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Nehemiah 2:5-8

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.

8And may I have a letterוְאִגֶּ֡רֶתve.'i.Ge.retH107toאֶל־'el-H413Asaphאָסָף֩'a.SafH623,keeperשֹׁמֵ֨רsho.MerH8104of the king’sאֲשֶׁ֣ר לַמֶּ֗לֶךְ'a.Sher la.Me.lekhH834 H4428forestהַפַּרְדֵּ֜סha.par.DesH6508,so thatאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834he will giveיִתֶּן־yi.ten-H5414metimberעֵצִ֡ים'e.TzimH6086to make beamsלְ֠קָרוֹתLe.ka.rotH7136forאֶת־'et-H853the gatesשַׁעֲרֵ֨יsha.'a.ReiH8179of the citadelהַבִּירָ֤הha.bi.RahH1002אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834to the templeלַבַּ֙יִת֙la.Ba.yitH1004,for the cityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892wallוּלְחוֹמַ֣תu.le.cho.MatH2346,and for the houseוְלַבַּ֖יִתve.la.Ba.yitH1004אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834I will occupyאָב֣וֹא אֵלָ֑יו'a.Vo' 'e.LavH935 H413.”And because the graciousהַטּוֹבָ֥הha.to.VahH2896handכְּיַד־ke.yad-H3027of my Godאֱלֹהַ֖י'e.lo.HaiH430was upon meעָלָֽי׃'a.LaiH5921,the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428grantedוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414my requests.

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