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Ezra 4:7-10

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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