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Ezra 5:5-9

5ButtheeyeoftheirGodאֱלָהֲהֹ֗ם'e.la.ha.HomH426wasupontheeldersשָׂבֵ֣יsa.VeiH7868oftheJewsיְהוּדָיֵ֔אye.hu.da.Ye'H3062,andtheydidnotmakethemceaseבַטִּ֣לוּva.Ti.luH989, tillthematter should cometoDariusלְדָרְיָ֣וֶשׁle.da.re.Ya.veshH1868,andthenוֶאֱדַ֛יִןve.'e.Da.yinH116answer shouldbereturnedH8421by letterconcerningH5922it.

6Thecopyפַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶןpar.She.genH6573oftheletterאִ֠גַּרְתָּא'I.gar.ta'H104thatTattenaiתַּתְּנַ֣י׀ta.te.NaiH8674,thegovernorפַּחַ֣תpa.ChatH6347beyondtheRiverנַהֲרָ֗הna.ha.Rah'H5103,andShethar-bozenaiH8370,andhiscompanionstheApharsachites,whowerebeyondtheRiverנַהֲרָ֑הna.ha.Rah'H5103,sentuntoDariusדָּרְיָ֖וֶשׁda.re.Ya.veshH1868thekingמַלְכָּֽא׃mal.Ka'H4430;

7theysentaletter unto him, whereinwaswrittenthus: UntoDariusלְדָרְיָ֥וֶשׁle.da.re.Ya.veshH1868thekingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430,allpeaceשְׁלָמָ֥אshe.la.Ma'H8001.

8BeitknownH3046untothekingלְמַלְכָּ֗אle.mal.Ka'H4430,thatwewentintotheprovinceמְדִֽינְתָּא֙me.di.ne.Ta'H4083ofJudahH3061,tothehouseלְבֵית֙le.VeitH1005ofthegreatH7229Godאֱלָהָ֣א'e.la.Ha'H426,whichisbuildedwithgreatH7229stonesאֶ֣בֶן'E.venH69,andtimberוְאָ֖עve.'A'H636islaidinthewalls;andthisworkוַעֲבִ֥ידְתָּאva.'a.Vid.ta'H5673goeth onwithdiligenceandprosperethintheirhandsבְּיֶדְהֹֽם׃ סbe.yed.HomH3028.

9Thenאֱדַ֗יִן'e.Da.yinH116askedשְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙she.'E.le.na'H7593wethoseeldersלְשָׂבַיָּ֣אle.sa.vai.Ya'H7868,andsaidH560untothemthus,Whogaveyouadecreeטְעֵ֗םte.'EmH2942tobuildthishouseבַּיְתָ֤אbay.Ta'H1005,andtofinishלְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃le.shakh.la.LahH3635thiswall?

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