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Nehemiah 12:23-27

23Thesonsבְּנֵ֤יbe.NeiH1121ofLeviלֵוִי֙le.ViH3878,headsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218offathers’הָֽאָב֔וֹתha.'a.VotH1houses, werewrittenכְּתוּבִ֕יםke.tu.VimH3789in thebookסֵ֖פֶרSe.ferH5612of thechroniclesדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697,evenH5704untilH5704thedaysH3117ofJohananיֽוֹחָנָ֥ןyo.cha.NanH3110thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofEliashibאֶלְיָשִֽׁיב׃'el.ya.ShivH475.

24And thechiefsוְרָאשֵׁ֣יve.ra.SheiH7218of theLevitesהַ֠לְוִיִּםHal.vi.yimH3881:Hashabiahחֲשַׁבְיָ֨הcha.shav.YahH2811,Sherebiahשֵֽׁרֵבְיָ֜הshe.re.ve.YahH8274, andJeshuaוְיֵשׁ֤וּעַve.ye.Shu.a'H3442thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofKadmielקַדְמִיאֵל֙kad.mi.'ElH6934, with theirbrethrenוַאֲחֵיהֶ֣םva.'a.chei.HemH251overagainstH5048them, topraiseלְהַלֵּ֣לle.ha.LelH1984andgiveלְהוֹד֔וֹתle.ho.DotH3034thanksH3034,accordingH376to thecommandmentבְּמִצְוַ֖תbe.mitz.VatH4687ofDavidדָּוִ֣ידda.VidH1732themanאִישׁ־'ish-H376ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, wardagainstH5048ward.

25Mattaniahמַתַּנְיָ֧הma.tan.YahH4983, andBakbukiahוּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֛הu.vak.buk.YahH1229,Obadiahעֹבַדְיָ֥ה'oad.YahH5662,Meshullamמְשֻׁלָּ֖םme.shu.LamH4918,Talmonטַלְמ֣וֹןtal.MonH2929,Akkubעַקּ֑וּב'a.KuvH6126, were porterskeepingשֹׁמְרִ֤יםsho.me.RimH8104the ward at thestorehousesבַּאֲסֻפֵּ֖יba.'a.su.PeiH624of thegatesהַשְּׁעָרִֽים׃ha.she.'a.RimH8179.

26Theseאֵ֕לֶּה'E.lehH428were in thedaysבִּימֵ֛יbi.MeiH3117ofJoiakimיוֹיָקִ֥יםyo.ya.KimH3113thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJeshuaיֵשׁ֖וּעַye.Shu.a'H3442, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Jozadak, and in thedaysוּבִימֵי֙u.vi.MeiH3117ofNehemiahנְחֶמְיָ֣הne.chem.YahH5166thegovernorהַפֶּחָ֔הha.pe.ChahH6346, and ofEzraוְעֶזְרָ֥אve.'ez.Ra'H5830thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548thescribeהַסּוֹפֵֽר׃ פha.so.FerH5608.

27And at thededicationוּבַחֲנֻכַּ֞תu.va.cha.nu.KatH2598of thewallחוֹמַ֣תcho.MatH2346ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389theysoughtH1245theLevitesהַלְוִיִּם֙hal.vi.YimH3881outH1245ofallH3605theirplacesמְק֣וֹמֹתָ֔םme.Ko.mo.TamH4725, tobringלַהֲבִיאָ֖םla.ha.vi.'AmH935them toJerusalemלִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םli.ru.sha.LimH3389, tokeepלַעֲשֹׂ֨תla.'a.SotH6213thededicationחֲנֻכָּ֤הcha.nu.KahH2598, withgladnessוְשִׂמְחָה֙ve.sim.ChahH8057,bothH3605with thanksgivings, and withsingingוּבְשִׁ֔ירu.ve.ShirH7892, withcymbalsמְצִלְתַּ֖יִםme.tzil.Ta.yimH4700, psalteries, and withharpsוּבְכִנֹּרֽוֹת׃u.ve.khi.no.RotH3658.

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