H4428G–מֶ֫לֶךְ–me.lekh

Now these are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, to them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh, they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Yahweh, after the order of David king of Israel.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses], and said to them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as you do; and we sacrifice to him since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses] of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, 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 hired counselors 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”

In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian [ergänzt: character], and set forth in the Syrian [ergänzt: language].

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Yahweh had made them joyful, and had 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”

Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

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

הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (מֶּ֗לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

There went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

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

לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel:

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

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

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

and has extended loving kindness to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God on 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”

Now these are the heads of their fathers' [ergänzt: houses], and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.

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

and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:

הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”

They delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps, and to the governors beyond 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 exceeding guilty to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, 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 bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins of it, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

מַלְכֵ֨י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

Lord, I beg you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cup bearer to the king.

לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been [ergänzt: before] sad in his presence.

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

The king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.

הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (מֶּ֜לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

I said to the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?

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