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Ezra 4:12-16

12let it beH3046knownH3046to the kingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430that the Jewsיְהוּדָיֵ֗אye.hu.da.Ye'H3062whoH1768cameH5559upH5559from you have comeאֲת֖וֹ'a.ToH858to us at Jerusalemלִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םli.ru.she.LemH3390;they are rebuildingבָּנַ֔יִןba.Na.yinH1124the rebelliousמָֽרָדְתָּ֤אma.ra.de.Ta'H4779and evilוּבִֽישְׁתָּא֙u.vi.yo.she.Ta'H873cityקִרְיְתָ֨אkir.ye.Ta'H7149andare finishingשַׁכְלִ֔ילוּshakh.Li.luH3635the wallsוְשׁוּרַיָּ֣אve.shu.rai.Ya'H7792and repairingיַחִֽיטוּ׃ya.Chi.tuH2338the foundationsוְאֻשַּׁיָּ֖אve.'u.shai.Ya'H787.

13Nowכְּעַ֗ןke.'AnH3705let it beH3046knownH3046to the kingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430,that ifהֵ֣ןhenH2006that cityקִרְיְתָ֥אkir.ye.Ta'H7149is rebuiltתִּתְבְּנֵ֔אtit.be.Ne'H1124and the wallsוְשׁוּרַיָּ֖הve.shu.rai.Yah'H7792are finishedיִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּןyish.takh.le.LunH3635,they will not payיִנְתְּנ֔וּןyin.te.NunH5415tributeמִנְדָּֽה־min.dah-H4061,customH1093taxבְל֤וֹve.LoH1093,or tollוַהֲלָךְ֙va.ha.loKhH1983, and it willbe detrimentalתְּהַנְזִֽק׃te.han.ZikH5142to the revenueוְאַפְּתֹ֥םve.'a.pe.TomH674of the kingsמַלְכִ֖יםmal.KhimH4430.

14Nowכְּעַ֗ןke.'AnH3705becauseקֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי־ko.Vel di-H6903 H1768weare in the serviceמְלַ֔חְנָאme.Lach.na'H4415of the palaceהֵֽיכְלָא֙hei.khe.La'H1965,and it is not fittingאֲֽרִֽיךְ'arikhH749for us to seeלְמֶֽחֱזֵ֑אle.me.che.Ze'H2370the king’sמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430shameוְעַרְוַ֣תve.'ar.VatH6173,for thisדְּנָ֔הde.NahH1836reasonעַ֨ל־'Al-H5922we have sentשְׁלַ֖חְנָאshe.Lach.na'H7972wordand informedוְהוֹדַ֥עְנָאve.ho.Da'.na'H3046the kingלְמַלְכָּֽא׃le.mal.Ka'H4430,

15soH1768thatH1768a searchH1240may be conductedH1240in the recordדָּכְרָ֨נַיָּ֜אda.khe.Ra.nai.Ya'H1799booksבִּֽסְפַר־bis.far-H5609of your fathersאֲבָהָתָ֗ךְ'a.va.ha.TakhH2.And you will discoverוּ֠תְהַשְׁכַּחU.te.hash.kachH7912in the recordדָּכְרָנַיָּא֮da.khe.ra.nai.Ya'H1799booksבִּסְפַ֣רbis.FarH5609and learnוְתִנְדַּע֒ve.tin.Da'H3046that that cityקִרְיְתָ֨אkir.ye.Ta'H7149is a rebelliousמָֽרָדָ֗אma.ra.Da'H4779cityקִרְיָ֣אkir.Ya'H7149and detrimentalוּֽמְהַנְזְקַ֤תu.me.han.ze.KatH5142to kingsמַלְכִין֙mal.KhinH4430and provincesוּמְדִנָ֔ןu.me.di.NanH4083,and that they have revoltedוְאֶשְׁתַּדּוּר֙ עָבְדִ֣יןve.'esh.ta.Dur 'a.ve.DinH5648 H849withinבְּגַוַּ֔הּbe.ga.VahH1459it in pastעָלְמָ֑א'al.Ma'H5957daysיוֹמָ֖תyo.MatH3118;for thisדְּנָ֔הde.NahH1836reasonעַ֨ל־'Al-H5922that cityקִרְיְתָ֥אkir.ye.Ta'H7149was laidH2718wasteH2718.

16We are informingמְהוֹדְעִ֤יןme.hod.'InH3046the kingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430that ifהֵ֣ןhenH2006that cityקִרְיְתָ֥אkir.ye.Ta'H7149is rebuiltתִּתְבְּנֵ֔אtit.be.Ne'H1124and the wallsוְשׁוּרַיָּ֖הve.shu.rai.Yah'H7792finishedיִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּןyish.takh.le.LunH3635,then as a resultלָקֳבֵ֣לlo.ko.VelH6903of thisדְּנָ֔הde.NahH1836you will haveאִיתַ֖י'i.TaiH383noלָ֥אla'H3809possessionחֲלָק֙cha.LakH2508in the provincebeyondבַּעֲבַ֣רba.'a.VarH5675the EuphratesRiverנַהֲרָ֔אna.ha.Ra'H5103.”

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