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Nehemiah 13:23-28

23In thosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117also Isawרָאִ֤יתִיra.'I.tiH7200Jewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064that hadmarriedהֹשִׁ֗יבוּho.Shi.vuH3427womenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802ofAshdodאַשְׁדֳּדִיּ֔וֹת'ash.do.di.yotH796, ofAmmonעַמֳּנִיּ֖וֹתa.mo.ni.yotH5984, and ofMoabמוֹאֲבִיּֽוֹת׃mo.'a.vi.YotH4125:

24And theirchildrenוּבְנֵיהֶ֗םu.ve.nei.HemH1121spokeמְדַבֵּ֣רme.da.BerH1696halfחֲצִי֙cha.TziH2677in the speech ofAshdodאַשְׁדּוֹדִ֔ית'ash.do.DitH797, andcouldמַכִּירִ֖יםma.ki.RimH5234notspeakלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696in the Jews’languageיְהוּדִ֑יתye.hu.DitH3066, but according to thelanguageוְכִלְשׁ֖וֹןve.khil.ShonH3956ofeachעַ֥ם'amH5971peopleוָעָֽם׃va.'AmH5971.

25And Icontendedוָאָרִ֤יבva.'a.RivH7378with them, andcursedוָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔םva.'a.ka.LemH7043them, andsmoteוָאַכֶּ֥הva.'a.KehH5221certainאֲנָשִׁ֖ים'a.na.ShimH582of them, and plucked off theirhairוָֽאֶמְרְטֵ֑םva.'em.re.TemH4803, and made themswearוָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣םva.'ash.bi.'EmH7650byGodבֵּֽאלֹהִ֗יםbe.lo.HimH430, saying, Ye shall notgiveתִּתְּנ֤וּti.te.NuH5414yourdaughtersבְנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ve.no.tei.KhemH1323to theirsonsלִבְנֵיהֶ֔םliv.nei.HemH1121, nortakeתִּשְׂאוּ֙tis.'UH5375theirdaughtersמִבְּנֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םmi.be.No.tei.HemH1323to yoursonsלִבְנֵיכֶ֖םliv.nei.KhemH1121, or for yourselves.

26Did notSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֡לYis.ra.'ElH3478sinחָטָֽא־cha.ta'-H2398by these things? yet amongmanyהָרַבִּים֩ha.ra.BimH7227nationsוּבַגּוֹיִ֣םu.va.go.YimH1471was there nokingמֶ֜לֶךְMe.lekhH4428like him, who wasbelovedוְאָה֤וּבve.'a.HuvH157by hisGodלֵֽאלֹהָיו֙le.lo.HavH430, andGodאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430madeוַיִּתְּנֵ֣הוּvai.yi.te.Ne.huH5414himkingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428over allIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478: nevertheless evenhimגַּם־gam-H1571didforeignהַנָּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃ha.na.khe.ri.YotH5237womenהַנָּשִׁ֖יםha.na.ShimH802cause tosinהֶחֱטִ֔יאוּhe.che.Ti.'uH2398.

27Shall we thenhearkenהֲנִשְׁמַ֗עha.nish.Ma'H8085to you todoלַעֲשֹׂת֙la.'a.SotH6213all thisgreatהַגְּדוֹלָה֙ha.ge.do.LahH1419evilהָרָעָ֤הha.ra.'AhH7451, totransgressלִמְעֹ֖לlim.'OlH4603against ourGodבֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּbe.lo.Hei.nuH430inmarryingלְהֹשִׁ֖יבle.ho.ShivH3427foreignנָכְרִיּֽוֹת׃na.khe.ri.YotH5237womenנָשִׁ֥יםna.ShimH802?

28And one of thesonsוּמִבְּנֵ֨יu.mi.be.NeiH1121ofJoiadaיוֹיָדָ֤עyo.ya.Da'H3111, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofEliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיב֙'el.ya.ShivH475thehighהַגָּד֔וֹלha.ga.DolH1419priestהַכֹּהֵ֣ןha.ko.HenH3548, was son inlawחָתָ֖ןcha.TanH2860toSanballatלְסַנְבַלַּ֣טle.san.va.LatH5571theHoroniteהַחֹרֹנִ֑יha.cho.ro.NiH2772: therefore I drove himawayוָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּva.'av.ri.Che.huH1272from me.

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