Nehemiah · נְחֶמְיָה

Nehemiah 5:2

וְיֵ֣שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֹמְרִ֗ים בָּנֵ֤ינוּ וּבְנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ רַבִּ֔ים וְנִקְחָ֥ה דָגָ֖ן וְנֹאכְלָ֥ה וְנִחְיֶֽה׃
vyesh ʾasher ʾomriym baneynv vbnoteynv ʾanaḥnv rabiym vniqḥah dagan vnoʾklah vniḥyeh
King James Version (KJV)

For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

Modern English

For there were those who said: With our sons and our daughters, we are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive.

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