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Ezra 4:12-16

12BeitknownH3046untothekingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430,thattheJewsיְהוּדָיֵ֗אye.hu.da.Ye'H3062thatcameאֲת֖וֹ'a.ToH858upfromtheearecomeH858tous untoJerusalemלִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םli.ru.she.LemH3390;theyarebuildingבָּנַ֔יִןba.Na.yinH1124therebelliousandthebadcityקִרְיְתָ֨אkir.ye.Ta'H7149,andhavefinishedשַׁכְלִ֔ילוּshakh.Li.luH3635thewallsוְשׁוּרַיָּ֣אve.shu.rai.Ya'H7792,andrepairedthefoundationsוְאֻשַּׁיָּ֖אve.'u.shai.Ya'H787.

13BeitknownH3046nowכְּעַ֗ןke.'AnH3705untothekingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430,that,ifthiscityקִרְיְתָ֥אkir.ye.Ta'H7149bebuilded,andthewallsוְשׁוּרַיָּ֖הve.shu.rai.Yah'H7792finishedיִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּןyish.takh.le.LunH3635,theywillnotpaytributeמִנְדָּֽה־min.dah-H4061,custom,ortollוַהֲלָךְ֙va.ha.loKhH1983,andintheenditwillbehurtful untothekingsמַלְכִ֖יםmal.KhimH4430.

14Nowכְּעַ֗ןke.'AnH3705becauseweeatthesaltמְלַ֤חme.LachH4416ofthepalaceהֵֽיכְלָא֙hei.khe.La'H1965,anditisnotmeetforustoseeH2370theking’sמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430dishonor,thereforehavewesentandcertifiedthekingלְמַלְכָּֽא׃le.mal.Ka'H4430;

15thatsearchH1240maybemadeH3046inthebookבִּֽסְפַר־bis.far-H5609oftherecordsofthyfathersאֲבָהָתָ֗ךְ'a.va.ha.TakhH2:soshalt thoufindוּ֠תְהַשְׁכַּחU.te.hash.kachH7912inthebookבִּסְפַ֣רbis.FarH5609oftherecords,andknowוְתִנְדַּע֒ve.tin.Da'H3046thatthiscityקִרְיְתָ֨אkir.ye.Ta'H7149isarebelliouscityקִרְיָ֣אkir.Ya'H7149,andhurtful untokingsמַלְכִין֙mal.KhinH4430andprovincesH4083,andthattheyhavemoved seditionwithinthesameofold time;forwhichcausewasthiscityקִרְיְתָ֥אkir.ye.Ta'H7149laidwaste.

16Wecertifythekingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430that,ifthiscityקִרְיְתָ֥אkir.ye.Ta'H7149be builded,andthewallsוְשׁוּרַיָּ֖הve.shu.rai.Yah'H7792finishedיִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּןyish.takh.le.LunH3635, bythismeans thou shalthavenoportionH2508beyondtheRiverנַהֲרָ֔אna.ha.Ra'H5103.

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