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Nehemiah 2:4-5

4Then the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto me, For what dost thou make requestמְבַקֵּ֑שׁme.va.KeshH1245?So I prayedוָֽאֶתְפַּלֵּ֔לva.'et.pa.LelH6419to the Godאֱלֹהֵ֖י'e.lo.HeiH430of heavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

5And I saidוָאֹמַ֣רva.'o.MarH559unto the kingלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428,If it pleaseH2895the kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,and if thy servantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650have found favourיִיטַ֥בyi.TavH3190in thy sightלְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440,that thou wouldest sendתִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִיtish.la.Che.niH7971me unto Judahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063,unto the cityעִ֛יר'irH5892of my fathers’אֲבֹתַ֖י'a.vo.TaiH1sepulchresקִבְר֥וֹתkiv.RotH6913,that I may buildוְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃ve.'ev.Ne.nahH1129it.

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