H4428G–מֶ֫לֶךְ–me.lekh

And these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city,

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And they gave money to the masons and to the carpenters; and meat and drink and oil to the Zidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, they set the priests in their apparel, with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah according to the directions of David king of Israel.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

and they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief fathers, and said to them, We would build with you; for we seek your God, as ye; and we have sacrificed to him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the chief fathers of Israel said to them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God, but we alone will build to Jehovah the God of Israel, as king Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

and they hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic, and interpreted in Aramaic.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for Jehovah had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkijah,

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

-- this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.

הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (מֶּ֗לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

(And there went up [supplied: some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.)

הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And this is the copy of the letter that king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel:

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Blessed be Jehovah the God of our fathers, who has put [supplied: such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem;

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

and has extended mercy to me before the king and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened, as the hand of Jehovah my God was upon me; and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him.

הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”לַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (מֶּ֜לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel present, had offered.

הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”

And they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps, and to the governors on this side the river. And they furthered the people and the house of God.

הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (מֶּ֗לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Since the days of our fathers, we have been in great trespass to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, our priests, have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, and to captivity, and to spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

מְלָכֵ֨ינוּ (מְלָכֵ֨י) me.la.Khei. “kings”מַלְכֵ֣י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us before the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

מַלְכֵ֨י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer.

לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [supplied: that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And the king said to me, Why is thy face sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sadness of heart. And I was very sore afraid.

הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (מֶּ֜לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”