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H9038הֶםhem
themPart of speech: Object suffix: 3rd person masculine plural
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Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.
אֲלֵהֶ֗ם (הֶ֗ם) Hem “them”
Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.
לָהֶ֜ם (הֶ֜ם) Hem “them”
Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.
אוֹתָ֜ם (ם) m “them”לָהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”
And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned com
לָהֶ֤ם (הֶ֤ם) Hem “themselves”
Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:
וּתְנֵ֥ם (ם) m “them”
But when it came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites, that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the broken places were being made good, they were full of wrath;
לָהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”
But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.
עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם (הֶ֛ם) Hem “them”
And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.
וַהֲרַגְנ֑וּם (ם) m “them”
And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.
אֶצְלָ֑ם (ם) m “them”
And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.
לָהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “them”עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”
And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said
לָהֶ֗ם (הֶ֗ם) Hem “them”
Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.
בָּהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”
Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.
לָהֶ֜ם (הֶ֜ם) Hem “them”בָּהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “them”
Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.
וּמֵהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”וָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔ם (ם) m “them”
But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of
מֵהֶ֜ם (הֶ֜ם) Hem “them”
And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?
עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם (הֶ֤ם) Hem “them”
And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.
אוֹתָ֖ם (ם) m “them”
And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpos
לָהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”
Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.
בוֹדָֽאם׃ (ם) m “them”
For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.
לָהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”
And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.
אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “them”
And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.
לָהֶ֗ם (הֶ֗ם) Hem “them”
And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by the Urim and Thummim.
לָהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “them”
As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women to make music.
וְלָהֶ֗ם (הֶ֗ם) Hem “them”
Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is yo
לָהֶ֡ם (הֶ֡ם) Hem “them”