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Nehemiah 2:5-8

5AndIsaidH559untothekingלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428,Ifitpleasethekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,andifthyservantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650havefoundfavorinthysight,thatthou wouldestsendתִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִיtish.la.Che.niH7971meuntoJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063, untothecityעִ֛יר'irH5892ofmyfathers’H1sepulchres,thatImaybuildH1129it.

6Andthekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidH559untome(thequeenalsosittingH3427byhim),Forhowlongshallthyjourneyמַֽהֲלָכֲךָ֖ma.ha.la.kha.KhaH4109beיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961?andwhenwilt thoureturnתָּשׁ֑וּבta.ShuvH7725?Soitpleasedthekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428tosendH7971me;andIsetH5414himatimeזְמָֽן׃ze.ManH2165.

7MoreoverIsaidH559untothekingלַמֶּלֶךְ֒la.me.leKhH4428,Ifitpleasethekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,letlettersאִגְּרוֹת֙'i.ge.rOtH107begivenיִתְּנוּ־yi.te.nu-H5414metothegovernorsפַּחֲו֖וֹתpa.cha.VotH6346beyondtheRiverהַנָּהָ֑רha.na.HarH5104,thattheymayletmepassיַעֲבִיר֔וּנִיya.'a.vi.Ru.niH5674throughtillIcomeאָב֖וֹא'a.Vo'H935untoJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063;

8andaletterוְאִגֶּ֡רֶתve.'i.Ge.retH107untoAsaphאָסָף֩'a.SafH623thekeeperשֹׁמֵ֨רsho.MerH8104oftheking’sלַמֶּ֗לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428forest,thathemaygiveH5414metimbertomakeH5414beamsforthegatesH8179ofthecastlewhichappertainethtothehouseלַבַּ֙יִת֙la.Ba.yitH1004,andforthewallוּלְחוֹמַ֣תu.le.cho.MatH2346ofthecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892,andforthehouseוְלַבַּ֖יִתve.la.Ba.yitH1004thatIshallenterinto.Andthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428grantedme,accordingtothegoodהַטּוֹבָ֥הha.to.VahH2896handכְּיַד־ke.yad-H3027ofmyGodאֱלֹהַ֖י'e.lo.HaiH430uponme.

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