## Rashi on Nehemiah Chapter 5

###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:1:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:1:1)

**וַתְּהִי צַעֲקַת הָעָם וּנְשֵׁיהֶם גְּדוֹלָה.** דַּלַּת הָעָם הָעֲנִיִּים הָיוּ צוֹעֲקִים מְאֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now the cry of the people and their wives was great** The poor people were crying exceedingly.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:1:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:1:2)

**אֶל אֲחֵיהֶם הַיְּהוּדִים.** בִּשְׁבִיל אֲחֵיהֶם הַיְּהוּדִים הָעֲשִׁירִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**about their brothers, the Jews** about their brothers, the rich Jews.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:2:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:2:1)

**וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אוֹמְרִים.** נוֹתֵן טַעַם לִדְבָרָיו לָמָּה הָיוּ צוֹעֲקִים: יֵשׁ מֵהֶם מִדַּלַּת הָעָם שֶׁהָיוּ אוֹמְרִים **אֲנַחְנוּ רַבִּים עִם בָּנֵינוּ וּבְנוֹתֵינוּ וְנִקְחָה דָגָן** וְעַתָּה יֵשׁ לָנוּ לִמְכֹּר **בָּנֵינוּ וּבְנוֹתֵינוּ** לִיקַּח מֵהֶם **דָגָן** לְמַעַן **נִחְיֶה**. כָּךְ הָיוּ צוֹעֲקִים עַל הַיְּהוּדִים הָעֲשִׁירִים שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ רוֹצִים לְפַרְנְסָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There were some who were saying** He gives a reason for his words: Why were they crying? Some of the poor people were saying, “We are many with our sons and daughters and have to buy corn. Now we will have to sell our sons and daughters in order to buy corn in order to live.” So were they crying about the rich Jews who did not wish to support them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:3:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:3:1)

**וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אוֹמְרִים שְׂדוֹתֵינוּ וְגוֹ׳.** וְיֵשׁ מֵהֶם בָּעֲנִיִּים שֶׁהָיוּ מִתְאוֹנְנִים וְאוֹמְרִים: שָׂדוֹת וּכְרָמִים וּבָתִּים נָתַן לַאֲחֵרִים בְּעֵרָבוֹן וּמַשְׁכּוֹן לִיקַּח דָּגָן לִמְזוֹנוֹתֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And there were some who were saying “Our fields, etc.”** And there were some among the poor who were complaining and saying “Our fields, vineyards and houses we shall give to others as a pledge and as security to buy corn for our food.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:3:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:3:2)

**בָּרָעָב.** אַחֲרֵי שֶׁאֵין מְוַתְּרִים לָנוּ הָעֲשִׁירִים מִנִּכְסֵיהֶם לְפַרְנָסָתֵנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the hunger** since the rich do not give any of their property up to us for our support.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:4:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:4:1)

**וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אוֹמְרִים לָוִינוּ כֶסֶף.** וְיֵשׁ מֵהֶם אֲשֶׁר אוֹמְרִים: כְּבָר **לָוִינוּ כֶסֶף** מֵאֲחֵרִים עַל **שְׂדוֹתֵינוּ וּכְרָמֵינוּ** לִפְרֹעַ מַס **הַמֶּלֶךְ**, וּמֵעַכְשָׁיו אֵין לָנוּ כְּלוּם לְצֹרֶךְ פַּרְנָסָתֵנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And there were some who were saying, “We have borrowed money”** And there were some who were saying, “We have already borrowed money from others on our fields and our vineyards to pay the king’s tax, and now we have nothing for our support.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:4:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:4:2)

**לְמִדַּת הַמֶּלֶךְ.** לְמַס הַמֶּלֶךְ, כְּמוֹ ״מִנְדָּה בְלוֹ וַהֲלָךְ״ (עזרא ד:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the king’s tax** Heb. לְמִדַּת, for the king’s tax, like (Ezra 4:13): “...the king’s due (מִנְדָּה), the head tax, and the meal tax.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:5:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:5:1)

**וְעַתָּה כִּבְשַׂר אַחֵינוּ בְשָׂרֵנוּ.** וְעַכְשָׁיו אָנוּ חֲשׁוּבִים וּמְיֻחָסִים כְּאַחֵינוּ שֶׁהֵם עֲשִׁירִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And now, like the flesh of our brethren is our flesh** And now, we are as esteemed and distinguished as our brethren who are rich.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:5:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:5:2)

**כִּבְנֵיהֶם בָּנֵינוּ.** כִּבְנֵיהֶם שֶׁהֵם חֲשׁוּבִים וּמְיֻחָסִים, כְּמוֹ כֵן מְיֻחָסִים בָּנֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like their children are our children** Like their children, who are esteemed and distinguished, so are our children distinguished.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:5:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:5:3)

**וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ כֹבְשִׁים.** וְעַתָּה יֵשׁ לָנוּ לִהְיוֹת כֹּבְשִׁים וְנוֹתְנִים **בָּנֵינוּ וּבְנוֹתֵינוּ** לַאֲחֵרִים עַל עֵסֶק מְזוֹנוֹתֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and behold, we are subjecting** And now we have to subject and deliver our sons and daughters to others for the sake of our sustenance.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:5:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:5:4)

**וְיֵשׁ מִבְּנוֹתֵינוּ נִכְבָּשׁוֹת.** וּכְבָר יֵשׁ קְצָת מִבְּנוֹתֵינוּ שֶׁהֵן נִכְבָּשׁוֹת לַאֲחֵרִים לְעַבְדוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and some of our daughters are subjected** And already there are some of our daughters who are subjected to others in slavery.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:5:5
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:5:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:5:5)

**וְאֵין לְאֵל יָדֵינוּ.** וְאֵין כֹּחַ בְּיָדֵינוּ לִפְדּוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and we have no power** We do not have the ability to redeem them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:5:6
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:5:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:5:6)

**וּשְׂדוֹתֵינוּ וּכְרָמֵינוּ לַאֲחֵרִים.** אַף שָׂדוֹת וּכְרָמִים מָסַרְנוּ בְּיַד אֲחֵרִים לְפַרְנָסָתֵנוּ, וּמַה נֹּאכַל מֵעַתָּה, כִּי אֵין לָנוּ בַּמֶּה לְהִתְפַּרְנֵס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and others have our fields and vineyards** We have even delivered our fields and vineyards to others for our sustenance. From now on, what shall we eat? We have nothing with which to sustain ourselves.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:7:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:7:1)

**וַיִּמָּלֵךְ.** וַיִּוָּעֵץ לִבִּי בְּעַצְמִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I thought this over to myself** Heb. וַיִמָלֵךְ לִבִּי עָלַי, and my heart took counsel within myself.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:7:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:7:2)

**וָאָרִיבָה.** נִתְוַכַּחְתִּי עִם הַחוֹרִים וְהַסְּגָנִים שֶׁהֵם הָעֲשִׁירִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I contended** I contended with the nobles and the prefects, who were the rich people.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:7:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:7:3)

**מַשָּׂא אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו אַתֶּם.** נוֹשִׁים מַדּוּעַ אַתֶּם כָּךְ עוֹשִׂים? הָיָה לָכֶם לְפַרְנֵס הָעֲנִיִּים הַלָּלוּ, וְאַתֶּם מַלְוִים לָהֶם מָמוֹן לִכְבּוֹשׁ בְּנֵיהֶם וּבְנוֹתֵיהֶם וּשְׂדוֹתֵיהֶם וְכַרְמֵיהֶם וּבָתֵּיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“Are you demanding each other’s loans?”** Why are you doing this? You should have supported these poor people, but you are lending them money in order to appropriate their sons and daughters, their fields, vineyards and houses.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:7:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:7:4)

**וָאֶתֵּן עֲלֵיהֶם קְהִלָּה גְדוֹלָה.** הִקְהַלְתִּי וְאָסַפְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם קְהִלָּה גְדוֹלָה לִצְעוֹק עֲלֵיהֶם, כְּדֵי לְבַיְּשָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I gathered a large assembly around them** I congregated and gathered a large assembly around them to shout at them in order to embarrass them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:8:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:8:1)

**וְאָמְרָה לָהֶם.** וְכֵן אָמַרְתִּי לָהֶם: אֲנַחְנוּ קָנִינוּ כְּבָר אֶת אַחֵינוּ הַיְּהוּדִים אֲשֶׁר בַּשִּׁבְיָה מִיַּד הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ נִמְכָּרִים לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I said to them** And so I said to them: We already bought our Jewish brethren who were in captivity from the heathens to whom they were sold.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:8:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:8:2)

**כְּדֵי בָּנוּ.** בְּאוֹתוֹ דֵּי מָמוֹן שֶׁבְּיָדֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with as much as we could afford** with as much money as was in our hands.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:8:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:8:3)

**וְגַם אַתֶּם.** וְאַף אַתֶּם תִּמְכְּרוּ לְעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת אֶת אֲחֵיכֶם הַנִּכְבָּשִׁים תַּחַת יְדֵיכֶם לַעֲבָדִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you too** And you too will sell to the heathens your brethren who are subjected to you as slaves?


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:8:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:8:4)

**וְנִמְכְּרוּ לָנוּ.** וְהַמַּעֲשֶׂה יָבֹא לִידֵי כָּךְ שֶׁיִּהְיוּ מְכוּרִים לָנוּ מִיַּד הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת. (אִם כֵּן לָמָּה תִּמְכְּרוּ אוֹתָם כֵּיוָן שֶׁמֻּכְרָחִים אֲנַחְנוּ לִפְדּוֹתָם. כן הוא בספרים אחרים):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they will be sold to us** And the result will be that they will be sold to us by the heathens (and if so, why should you sell them, since we will be compelled to redeem them? This is found in certain editions).


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:8:5
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:8:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:8:5)

**וַיַּחֲרִישׁוּ.** שָׁתְקוּ וְנִתְבַּיְּשׁוּ וְלֹא יָדְעוּ מַה לְּהָשִׁיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they remained silent** They were silent and ashamed, and they did not know what to answer.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:9:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:9:1)

**לֹא טוֹב הַדָּבָר.** רַע הַדָּבָר בִּפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The thing...is not good** The thing is evil in the eyes of the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:9:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:9:2)

**מֵחֶרְפַּת.** מִפְּנֵי חֶרְפּוֹת הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת שֶׁהֵם **אוֹיְבֵינוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because of the reproach** because of the reproach of the heathens who are our enemies.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:10:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:10:1)

**וְגַם אֲנִי אַחַי וּנְעָרַי.** אַף **אֲנִי** וַחֲבֵרַי נוֹשִׁים בָּהֶם מָמוֹן, וַאֲנַחְנוּ נַעֲזֹב וְנִמְחֹל לָהֶם כָּל הַהַלְוָאוֹת הַלָּלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I, too, and my brothers and my servants** I, too, and my colleagues lent them money, and we shall abandon and relinquish to them all these loans.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:10:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:10:2)

**נוֹשִׁים.** כְּמוֹ (מלכים ב ד:א) ״וְהַנֹּשֶׁה בָּא לָקַחַת״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have lent** Heb. נֹשִׁים, like (II Kings 4:1): “...and the creditor (וְהַנֹשֶּׁה) has come to take.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:11:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:11:1)

**הָשִׁיבוּ נָא.** וְאַף אַתֶּם תַּעֲשׂוּ כָּמוֹנִי לִמְחֹל לָהֶם כָּל חוֹבוֹתֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**give back** And you shall also do as I do, to relinquish all their debts to them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:11:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:11:2)

**וּמְאַת הַכֶּסֶף.** וְרוֹב הַכֶּסֶף שֶׁהֵם חַיָּבִים לָכֶם עִם **הַדָּגָן וְתִירוֹשׁ וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the hundred silver pieces** and the large amount of money that they owe you with the corn and the wine, etc.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:12:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:12:1)

**וַיֹּאמְרוּ נָשִׁיב.** וְהֵם אָמְרוּ לְהָשִׁיב וְלִמְחֹל הַכֹּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they said, “We shall return”** And they said [that they were willing] to return and to relinquish all.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:12:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:12:2)

**לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה.** שֶׁיְּהוּ מוֹחֲלִים גַּם הֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to do according to this promise** that they too should relinquish.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:13:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:13:1)

**גַּם חָצְנִי נָעַרְתִּי.** אַף אֲנִי בְּגָדַי נִעַרְתִּי. חָצְנִי כְּמוֹ ״וְהֵבִיאוּ בָנַיִךְ בְּחֹצֶן״ (ישעיה מט:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I also shook out my garment** Heb. חָצְנִי, I also shook out my garment. חָצְנִי is like (Isa. 49: 22): “...and they shall bring your sons on the skirt of their garments (בְּחֹצֶן).”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:13:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:13:2)

**נָעַרְתִּי.** אֵישְׁקוֹלִיי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּמוֹ ״הִתְנַעֲרִי מֵעָפָר״ (ישעיה נב:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my garment** is escrol(l)e in Old French, I shook out, like (ibid. 52:2): “Shake yourself (הִתְנַעֲרִי) from the dust.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:13:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:13:3)

**כָּכָה יְנַעֵר.** כָּכָה יְנַעֵר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מִן הָעוֹלָם וּמִנִּכְסֵיהֶם כָּל אוֹתָם שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ מוֹחֲלִין חוֹבוֹתֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**So shall...shake out** So shall the Holy One, blessed be He, shake out from the world and from their property those who do not relinquish their debts.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:13:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:13:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:13:4)

**נָעוּר וָרֵק.** בְּלֹא נְכָסִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shake out and empty** without property.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:14:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:14:1)

**אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אוֹתִי.** הַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that he commanded me** i.e., the king.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:14:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:14:2)

**פֶּחָם.** כְּמוֹ **פֶּחָה** שָׁלְטָן, דּוּגְמַת רֵיקָם שֶׁהוּא כְּמוֹ רֵֵיקָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**governor** Heb. פֶּחָם, like פֶּחָה, ruler, after the pattern of רֵיקָם, empty, like רֵֵֵיקָה.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:14:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:14:3)

**מִשְּׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים.** לְמֶלֶךְ דָּרְיָוֶשׁ, כִּי אָז עָלָה מִבָּבֶל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (נחמיה ב:א) ״וַיְהִי בְחֹדֶשׁ נִיסָן שְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the twentieth year** of King Darius, for then he ascended from Babylon, as it is stated (2:1): “Now it came to pass in the month of Nissan in the twentieth year, etc.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:14:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:14:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:14:4)

**שָׁנִים שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה.** שֶׁהֵם שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**twelve years** which equal twelve years.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:14:5
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:14:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:14:5)

**אֲנִי וְאַחַי.** אֲנִי וַחֲבֵרַי אֲשֶׁר בָּאוּ עִמִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my brethren and I** I and my colleagues who came with me.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:14:6
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:14:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:14:6)

**לֶחֶם הַפֶּחָה לֹא אָכַלְתִּי.** לֶחֶם שֶׁהוּא רָאוּי לְמַאֲכַל הַפֶּחָה, שֶׁהָעָם נוֹתְנִין אוֹתוֹ אֶל הַפֶּחָה מִן הַמַּס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have not eaten the food allotted to the governor** the food that was fit for the governor, which the people give the governor from the tax.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:15:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:15:1)

**הִכְבִּידוּ עַל הָעָם.** הִכְבִּידוּ מַס עַל הָעָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**burdened the people** Heb. הִכְבִּידוּ, lit. made heavy. They made the tax heavy upon the people.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:15:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:15:2)

**וַיִּקְחוּ.** וְהָיוּ לוֹקְחִים מֵהֶם בִּשְׁבִיל הַמַּס לֶחֶם וָיַיִן אַחַר נְתִינַת אַרְבָּעִים שְׁקָלִים שֶׁל כֶּסֶף, וְכָךְ הָיוּ רְגִילִים בְּכָל שָׁנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and took** They would take bread and wine from them for the tax after they had already given forty silver shekels, and they were accustomed to doing this every year.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:15:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:15:3)

**גַּם נַעֲרֵיהֶם.** שֶׁל פַּחוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**also their servants** [i.e., the servants] of the governors.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:16:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:16:1)

**הַחוֹמָה.** חוֹמַת הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**wall** the wall of the city.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:16:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:16:2)

**הֶחֱזַקְתִּי.** הִתְעַסַּקְתִּי לַעֲסוֹק בָּהּ תָּדִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I adhered** I busied myself to engage in it constantly.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:16:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:16:3)

**וְשָׂדֶה לֹא קָנִינוּ.** וּבַשָּׂדוֹת שֶׁל הַיְּהוּדִים שֶׁהָיוּ בּוֹנִים הַחוֹמָה **לֹא קָנִינוּ** אֲנִי וּבְנֵי סִיעָתִי עַל עֵסֶק דָּחְקָם, שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹסְקִין בְּבִנְיַן הַחוֹמָה, אֲבָל הָיִיתִי נוֹתֵן לָהֶם מָמוֹן כְּדֵי לִבְנוֹת הַבִּנְיָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and we did not buy a field** But neither I nor my associates bought the fields of the Jews who were building the wall because of their poverty; they were engaged in building the wall, but I gave them money in order to build the wall.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:16:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:16:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:16:4)

**עַל הַמְּלָאכָה.** לִבְנוֹת תָּדִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over the work** to build constantly.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:17:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:17:1)

**מֵאָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ.** הָיוּ אוֹכְלִים עַל שֻׁלְחָנִי, לְבַד הַגֵּרִים הַבָּאִים אֵלֵינוּ מִן הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת, שֶׁאַף הֵם הָיוּ אוֹכְלִים עַל שֻׁלְחָנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**one hundred and fifty men** were eating at my table, in addition to the proselytes who came to us from the gentiles, for they too were eating at my table.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:18:1)

**וַאֲשֶׁר הָיָה נַעֲשֶׂה.** וּבְכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם הָיוּ אוֹכְלִים עַל שֻׁלְחָנִי שׁוֹר אֶחָד וְשֵׁשׁ צֹאן וְצִפֳּרִים הַרְבֵּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And what was prepared** And every day they ate at my table one ox, six sheep and many birds.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:18:2)

**בְּרוּרוֹת.** פִּתְרוֹנוֹ לְפִי עִנְיָנוֹ: שֵׁשׁ צֹאן עֲשׂוּיוֹת, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״חָמֵשׁ צֹאן עֲשׂוּיוֹת״ (שמואל א כה:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**prepared** Heb. בְּרֻרוֹת. Its interpretation is according to the context: six prepared sheep, like the matter that is stated (I Sam. 25:18): “...five prepared (עֲשׂוּיוֹת) sheep.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:18:3)

**נַעֲשׂוּ לִי.** לְשׁוֹן תִּקּוּן, כְּמוֹ ״וּבֶן הַבָּקָר אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה״ (בראשית יח:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were prepared for me** Heb. נַעֲשּׂוּ, an expression of preparation, like (Gen. 18:8): “...and the calf that he had prepared (עָשָּׂה).”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:18:4)

**וּבֵין עֲשֶׂרֶת יָמִים.** וּבְכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם הָיוּ שׁוֹתִים יַיִן הַרְבֵּה כְּדֵי שִׁיעוּר סִפּוּק שֶׁל עֲשֶׂרֶת יָמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and as much as ten days’ supply** Heb. וּבֵין עֲשֶּׂרֶת יָמִים, lit. and between ten days. And every day they drank much wine, the amount that suffices for ten days.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18:5
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:18:5)

**וְעִם זֶה.** וּבִשְׁבִיל כָּל מַעֲשֶׂה זֶה שֶׁהָיִיתִי מוֹצִיא הוֹצָאוֹת כָּל כָּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and for this** Heb. וְעִם זֶה ; and this procedure, for which I used to make such big expenditures.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18:6
[Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/5:18:6)

**לֶחֶם**. שֶׁל מַס הָרָאוּי לַפֶּחָה לֹא בִקַּשְׁתִּי וְלֹא שָׁאַלְתִּי מִן הָעָם, שֶׁהֲרֵי כָּבְדָה וְחָזָקָה עֲבוֹדַת בִּנְיַן הַחוֹמָה עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**food** of the tax, which is fit for the governor, I did not seek, and I did not request it of the people, for the work of the building of the wall was heavy and strong upon them.