Rashi, on Neh 5:16

“Moreover I built in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, and all my servants were gathered together to the work.”

“wall the wall of the city. I adhered I busied myself to engage in it constantly. 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. over the work to build constantly.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.