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Nehemiah 1:4-9

4Anditcametopass,whenIheardH8085thesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697,thatIsatH3427andweptוָֽאֶבְכֶּ֔הva.'ev.KehH1058,andmournedוָאֶתְאַבְּלָ֖הva.'et.'a.be.LahH56fordaysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117,andfastedצָם֙tzamH6684,andprayedוּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔לu.mit.pa.LelH6419beforetheGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430oftheheavensהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,

5andsaidH559,Ibeseechthee,Jehovah,Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430oftheheavensהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,thegreatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419andterribleGodH430,thatkeepethcovenantהַבְּרִית֙ha.be.RitH1285andmercyforthemthatloveלְאֹהֲבָ֖יוle.'o.ha.VavH157himandkeepH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָֽיו׃mitz.vo.TavH4687.

6Letthineearאָזְנְךָֽ־'a.ze.ne.kha-H241nowbeתְּהִ֣יte.HiH1961attentive,andthineeyesוְֽעֵינֶ֪יךָve.'ei.Nei.khaH5869open,tohearH8085theprayerתְּפִלַּ֣תte.fi.LatH8605ofthyservantעַבְדְּךָ֡'av.de.KhaH5650,whichIprayמִתְפַּלֵּ֨לmit.pa.LelH6419beforetheeatthistime,dayהַיּוֹם֙hai.yOmH3117andnightוָלַ֔יְלָהva.Lay.lahH3915,forthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478thyservantsעֲבָדֶ֑יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650,confessingH3034thesinsH2398ofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,whichwehavesinnedH2398againstthee:bothIandmyfather'shouseוּבֵית־u.veit-H1004havesinnedH2398.

7Wehaveacted very perverselyagainstthee,andhavenotkeptH8104thecommandmentsהַמִּצְוֹ֗תha.mitz.VotH4687,northestatutesH2706,northeordinancesH4941thatthou commandedst thyservantעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃'av.De.khaH5650Mosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872.

8Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142,Ibeseechthee,thewordהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697thatthou commandedst thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650Mosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Ifyeactתִּמְעָ֔לוּtim.'A.luH4603unfaithfullyH4603,Iwillscatterאָפִ֥יץ'a.FitzH6327youamongthepeoplesH5971;

9butifyereturnH7725tome,andkeepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙u.she.mar.TemH8104mycommandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֔יmitz.vo.TaiH4687anddothem,thoughtherewereofyoucastoutuntotheuttermost partoftheheavensהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, yetwillIgatherאֲקַבְּצֵ֔ם'a.ka.be.TzemH6908themfromthence,andwillbringוַהֲבִֽיאוֹתִים֙va.ha.vo.'o.timH935themuntotheplaceהַמָּק֔וֹםha.ma.KomH4725thatIhavechosenH977tosetmynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034there.

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