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Ezra 9:5-6

5And at the eveningהָעֶ֗רֶבha.'E.revH6153sacrificeוּבְמִנְחַ֣תu.ve.min.ChatH4503I arose upקַ֚מְתִּיKam.tiH6965from my heavinessמִתַּֽעֲנִיתִ֔יmi.ta.'a.ni.TiH8589;and having rentוּבְקָרְעִ֥יu.ve.ka.re.'IH7167my garmentבִגְדִ֖יvig.DiH899and my mantleוּמְעִילִ֑יu.me.'i.LiH4598,I fellוָֽאֶכְרְעָה֙va.'ekh.re.'AhH3766upon my kneesבִּרְכַּ֔יbir.KaiH1290,and spread outוָאֶפְרְשָׂ֥הva.'ef.re.SahH6566my handsכַפַּ֖יkha.PaiH3709unto Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068my Godאֱלֹהָֽי׃'e.lo.HaiH430,

6And saidוָאֹמְרָ֗הva.'o.me.RahH559,O my Godאֱלֹהַי֙'e.lo.HaiH430,I am ashamedבֹּ֣שְׁתִּיBo.she.tiH954and blushוְנִכְלַ֔מְתִּיve.nikh.Lam.tiH3637to lift upלְהָרִ֧יםle.ha.RimH7311my faceפָּנַ֖יpa.NaiH6440to thee, my Godאֱלֹהַ֛י'e.lo.HaiH430:for our iniquitiesעֲוֹנֹתֵ֤ינוּ'a.vo.no.Tei.nuH5771are increasedרָבוּ֙ra.VuH7235overלְמַ֣עְלָהle.Ma'.lahH4605ourheadרֹּ֔אשׁRoshH7218,and our trespassוְאַשְׁמָתֵ֥נוּve.'ash.ma.Te.nuH819is grown upגָדְלָ֖הga.de.LahH1431unto the heavensלַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃la.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

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