Nehemiah 5:15
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.

Young's Literal Translation
the former governors who [are] before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people—and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.

King James Bible
But the former governors that [had been] before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

Hebrew
The governors
וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ (wə·hap·pa·ḥō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6346: A governor

before me
לְפָנַ֜י (lə·p̄ā·nay)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

had heavily burdened
הִכְבִּ֣ידוּ (hiḵ·bî·ḏū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome

the people,
הָעָ֗ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

taking
וַיִּקְח֨וּ (way·yiq·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3947: To take

from them
מֵהֶ֜ם (mê·hem)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

bread
בְּלֶ֤חֶם (bə·le·ḥem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

and wine
וָיַ֙יִן֙ (wā·ya·yin)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication

plus
אַחַר֙ (’a·ḥar)
Adverb
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

forty
אַרְבָּעִ֔ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 705: Forty

shekels
שְׁקָלִ֣ים (šə·qā·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8255: A weight, a commercial standard

of silver.
כֶּֽסֶף־ (ke·sep̄-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

Their servants
נַעֲרֵיהֶ֖ם (na·‘ă·rê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

also
גַּ֥ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

oppressed
שָׁלְט֣וּ (šā·lə·ṭū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7980: To dominate, govern, to permit

the people,
הָעָ֑ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

but I
וַאֲנִי֙ (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

do
עָשִׂ֣יתִי (‘ā·śî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

this
כֵ֔ן (ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

because
מִפְּנֵ֖י (mip·pə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of my fear
יִרְאַ֥ת (yir·’aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3374: Fear, reverence

of God.
אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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