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Nehemiah 1:3-7

3And theysaidוַיֹּאמְרוּ֮vai.yo.me.RuH559to me, Theremnantהַֽנִּשְׁאָרִ֞יםha.nish.'a.RimH7604that areleftנִשְׁאֲר֤וּnish.'a.RuH7604of thecaptivityהַשְּׁבִי֙ha.she.ViH7628there in theprovinceבַּמְּדִינָ֔הba.me.di.NahH4082are ingreatגְדֹלָ֖הge.do.LahH1419afflictionבְּרָעָ֥הbe.ra.'AhH7451andreproachוּבְחֶרְפָּ֑הu.ve.cher.PahH2781: thewallוְחוֹמַ֤תve.cho.MatH2346ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389also is brokendownמְפֹרָ֔צֶתme.fo.Ra.tzetH6555, and itsgatesוּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָu.she.'a.Rei.haH8179areburnedנִצְּת֥וּni.tze.TuH3341withfireבָאֵֽשׁ׃va.'EshH784.

4And it came to pass, when Iheardכְּשָׁמְעִ֣י׀ke.sha.me.'IH8085thesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697, that I satdownיָשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ya.Shav.tiH3427andweptוָֽאֶבְכֶּ֔הva.'ev.KehH1058, andmournedוָאֶתְאַבְּלָ֖הva.'et.'a.be.LahH56certaindaysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117, andfastedצָם֙tzamH6684, andprayedוּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔לu.mit.pa.LelH6419beforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,

5Andsaidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559, Ibeseechאָֽנָּ֤א'a.Na'H577thee, OLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, thegreatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419andterribleוְהַנּוֹרָ֑אve.ha.no.Ra'H3372Godהָאֵ֥לha.'ElH410, thatkeepethשֹׁמֵ֤רsho.MerH8104covenantהַבְּרִית֙ha.be.RitH1285andmercyוָחֶ֔סֶדva.Che.sedH2617for them thatloveלְאֹהֲבָ֖יוle.'o.ha.VavH157him andobserveוּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יu.le.sho.me.ReiH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָֽיו׃mitz.vo.TavH4687:

6Let thyearאָזְנְךָֽ־'a.ze.ne.kha-H241now beattentiveקַשֶּׁ֣בֶתka.She.vetH7183, and thyeyesוְֽעֵינֶ֪יךָve.'ei.Nei.khaH5869openפְתֻוּח֟וֹתfe.tu.v.ChotH6605, that thou mayesthearלִשְׁמֹ֣עַlish.Mo.a'H8085theprayerתְּפִלַּ֣תte.fi.LatH8605of thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֡'av.de.KhaH5650, which Iprayמִתְפַּלֵּ֨לmit.pa.LelH6419beforeלְפָנֶ֤יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440theenowהַיּוֹם֙hai.yOmH3117,dayיוֹמָ֣םyo.MamH3119andnightוָלַ֔יְלָהva.Lay.lahH3915, for thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478thyservantsעֲבָדֶ֑יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650, andconfessוּמִתְוַדֶּ֗הu.mit.va.DehH3034thesinsחַטֹּ֤אותcha.TotH2403of thechildrenבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478, which we havesinnedחָטָ֣אנוּcha.Ta.nuH2398against thee: both I and myfather’sאָבִ֖י'a.ViH1houseוּבֵית־u.veit-H1004havesinnedחָטָֽאנוּ׃cha.Ta.nuH2398.

7We have dealtveryחֲבֹ֖לcha.VolH2254corruptlyחָבַ֣לְנוּcha.Val.nuH2254against thee, and have notkeptשָׁמַ֣רְנוּsha.Mar.nuH8104thecommandmentsהַמִּצְוֹ֗תha.mitz.VotH4687, nor thestatutesהַֽחֻקִּים֙ha.chu.KimH2706, nor thejudgmentsהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔יםha.mish.pa.TimH4941, which thou didstcommandצִוִּ֖יתָtzi.Vi.taH6680thyservantעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃'av.De.khaH5650Mosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872.

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