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Ezra 7:6-11

6thisEzraעֶזְרָא֙'ez.Ra'H5830wentH5927upH5927fromBabylonמִבָּבֶ֔לmi.ba.VelH894; and he was areadyמָהִיר֙ma.HirH4106scribeסֹפֵ֤רso.FerH5608in thelawבְּתוֹרַ֣תbe.to.RatH8451ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, hadgivenנָתַ֥ןna.TanH5414: and thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428grantedוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414himallכֹּ֖לkolH3605hisrequestבַּקָּשָׁתֽוֹ׃ פba.ka.sha.ToH1246,accordingH5921to thehandכְּיַד־ke.yad-H3027of theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068hisGodאֱלֹהָיו֙'e.lo.HavH430uponH5921him.

7And therewentH5927upH5927someוּמִן־u.min-H4480of thechildrenמִבְּנֵֽי־mi.be.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִ֠שְׂרָאֵלYis.ra.'elH3478, and of thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548, and theLevitesוְהַלְוִיִּ֜םve.hal.vi.YimH3881, and thesingersוְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧יםve.ham.sho.re.RimH7891, and the porters, and the Nethinim, untoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389, in theseventhשֶׁ֖בַעShe.va'H7651yearבִּשְׁנַת־bish.nat-H8141ofArtaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shast'H783thekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

8And hecameוַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'H935toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389in thefifthהַחֲמִישִׁ֑יha.cha.mi.ShiH2549monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,whichהִ֛יאhi'H1931was in theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֖יתha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearשְׁנַ֥תshe.NatH8141of thekingלַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃la.Me.lekhH4428.

9ForuponH5921thefirstהָרִאשׁ֔וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223dayH2320of thefirstH7223monthלַחֹ֣דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320beganH935he togoH935upH5921fromBabylonמִבָּבֶ֑לmi.ba.VelH894, and on thefirstH7223dayH2320of thefifthהַחֲמִישִׁ֗יha.cha.mi.ShiH2549monthלַחֹ֣דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320cameH935he toJerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389,accordingH5921to thegoodהַטּוֹבָ֥הha.to.VahH2896handכְּיַד־ke.yad-H3027of hisGodאֱלֹהָ֖יו'e.lo.HavH430uponH5921him.

10ForEzraעֶזְרָא֙'ez.Ra'H5830hadsetהֵכִ֣יןhe.KhinH3559hisheartלְבָב֔וֹle.va.VoH3824toseekלִדְר֛וֹשׁlid.Ro.oshH1875thelawתּוֹרַ֥תto.RatH8451of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, and todoוְלַעֲשֹׂ֑תve.la.'a.SotH6213it, and toteachוּלְלַמֵּ֥דu.le.la.MedH3925inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478statutesחֹ֥קchokH2706andjudgmentsוּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ סu.mish.PatH4941.

11Nowוְזֶ֣ה׀ve.ZehH2088this is thecopyפַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶןpar.She.genH6572of theletterהַֽנִּשְׁתְּוָ֗ןha.nish.te.VanH5406that thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Artaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא'ar.tach.Shast'H783gaveנָתַן֙na.TanH5414untoEzraלְעֶזְרָ֥אle.'ez.Ra'H5830thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548, thescribeהַסֹּפֵ֑רha.so.FerH5608,evenעַל־'al-H5921thescribeסֹפֵ֞רso.FerH5608of thewordsדִּבְרֵ֧יdiv.ReiH1697of thecommandmentsמִצְוֹת־mitz.vot-H4687of theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068, and of hisstatutesוְחֻקָּ֖יוve.chu.KavH2706toIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478.

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