But the former
ri'shown (ree-shone')
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun) -- ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
governors
pechah (peh-khaw')
a prefect (of a city or small district) -- captain, deputy, governor.
that had been before
paniym (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
me were chargeable
kabad (kaw-bad')
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weightybe rich, be (go) sore, stop.
unto the people
`am (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
and had taken
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
of them bread
lechem (lekh'-em)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) -- (shew-)bread, eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
and wine
yayin (yah'-yin)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication -- banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
beside
'achar (akh-ar')
the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
forty
'arba`iym (ar-baw-eem')
forty -- forty.
shekels
sheqel (sheh'-kel)
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard -- shekel.
of silver
keceph (keh'-sef)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money -- money, price, silver(-ling).
yea even
gam (gam)
assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
their servants
na`ar (nah'-ar)
babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
bare rule
shalat (shaw-lat')
to dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit -- (bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.
over the people
`am (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
but so did
`asah (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
not I because
paniym (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
of the fear
yir'ah (yir-aw')
fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence -- dreadful, exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
of God
'elohiym (el-o-heem')
angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty.
