Revised Version 1895

Nehemiah 2:1-7

1And itcameH1961topassH1961in themonthבְּחֹ֣דֶשׁbe.Cho.deshH2320Nisanנִיסָ֗ןni.SanH5212, in thetwentiethעֶשְׂרִ֛ים'es.RimH6242yearשְׁנַ֥תshe.NatH8141ofArtaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shast'H783thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, whenwineיַ֣יִןYa.yinH3196wasbeforeלְפָנָ֑יוle.fa.NavH6440him, that ItookH5375upH5375thewineהַיַּ֙יִן֙hai.Ya.yinH3196, andgaveוָאֶתְּנָ֣הva.'e.te.NahH5414it unto thekingלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428.NowH1961I hadnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808been beforetime sad in hispresenceלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440.

2And thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559untomeH6440,Whyמַדּ֣וּעַ׀ma.Du.a'H4069is thycountenanceH6440sadרֹ֣עַֽRo.a'H7455,seeingכִּי־ki-H3588thou artnotאֵֽינְךָ֣'ei.ne.KhaH369sickחוֹלֶ֔הcho.LehH2470? this isnothingאֵ֣ין'einH369else but sorrow ofheartלֵ֑בLevH3820. Then I wasveryמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966soreafraidוָאִירָ֖אva.'i.Ra'H3372.

3And Isaidוָאֹמַ֣רva.'o.MarH559unto thekingלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428,LetH3808thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428liveיִחְיֶ֑הyich.YehH2421foreverלְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.LamH5769:whyמַדּ֜וּעַma.Du.a'H4069shouldnotH3808mycountenanceפָנַ֗יfa.NaiH6440be sad, when thecityהָעִ֜ירha.'IrH5892, theplaceבֵּית־beit-H1004of myfathers’אֲבֹתַי֙'a.vo.TaiH1sepulchres, lieth waste, and thegatesוּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָu.she.'a.Rei.haH8179thereof areconsumedאֻכְּל֥וּ'u.ke.LuH398withfireבָאֵֽשׁ׃ סva.'EshH784?

4Then thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untomeאֶל־'el-H413, Forwhatמַה־mah-H4100dost thoumakeH6419requestמְבַקֵּ֑שׁme.va.KeshH1245?Soזֶּ֖הzehH2088Iprayedוָֽאֶתְפַּלֵּ֔לva.'et.pa.LelH6419to theGodאֱלֹהֵ֖י'e.lo.HeiH430ofheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

5And Isaidוָאֹמַ֣רva.'o.MarH559unto thekingלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428,Ifאִם־'im-H518itpleaseH2895thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, andifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650havefoundיִיטַ֥בyi.TavH3190favour in thysightלְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440, that thou wouldestsendתִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִיtish.la.Che.niH7971meH413untoJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063, unto thecityעִ֛יר'irH5892of myfathers’אֲבֹתַ֖י'a.vo.TaiH1sepulchres, that I maybuildוְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃ve.'ev.Ne.nahH1129it.

6And thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559untomeH5414, (thequeenוְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל׀ve.ha.she.GalH7694alsosittingיוֹשֶׁ֣בֶתyo.She.vetH3427by him,) ForhowH4970longעַד־'ad-H5704shall thyjourneyמַֽהֲלָכֲךָ֖ma.ha.la.kha.KhaH4109be? and when wilt thoureturnתָּשׁ֑וּבta.ShuvH7725?SoH7971itpleasedוַיִּיטַ֤בvai.yi.TavH3190thekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428tosendH7971meH5414; and IsetH5414him a time.

7Moreover Isaidוָאוֹמַר֮va.'o.MarH559unto thekingלַמֶּלֶךְ֒la.me.leKhH4428,Ifאִם־'im-H518itpleaseH2895thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,letH5414lettersאִגְּרוֹת֙'i.ge.rOtH107begivenיִתְּנוּ־yi.te.nu-H5414meH413to thegovernorsפַּחֲו֖וֹתpa.cha.VotH6346beyondעֵ֣בֶר'E.verH5676theriverהַנָּהָ֑רha.na.HarH5104, that they mayletH5414meH413passיַעֲבִיר֔וּנִיya.'a.vi.Ru.niH5674throughH5674tillעַ֥ד'adH5704Icomeאָב֖וֹא'a.Vo'H935untoJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063;

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