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Ezra 4:7-9

7And in the daysוּבִימֵ֣יu.vi.MeiH3117ofArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא'ar.tach.Shas.ta'H783,Bishlamבִּשְׁלָ֜םbish.LamH1312,Mithredathמִתְרְדָ֤תmit.re.DatH4990,Tabeelטָֽבְאֵל֙ta.ve.'ElH2870,and the restוּשְׁאָ֣רu.she.'ArH7605of his colleaguesכְּנָוֹתָ֔יוke.na.vo.tovH3674wroteכָּתַ֨בka.TavH3789to Artaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּ'ar.tach.shas.taH783kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Persiaפָּרָ֑סpa.RasH6539; and thetextוּכְתָב֙u.khe.TavH3791of the letterהַֽנִּשְׁתְּוָ֔ןha.nish.te.VanH5406was writtenכָּת֥וּבka.TuvH3789in Aramaicאֲרָמִ֖ית'a.ra.MitH762and translatedוּמְתֻרְגָּ֥םu.me.tur.GamH8638fromAramaicאֲרָמִֽית׃ פ'a.ra.MitH762.

8Rehumרְח֣וּםre.ChumH7348the commanderבְּעֵל־ טְעֵ֗םbe.'el- te.'EmH1169 H2942and Shimshaiוְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ve.shim.ShaiH8124the scribeסָֽפְרָ֔אsa.fe.Ra'H5613wroteכְּתַ֛בוּke.Ta.vuH3790a letterאִגְּרָ֥ה'i.ge.RahH104againstעַל־'al-H5922Jerusalemיְרוּשְׁלֶ֑םye.ru.she.LemH3390to Kingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430Artaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shas.te'H783,as followsכְּנֵֽמָא׃ke.Ne.ma'H3660--

9Rehumרְח֣וּםre.ChumH7348the commanderבְּעֵל־ טְעֵ֗םbe.'el- te.'EmH1169 H2942,Shimshaiוְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ve.shim.ShaiH8124the scribeסָֽפְרָ֔אsa.fe.Ra'H5613, andthe restוּשְׁאָ֖רu.she.'ArH7606of their colleaguesכְּנָוָתְה֑וֹןke.na.va.te.HonH3675,the judgesדִּ֠ינָיֵאDi.na.ye'H1784andthe lesserH671governorsH671,the officialsטַרְפְּלָיֵ֣אtar.pe.la.Ye'H2967,the secretariesאֲפָֽרְסָיֵ֗א'a.fa.re.sa.Ye'H670,the menH756ofH756ErechH756,the Babyloniansבָבְלָיֵא֙va.ve.la.Ye'H896,the menH7801ofH7801SusaH7801,that is, the Elamitesעֵלְמָיֵֽא׃'e.le.ma.Ye'H5962,

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