Kommentar zu Nechemja 5:14
גַּ֞ם מִיּ֣וֹם ׀ אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה אֹתִ֗י לִהְי֣וֹת פֶּחָם֮ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָה֒ מִשְּׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֗ים וְ֠עַד שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שָׁנִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה אֲנִ֣י וְאַחַ֔י לֶ֥חֶם הַפֶּ֖חָה לֹ֥א אָכַֽלְתִּי׃
[Noch das tat ich]: Von dem Tage an, da man mich entboten, Landpfleger in dem Lande Judäa zu sein, vom zwanzigsten Jahre bis zum zweiunddreißigsten Jahre des Königs Artahsast, also zwölf Jahre, aß weder ich noch meine Brüder die Kost des Landpflegers.
Rashi on Nehemiah
that he commanded me i.e., the king.
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Rashi on Nehemiah
governor Heb. פֶּחָם, like פֶּחָה, ruler, after the pattern of רֵיקָם, empty, like רֵֵֵיקָה.
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Rashi on Nehemiah
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.”
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twelve years which equal twelve years.
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my brethren and I I and my colleagues who came with me.
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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.
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