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Nehemiah 2:5-7

5and answeredוָאֹמַ֣רva.'o.MarH559the kingלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428, “Ifאִם־'im-H518עַל־'al-H5921it pleasesט֔וֹבTovH2896the kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,and ifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518your servantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650has found favorיִיטַ֥בyi.TavH3190in your sightלְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440,I ask thatאֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.SherH834you send meתִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִיtish.la.Che.niH7971toאֶל־'el-H413Judahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063,toאֶל־'el-H413the cityעִ֛יר'irH5892where my fathersאֲבֹתַ֖י'a.vo.TaiH1are buriedקִבְר֥וֹתkiv.RotH6913,so that I may rebuild itוְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃ve.'ev.Ne.nahH1129.”

6Then the kingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,with the queenוְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל׀ve.ha.she.GalH7694seatedיוֹשֶׁ֣בֶתyo.She.vetH3427beside himאֶצְל֗וֹ'etz.LoH681,askedוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559me, “How longעַד־ מָתַ֛י'ad- ma.TaiH5704 H4970will your journeyמַֽהֲלָכֲךָ֖ma.ha.la.kha.KhaH4109takeיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961,and whenוּמָתַ֣יu.ma.TaiH4970will you returnתָּשׁ֑וּבta.ShuvH7725?”So it pleasedוַיִּיטַ֤ב לִפְנֵֽי־vai.yi.Tav lif.nei-H3190 H6440the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428to send meוַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֔נִיvai.yish.la.Che.niH7971,and I setוָֽאֶתְּנָ֥הva.'e.te.NahH5414a timeזְמָֽן׃ze.ManH2165.

7I also saidוָאוֹמַר֮va.'o.MarH559toלַמֶּלֶךְ֒la.me.leKhH4428him, “Ifאִם־'im-H518עַל־'al-H5921it pleasesט֔וֹבTovH2896the kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,may lettersאִגְּרוֹת֙'i.ge.rOtH107be givenיִתְּנוּ־yi.te.nu-H5414to meforעַֽל־'al-H5921the governorsפַּחֲו֖וֹתpa.cha.VotH6346westעֵ֣בֶר'E.verH5676of the Euphratesהַנָּהָ֑רha.na.HarH5104,so thatאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834they will grant me safe passageיַעֲבִיר֔וּנִיya.'a.vi.Ru.niH5674untilעַ֥ד'adH5704אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834I reachאָב֖וֹא אֶל־'a.Vo' 'el-H935 H413Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

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