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Ezra 4:12-16

12BeitknownH3046tothekingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430thattheJewsיְהוּדָיֵ֗אye.hu.da.Ye'H3062whocameאֲת֖וֹ'a.ToH858upfromthee unto ushavecomeH858toJerusalemלִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םli.ru.she.LemH3390;theyarebuildingבָּנַ֔יִןba.Na.yinH1124therebelliousandthebadcityקִרְיְתָ֨אkir.ye.Ta'H7149,andtheycompletethewallsוְשׁוּרַיָּ֣אve.shu.rai.Ya'H7792andjoinupthefoundationsוְאֻשַּׁיָּ֖אve.'u.shai.Ya'H787.

13BeitknownH3046therefore untothekingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430,that,ifthiscityקִרְיְתָ֥אkir.ye.Ta'H7149bebuiltH1124andthewallsוְשׁוּרַיָּ֖הve.shu.rai.Yah'H7792becompleted,theywillnotpaytributeמִנְדָּֽה־min.dah-H4061,tax,andtollוַהֲלָךְ֙va.ha.loKhH1983,andintheenditwillbringdamagetothekingsמַלְכִ֖יםmal.KhimH4430.

14Nowכְּעַ֗ןke.'AnH3705,sinceweeatthesaltמְלַ֤חme.LachH4416ofthepalaceהֵֽיכְלָא֙hei.khe.La'H1965,anditisnotrightforustoseeH2370theking's injury,thereforehavewesentandinformedthekingH4430;

15thatsearchH1240maybemadeH3046inthebookבִּֽסְפַר־bis.far-H5609oftheannalsofthyfathersאֲבָהָתָ֗ךְ'a.va.ha.TakhH2:soshalt thoufindוּ֠תְהַשְׁכַּחU.te.hash.kachH7912inthebookבִּסְפַ֣רbis.FarH5609oftheannalsandknowוְתִנְדַּע֒ve.tin.Da'H3046thatthiscityקִרְיְתָ֨אkir.ye.Ta'H7149isarebelliouscityקִרְיָ֣אkir.Ya'H7149,whichhasdonedamagetokingsמַלְכִין֙mal.KhinH4430andprovincesH4083,andthattheyhaveraised seditionwithinthesameofold time,forwhichcausethiscityקִרְיְתָ֥אkir.ye.Ta'H7149wasdestroyed.

16Weinformthekingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430thatifthiscityקִרְיְתָ֥אkir.ye.Ta'H7149bebuiltH1124anditswallsוְשׁוּרַיָּ֖הve.shu.rai.Yah'H7792be completed, bythismeans thou shalthavenoportionH2508onthissidetheriverנַהֲרָ֔אna.ha.Ra'H5103.

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