H9030–נִי–ni

But if you come back to me and keep my orders and do them, even if those of you who have been forced out are living in the farthest parts of heaven, I will get them from there, and take them back to the place marked out by me for the resting-place of my

אֵלַ֔י (י) i “me”

And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;

לִ֨י (י) i “me”

Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.

לִי֙ (י֙) i “me”

And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, so that I may take in hand the building of it.

תִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִי (נִי) ni “me”

And the king said to me (the queen being seated by his side), How long will your journey take, and when will you come back? So the king was pleased to send me, and I gave him a fixed time.

לִ֨י (י) i “me”וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֔נִי (נִי) ni “me”

Further, I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, let letters be given to me for the rulers across the river, so that they may let me go through till I come to Judah;

לִ֔י (י) i “me”יַעֲבִיר֔וּנִי (נִי) ni “me”

And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. And the king gave me this, for the hand of my G

לִ֣י (י) i “me”לִ֣י (י) i “me”עָלָֽי׃ (י) i “me”

Then I came to the rulers of the lands across the river and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

עִמִּי֙ (י֙) i “me”

And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.

עִמִּי֒ (י֒) i “me”עִמִּ֔י (י) i “me”

Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through.

תַּחְתָּֽי׃ (י) i “me”

Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.

עָלַ֔י (י) i “me”לִ֑י (י) i “me”

Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.

אֶצְלִֽי׃ (י) i “me”

So not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, took off his clothing, everyone went armed to the water.

אַחֲרַ֔י (י) i “me”

And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.

לִ֖י (י) i “me”

And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.

עָלַ֗י (י) i “me”

Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.

אֹתִ֗י (י) i “me”

Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard

לִ֔י (י) i “me”

Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.

לִּ֥י (י) i “me”

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.

אֵלַ֣י (י) i “me”לִ֖י (י) i “me”

And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.

אֵלַ֛י (י) i “me”

Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

אֵלַ֨י (י) i “me”

And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.

כָּמ֙וֹנִי֙ (נִי֙) ni “me”כָמ֛וֹנִי (נִי) ni “me”

Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.

עָלַ֔י (י) i “me”

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.

יְחָֽרְפֽוּנִי׃ (נִי) ni “me”

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.

אוֹתִֽי׃ (י) i “me”