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And also, prophets thou hast appointed to call for thee in Jerusalem, saying, A king `is' in Judah, and now it is heard by the king according to these words; and now come, and we take counsel together.'

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

And I send unto him, saying, `It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

for all of them are making us afraid, saying, `Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;' and now, strengthen Thou my hands.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel -- and he is restrained -- and he saith, `Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee -- yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.'

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

so that he `is' an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.

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

Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.

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

And the wall is completed in the twenty and fifth of Elul, on the fifty and second day;

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

Also, in those days the freemen of Judah are multiplying their letters going unto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming in unto them;

לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “[belonged] to”

for many in Judah are sworn to him, for he `is' son-in-law to Shechaniah son of Arah, and Jehohanan his son hath taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah;

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

also, his good deeds they have been saying before me, and my words they have been taking out to him; letters hath Tobiah sent to make me afraid.

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

and I say to them, `Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened till the heat of the sun, and while they are standing by let them shut the doors, and fasten, and appoint guards of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each in his guard, and each over-against his house.'

לָהֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “to”

and my God putteth it unto my heart, and I gather the freeman, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a book of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: --

לְהִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ (לְ) le. “to”

These `are' sons of the province, those coming up of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed -- and they turn back to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city --

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

Sons of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab: two thousand and eight hundred `and' eighteen.

לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “of”

Sons of Ater of Hezekiah: ninety and eight.

לְחִזְקִיָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “of”

The priests: sons of Jedaiah: of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred seventy and three;

לְבֵ֣ית (לְ) le. “of”

The Levites: sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel: of sons of Hodevah: seventy and four.

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

And these `are' those coming up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer -- and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they `are' of Israel --

לְהַגִּ֤יד (לְ) le. “to”

and the Tirshatha saith to them that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of the priest with Urim and Thummim.

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

apart from their servants and their handmaids -- these `are' seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; and of them `are' singers and songstresses, two hundred forty and five.

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

And from the extremity of the heads of the fathers they have given to the work; the Tirshatha hath given to the treasure, of gold, drams a thousand, bowls fifty, priests' coats thirty and five hundred.

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

And of the heads of the fathers they have given to the treasure of the work, of gold, drams two myriads, and of silver, pounds two thousand and two hundred.

לְאוֹצַ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”

And all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that `is' before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel.

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

And Ezra the priest bringeth the law before the assembly, both of men and women, and every one intelligent to hear, on the first day of the seventh month,

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

and he readeth in it before the broad place that `is' before the water-gate, from the light till the middle of the day, over-against the men, and the women, and those intelligent, and the ears of all the people `are' unto the book of the law.

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