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Ezra 5:8-11

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?

10Weaskedשְׁאֵ֥לְנָאshe.'E.le.na'H7593them theirnamesH8036alsoוְאַ֧ףve.'AfH638,tocertify thee,thatwemightwritethenamesH8036ofthemenH1400thatwereattheheadבְרָאשֵׁיהֹֽם׃ סve.ra.shei.HomH7217ofthem.

11AndthustheyreturnedH8421usanswer,sayingלְמֵמַ֑רle.me.MarH560,Wearetheservantsעַבְדוֹהִי֩av.do.HiH5649oftheGodאֱלָ֨הּ'e.LahH426ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֜אshe.mai.Ya'H8065andearthוְאַרְעָ֗אve.'ar.'A'H772,andarebuildingH1124thehouseבַּיְתָא֙bay.Ta'H1005thatwasbuildedthesemanyשַׂגִּיאָ֔ןsa.gi.'AnH7690yearsשְׁנִ֣יןshe.NinH8140ago,whichagreatרַ֔בRavH7229kingוּמֶ֤לֶךְu.Me.lekhH4430ofIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙le.Yis.ra.'ElH3479buildedandfinishedוְשַׁכְלְלֵֽהּ׃ve.shakh.le.LehH3635.

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