Revised Version 1895

Ezra 4:3-6

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.

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