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Nehemiah 5

Neh. 5:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I likewise, and my brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
, and my servants
na`ar (Hebrew #5288)
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
KJV usage: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
Pronounce: nah'-ar
Origin: from 5287
, might exact
nashah (Hebrew #5383)
to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
KJV usage: creditor, exact, extortioner, lend, usurer, lend on (taker on) usury.
Pronounce: naw-shaw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 5382, in the sense of 5378)
of them money
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
and corn
dagan (Hebrew #1715)
properly, increase, i.e. grain
KJV usage: corn ((floor)), wheat.
Pronounce: daw-gawn'
Origin: from 1711
: I pray you, let us leave off
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
this usury
mashsha' (Hebrew #4855)
a loan; by implication, interest on a debt
KJV usage: exaction, usury.
Pronounce: mash-shaw'
Origin: from 5383
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I likewise.
I pray you.
leave.
 Nehemiah’s own conduct in liberating his brethren from the service of the heathen stands in stark contrast, and yet, he identifies himself with his brethren and says, “Let us leave off this usury” (Neh. 5:10). When there is a them and an us, Satan has succeeded in his work — the saints are divided. (Problems Within - Neh. 5:1-13 by N. Simon)
 On this appeal he based his exhortation—first, to cease to do evil, and then, to learn to do well. Reminding them again that he and his brethren and servants might have acted, if they had chosen, in a similar manner, he says, "I pray you, let us leave off this usury." Remark that he says, "let us"; putting himself in grace alongside of them in their sins, acknowledging, indeed, that he was one with them before God. (Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 5 by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.