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Ezra 4:4-7

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.

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