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And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.

לִקְרֹא֩ (לִ) li “to”לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “by the”

Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the ni

לְהָרְגֶ֔ךָ (לְ) le. “to”לְהָרְגֶֽךָ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”לְשֵׁ֣ם (לְ) le. “<into>”

Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.

לְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה (לְ) le. “to”וּלְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט (לְ) le. “to”לְנוֹעַדְיָ֤ה (לְ) le. “<to>”וּלְיֶ֣תֶר (לְ) le. “to”

So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

לֶאֱל֑וּל (לֶ) le. “of”לַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (לַ) la. “to”

And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.

לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “[belonged] to”

For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”לִשְׁכַנְיָ֣ה (לִ) li “of”

And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.

לְפָנַ֔י (לְ) le. “<to>”ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to”לְיָֽרְאֵֽנִי׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.

לָהֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “to”

And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:

לְהִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ (לְ) le. “to”

These are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and taken away by him, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his town;

לִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם (לִֽ) li. “to”וְלִיהוּדָ֖ה (לִ) li. “to”לְעִירֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and eighteen.

לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “of”

The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.

לְחִזְקִיָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “of”

The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the family of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.

לְבֵ֣ית (לְ) le. “of”

The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.

לְקַדְמִיאֵ֛ל (לְ) le. “of”לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “of”לְהוֹדְוָ֖ה (לְ) le. “of”

All these were the people who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but because they had no knowledge of their fathers' families or offspring, it was not certain if they were Israelites:

לְהַגִּ֤יד (לְ) le. “to”

And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by the Urim and Thummim.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”לְאוּרִ֥ים (לְ) le. “to”

As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women to make music.

מִ֠לְּבַד (לְּ) le. “<to>”וְלָהֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “[belonged] to”

And some of the heads of families gave money for the work. The Tirshatha gave into the store a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' robes.

לַמְּלָאכָ֑ה (לַ) la. “for the”לָאוֹצָ֗ר (לָ) la. “to the”

And some of the heads of families gave into the store for the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand, two hundred pounds of silver.

לְאוֹצַ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”

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

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “[was] <to>”לְעֶזְרָ֣א (לְ) le. “to”לְהָבִ֗יא (לְ) le. “to”

And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.

לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”לִשְׁמֹ֑עַ (לִ) li “to”לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the l

לִפְנֵ֨י (לִ) li “<to>”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “[was] <to>”