H3660–כְּנֵ֫מָא–ke.ne.ma

Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe have written a letter concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, thus:

כְּנֵֽמָא׃ ke.Ne.ma' “as follows”

Then thus we have said to them, `What `are' the names of the men who are building this building?'

כְּנֵ֖מָא ke.Ne.ma' “as follows”

Then we have asked of these elders, thus we have said to them, Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish?

כְּנֵ֖מָא ke.Ne.ma' “as follows”

`And thus they have returned us word, saying, We `are' servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:

וּכְנֵ֥מָא (כְנֵ֥מָא) khe.Ne.ma' “as follows”

Then Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king hath sent, so they have done speedily;

כְּנֵ֖מָא ke.Ne.ma' “accordingly”