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Nehemiah 1:4-9

4Anditcametopass,whenIheardH8085thesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697,thatIsatH3427downיָשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ya.Shav.tiH3427andweptוָֽאֶבְכֶּ֔הva.'ev.KehH1058,andmournedוָאֶתְאַבְּלָ֖הva.'et.'a.be.LahH56certaindaysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117;andIfastedצָם֙tzamH6684andprayedוּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔לu.mit.pa.LelH6419beforetheGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,

5andsaidH559,Ibeseechthee,OJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,thegreatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419andterribleGodH430,thatkeepethcovenantהַבְּרִית֙ha.be.RitH1285andlovingkindnesswiththemthatloveלְאֹהֲבָ֖יוle.'o.ha.VavH157himandkeepH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָֽיו׃mitz.vo.TavH4687:

6letthineearאָזְנְךָֽ־'a.ze.ne.kha-H241nowbeתְּהִ֣יte.HiH1961attentive,andthineeyesוְֽעֵינֶ֪יךָve.'ei.Nei.khaH5869open,thatthou mayest hearken untotheprayerתְּפִלַּ֣תte.fi.LatH8605ofthyservantעַבְדְּךָ֡'av.de.KhaH5650,whichIprayמִתְפַּלֵּ֨לmit.pa.LelH6419beforetheeatthistime,dayהַיּוֹם֙hai.yOmH3117andnightוָלַ֔יְלָהva.Lay.lahH3915,forthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478thyservantsעֲבָדֶ֑יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650,whileIconfessH3034thesinsH2398ofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,whichwehavesinnedH2398againstthee. Yea,Iandmyfather’sאָבִ֖י'a.ViH1houseוּבֵית־u.veit-H1004havesinnedH2398:

7wehavedealt very corruptlyagainstthee,andhavenotkeptH8104thecommandmentsהַמִּצְוֹ֗תha.mitz.VotH4687,northestatutesH2706,northeordinancesH4941,whichthou commandedst thyservantעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃'av.De.khaH5650Mosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872.

8Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142,Ibeseechthee,thewordהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697thatthou commandedst thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650Mosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Ifye trespass,Iwillscatterאָפִ֥יץ'a.FitzH6327youabroad amongthepeoplesH5971:

9butifyereturnH7725untome,andkeepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙u.she.mar.TemH8104mycommandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֔יmitz.vo.TaiH4687anddothem,thoughyouroutcastsH5080wereintheuttermost partoftheheavensהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, yetwillIgatherאֲקַבְּצֵ֔ם'a.ka.be.TzemH6908themfromthence,andwillbringוַהֲבִֽיאוֹתִים֙va.ha.vo.'o.timH935themuntotheplaceהַמָּק֔וֹםha.ma.KomH4725thatIhavechosenH977,tocausemynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034todwellלְשַׁכֵּ֥ןle.sha.KenH7931there.

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