8. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Nehemiah 5:8:1 ⧉וָאֹמְרָ֣הvaomeraand I said Nehemiah 5:8:2 ⧉לָהֶ֗םlahemto them Nehemiah 5:8:3 ⧉אֲנַ֣חְנוּanakhenuwe Nehemiah 5:8:4 ⧉קָ֠נִינוּkaninuwe have acquired or bought Nehemiah 5:8:5 ⧉אֶת־אַחֵ֨ינוּetakhenu{direct object} our brothers Nehemiah 5:8:6 ⧉הַיְּהוּדִ֜יםhayehudimthe Jews Nehemiah 5:8:7 ⧉הַנִּמְכָּרִ֤יםhanimkharimthe ones being sold Nehemiah 5:8:8 ⧉לַגּוֹיִם֙lagoyimto the nations Nehemiah 5:8:9 ⧉כְּדֵ֣יkedeias much as, according to what is enough Nehemiah 5:8:10 ⧉בָ֔נוּvanuin us, for us Nehemiah 5:8:11 ⧉וְגַם־אַתֶּ֛םvegamatemand also you Nehemiah 5:8:12 ⧉תִּמְכְּר֥וּtimkheruyou sell Nehemiah 5:8:13 ⧉אֶת־אֲחֵיכֶ֖םetakhekhem{direct object} your brothers Nehemiah 5:8:14 ⧉וְנִמְכְּרוּ־לָ֑נוּvenimkherulanuand they are sold to us Nehemiah 5:8:15 ⧉וֽ͏ַיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּvayakharishuand they were silent Nehemiah 5:8:16 ⧉וְלֹ֥אveloand not Nehemiah 5:8:17 ⧉מָצְא֖וּmatseuthey found Nehemiah 5:8:18 ⧉דָּבָֽר׃סdavara word or a thing |
8. Formal Translation And I said to them, “We, as far as we were able, have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations; will you now sell your own brothers to be sold to us?” And they kept silent and found nothing to say. |
8. Dynamic Translation So I told them, “We bought back our Jewish kin who had been sold to the nations; now you are selling your own brothers only to have them sold back to us!” They fell silent. |