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I made my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem: for he was a man of good faith, fearing God more than most.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “[was] like”

The number of all the people together was forty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty;

כְּאֶחָ֑ד (כְּ) ke. “as”

And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the boo

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet:

וּכְפִתְח֖וֹ (כְ) khe. “just as”

And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping o

כְּשָׁמְעָ֖ם (כְּ) ke. “when”

And that they were to give out an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tent

כַּכָּתֽוּב׃ (כַּ) ka. “according to <the>”

And day by day, from the first day till the last, he was reading from the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast for seven days: and on the eighth day there was a holy meeting, as it is ordered in the law.

כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

And you did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land; for you saw how cruel they were to them. So you got yourself a name as it is today.

כְּהַיּ֥וֹם (כְּ) ke. “as”

And you made their children as great in number as the stars of heaven, and took them into the land, of which you had said to their fathers that they were to go in and take it for themselves.

כְּכֹכְבֵ֖י (כְּ) ke. “like”

So the children went in and took the land, and you overcame before them the people of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them up into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them whatever it was their pleasure

כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃ (כִּ) ki “according to”

And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the

וּֽכְרַחֲמֶ֣יךָ (כְ) khe. “according to”

But when they had rest, they did evil again before you: so you gave them into the hands of their haters, who had rule over them: but when they came back and made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; again and again, in your mercy, you g

וּכְנ֣וֹחַ (כְ) khe. “just as”כְּֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָ (כְּֽ) ke. “according to”

And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.

כִּרְצוֹנָ֔ם (כִּ) ki “according to”

And we, the priests and the Levites and the people, made selection, by the decision of the Lord, of those who were to take the wood offering into the house of God, by families at the regular times, year by year, to be burned on the altar of the Lord our

כַּכָּת֖וּב (כַּ) ka. “according to <the>”

As well as the first of our sons and of our cattle, as it is recorded in the law, and the first lambs of our herds and of our flocks, which are to be taken to the house of our God, to the priests who are servants in the house of our God:

כַּכָּת֖וּב (כַּ) ka. “according to <the>”

And they kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean, and so did the music-makers and the door-keepers, as it was ordered by David and Solomon his son.

כְּמִצְוַ֥ת (כְּ) ke. “according to”

So after hearing the law, they took out of Israel all the mixed people.

כְּשָׁמְעָ֣ם (כְּ) ke. “when”

And so, when the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the doors to be shut and not to be open again till after the Sabbath: and I put some of my servants by the door so that nothing might be taken in on the Sabbath

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.

כְּרֹ֥ב (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' language, but made use of the language of the two peoples.

וְכִלְשׁ֖וֹן (כִ) khi “according to”

That in those days, when King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town,

כְּשֶׁ֣בֶת׀ (כְּ) ke. “when”

And they gave them drink in gold vessels, every vessel being different, and wine of the kingdom, freely given by the king.

כְּיַ֥ד (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And the drinking was in keeping with the law; no one was forced: for the king had given orders to all the chief servants of his house to do as was pleasing to every man.

כַדָּ֖ת (כַ) kha. “[was] according to the”כִּרְצ֥וֹן (כִּ) ki “according to”

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was glad with wine, he gave orders to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven unsexed servants who were waiting before Ahasuerus the king,

כְּט֥וֹב (כְּ) ke. “when”

What is to be done by law to Vashti the queen, because she has not done what King Ahasuerus, by his servants, gave her orders to do?

כְּדָת֙ (כְּ) ke. “according to”