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Ezra 4:2-10

2thentheydrewH5066neartoZerubbabelזְרֻבָּבֶ֜לze.ru.ba.VelH2216,andtotheheadsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218offathers’הָֽאָב֗וֹתha.'a.VotH1houses,andsaidH559untothem,Letusbuildנִבְנֶ֣הniv.NehH1129withyou;forweseekנִדְר֖וֹשׁnid.Ro.oshH1875yourGodלֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֑םle.lo.hei.KhemH430,asye do;andwesacrificeH2076untohimsincethedaysמִימֵי֙mi.MeiH3117ofEsar-haddonkingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804,whobroughtH5927usuphither.

3ButZerubbabelזְרֻבָּבֶ֜לze.ru.ba.VelH2216,andJeshuaוְיֵשׁ֗וּעַve.ye.Shu.a'H3442,andtherestוּשְׁאָ֨רu.she.'ArH7605oftheheadsרָאשֵׁ֤יra.SheiH7218offathers’הָֽאָבוֹת֙ha.'a.VotH1housesבַּ֖יִתBa.yitH1004ofIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,saidH559untothem, Yehavenothingtodowithusinbuildingלִבְנ֥וֹתliv.NotH1129ahouseH1004untoourGodלֵאלֹהֵ֑ינוּle.lo.Hei.nuH430;butweourselvestogetherיַ֜חַדYa.chadH3162willbuildנִבְנֶ֗הniv.NehH1129untoJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,askingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Cyrusכּ֥וֹרֶשׁKo.reshH3566thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofPersiaפָּרָֽס׃pa.RasH6539hathcommandedצִוָּ֔נוּtzi.Va.nuH6680us.

4Thenthepeopleעַם־'am-H5971ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776weakenedthehandsיְדֵ֣יye.DeiH3027ofthepeopleעַם־'am-H5971ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,andtroubledtheminbuildingלִבְנֽוֹת׃liv.NotH1129,

5andhiredH7936counsellorsagainstthem,tofrustratetheirpurposeעֲצָתָ֑ם'a.tza.TamH6098,allthedaysיְמֵ֗יye.MeiH3117ofCyrusכּ֚וֹרֶשׁKo.reshH3566kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofPersiaפָּרַ֔סpa.RasH6539,evenuntilthereignמַלְכ֖וּתmal.KhutH4438ofDariusדָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁda.re.Ya.veshH1867kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofPersiaפָּרָֽס׃pa.RasH6539.

6Andinthereignוּבְמַלְכוּת֙u.ve.mal.KhutH4438ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,inthebeginningofhisreignמַלְכוּת֑וֹmal.khu.ToH4438,wroteH3789theyanaccusationagainsttheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סvi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

7Andinthedaysוּבִימֵ֣יu.vi.MeiH3117ofArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא'ar.tach.Shas.ta'H783wroteH3789Bishlam,Mithredathמִתְרְדָ֤תmit.re.DatH4990,Tabeelטָֽבְאֵל֙ta.ve.'ElH2870,andtherestוּשְׁאָ֣רu.she.'ArH7605ofhiscompanions, untoArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּ'ar.tach.shas.taH783kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofPersiaפָּרָ֑סpa.RasH6539;andthewritingH3789oftheletterwaswrittenH3789intheSyrian character,andset forthintheSyrian tongue.

8Rehumרְח֣וּםre.ChumH7348thechancellorandShimshaiוְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ve.shim.ShaiH8124thescribeסָֽפְרָ֔אsa.fe.Ra'H5613wrotealetterאִגְּרָ֥ה'i.ge.RahH104againstJerusalemיְרוּשְׁלֶ֑םye.ru.she.LemH3390toArtaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shas.te'H783thekingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430inthis sort:

9thenאֱדַ֜יִן'e.Da.yinH116wroteRehumרְח֣וּםre.ChumH7348thechancellor,andShimshaiוְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ve.shim.ShaiH8124thescribeסָֽפְרָ֔אsa.fe.Ra'H5613,andtherestוּשְׁאָ֖רu.she.'ArH7606oftheir companions,theDinaites,andtheApharsathchites,theTarpelites,theApharsites,theArchevites,theBabylonians,theShushanchites,theDehaites,theElamites,

10andtherestוּשְׁאָ֣רu.she.'ArH7606ofthenationsאֻמַּיָּ֗א'u.mai.Ya'H524whomthegreatH7229andnobleOsnapparbrought over,andsetinthecityבְּקִרְיָ֖הbe.kir.YahH7149ofSamariaשָׁמְרָ֑יִןsha.me.Ra.yinH8115,andintherestוּשְׁאָ֥רu.she.'ArH7606ofthecountrybeyondtheRiverנַהֲרָ֖הna.ha.Rah'H5103,andsoforth.

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