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Ezra 4:2-10

2then theydrewH5066nearH5066toZerubbabelזְרֻבָּבֶ֜לze.ru.ba.VelH2216, and to theheadsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218offathers’הָֽאָב֗וֹתha.'a.VotH1houses, andsaidוַיֹּאמְר֤וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto them,LetH3808usאֶל־'el-H413buildנִבְנֶ֣הniv.NehH1129withyouH3588: forweH587seekנִדְר֖וֹשׁnid.Ro.oshH1875yourGodלֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֑םle.lo.hei.KhemH430, as ye do; andweH587dosacrificeזֹבְחִ֗יםzoe.ChimH2076unto himsinceH3588thedaysמִימֵי֙mi.MeiH3117ofEsarhaddonH634kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804, whichbroughtH5927usוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413upH5927hither.

3ButZerubbabelזְרֻבָּבֶ֜לze.ru.ba.VelH2216, andJeshuaוְיֵשׁ֗וּעַve.ye.Shu.a'H3442, and therestוּשְׁאָ֨רu.she.'ArH7605of theheadsרָאשֵׁ֤יra.SheiH7218offathers’הָֽאָבוֹת֙ha.'a.VotH1housesבַּ֖יִתBa.yitH1004ofIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,saidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559unto them, Ye havenothingלֹֽא־lo'-H3808todoH6680withusH3588tobuildלִבְנ֥וֹתliv.NotH1129anhouseH1004unto ourGodלֵאלֹהֵ֑ינוּle.lo.Hei.nuH430; butweH587ourselvesH587togetherיַ֜חַדYa.chadH3162willbuildנִבְנֶ֗הniv.NehH1129unto theLORDלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, askingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Cyrusכּ֥וֹרֶשׁKo.reshH3566thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofPersiaפָּרָֽס׃pa.RasH6539hathcommandedצִוָּ֔נוּtzi.Va.nuH6680usH3588.

4Then thepeopleעַם־'am-H5971of thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776weakened thehandsיְדֵ֣יye.DeiH3027of thepeopleעַם־'am-H5971ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, and troubled them inbuildingלִבְנֽוֹת׃liv.NotH1129,

5andhiredוְסֹכְרִ֧יםve.so.khe.RimH7936counsellorsagainstעֲלֵיהֶ֛ם'a.lei.HemH5921them, to frustrate theirpurposeעֲצָתָ֑ם'a.tza.TamH6098,allכָּל־kol-H3605thedaysיְמֵ֗יye.MeiH3117ofCyrusכּ֚וֹרֶשׁKo.reshH3566kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofPersiaפָּרַ֔סpa.RasH6539,evenH5704untilH5704thereignמַלְכ֖וּתmal.KhutH4438ofDariusדָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁda.re.Ya.veshH1867kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofPersiaפָּרָֽס׃pa.RasH6539.

6And in thereignוּבְמַלְכוּת֙u.ve.mal.KhutH4438ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, in thebeginningבִּתְחִלַּ֖תbit.chi.LatH8462of hisreignמַלְכוּת֑וֹmal.khu.ToH4438,wroteכָּתְב֣וּka.te.VuH3789they anaccusationשִׂטְנָ֔הsit.NahH7855againstעַל־'al-H5921theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סvi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

7And in thedaysוּבִימֵ֣יu.vi.MeiH3117ofArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא'ar.tach.Shas.ta'H783wroteH3789Bishlamבִּשְׁלָ֜םbish.LamH1312,Mithredathמִתְרְדָ֤תmit.re.DatH4990,Tabeelטָֽבְאֵל֙ta.ve.'ElH2870, and therestוּשְׁאָ֣רu.she.'ArH7605of his companions, untoArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּ'ar.tach.shas.taH783kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofPersiaפָּרָ֑סpa.RasH6539; and thewritingH3789of theletterוּכְתָב֙u.khe.TavH3791waswrittenH3789in the Syrian character, and set forth in the Syrian tongue.

8Rehumרְח֣וּםre.ChumH7348the chancellor andShimshaiוְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ve.shim.ShaiH8124thescribeסָֽפְרָ֔אsa.fe.Ra'H5613wroteכְּתַ֛בוּke.Ta.vuH3790aletterאִגְּרָ֥ה'i.ge.RahH104againstעַל־'al-H5922Jerusalemיְרוּשְׁלֶ֑םye.ru.she.LemH3390toArtaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shas.te'H783thekingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430in this sort:

9then wroteRehumרְח֣וּםre.ChumH7348the chancellor, andShimshaiוְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ve.shim.ShaiH8124thescribeסָֽפְרָ֔אsa.fe.Ra'H5613, and therestוּשְׁאָ֖רu.she.'ArH7606of their companions; the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, theBabyloniansבָבְלָיֵא֙va.ve.la.Ye'H896, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, theElamitesעֵלְמָיֵֽא׃'e.le.ma.Ye'H5962,

10and therestוּשְׁאָ֣רu.she.'ArH7606of thenationsאֻמַּיָּ֗א'u.mai.Ya'H524whomדִּ֤יdiH1768thegreatרַבָּ֣אra.Ba'H7229and nobleOsnapparאָסְנַפַּר֙'a.se.na.ParH620brought over, and set in thecityבְּקִרְיָ֖הbe.kir.YahH7149ofSamariaשָׁמְרָ֑יִןsha.me.Ra.yinH8115, and in therestוּשְׁאָ֥רu.she.'ArH7606of the countrybeyondעֲבַֽר־'a.var-H5675theriverנַהֲרָ֖הna.ha.Rah'H5103, andsoדִּ֣יdiH1768forth.

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