The Meaning of Nehemiah 5:17 Explained

Nehemiah 5:17

KJV: Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.

YLT: and of the Jews, and of the prefects, a hundred and fifty men, and those coming in unto us of the nations that are round about us, are at my table;

Darby: And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.

ASV: Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, a hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that were round about us.

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KJV Reverse Interlinear

Moreover [there were] at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that [are] about us.

What does Nehemiah 5:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Nehemiah 5:1-19 - Securing Justice For The Poor

The prospects of the poor people among the returned exiles were deplorable. There had been deficient rains and poor harvests, Haggai 1:6-11. They had mortgaged their lands to their richer brethren, and had even sold their children to pay the royal taxes and procure means of subsistence. The rich had taken advantage of their necessities, oppressing them with grievous exactions and heavy usury. When Nehemiah heard of it, he seems to have withstood the wrong with strenuous protest, depending on his God for support. And, in a great assembly, he carried the day against selfishness and greed. There is nothing here to condemn mortgage, or interest in themselves. Each is a legitimate method of trade, except when undue advantage is taken of a brother's necessities. The Nehemiah 5:14-19 were evidently added at a subsequent period to the rest of the chapter, and relate the habits of Nehemiah's administration. How full is this book of ejaculatory prayer! Even from his writing-table, this true-hearted man would lift up his eyes to God. [source]

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 5

¹ The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage
⁶ Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution
¹⁴ He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 5:17 mean?

And Jews and rulers a hundred and fifty men and besides those who came to us from the nations that [are] around us [were] at my table

וְהַיְּהוּדִ֨ים וְהַסְּגָנִ֜ים מֵאָ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ וְהַבָּאִ֥ים אֵלֵ֛ינוּ מִן־ הַגּוֹיִ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־ סְבִיבֹתֵ֖ינוּ עַל־ שֻׁלְחָנִֽי

וְהַיְּהוּדִ֨ים	And Jews
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural Root: יְהוּדִי Sense: Jew.
וְהַסְּגָנִ֜ים	and rulers
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: סֶגֶן Sense: ruler, prefect, governor, a subordinate ruler.
מֵאָ֧ה	a hundred
Parse: Number, feminine singular Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים	and fifty
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural Root: חֲמִשִּׁים Sense: fifty.
אִ֗ישׁ	men
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
וְהַבָּאִ֥ים	and besides those who came
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֵלֵ֛ינוּ	to us
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַגּוֹיִ֥ם	the nations
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: גֹּוי Sense: nation, people.
אֲשֶׁר־	that [are]
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
סְבִיבֹתֵ֖ינוּ	around us
Parse: Adverb, first person common plural Root: מוּסָב Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
עַל־	[were] at
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
שֻׁלְחָנִֽי	my table
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: שֻׁלְחָן Sense: table.

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