.ma.Sha' | and usury of | H4855 → |
| כָל־ | khol- | every | H3605 → |
| יָֽד׃ | Yad | hand | H3027 → |
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