H4430–מֶ֫לֶךְ–me.lekh

Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe have written a letter concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, thus:

מַלְכָּ֖א (מַלְכָּ֖) mal.Ka “king”

This `is' a copy of a letter that they have sent unto him, unto Artaxerxes the king: `Thy servants, men beyond the river, and at such a time;

מַלְכָּ֑א (מַלְכָּ֑) mal.Ka “king”

Be it known to the king, that the Jews who have come up from thee unto us, have come in to Jerusalem, the rebellious and base city they are building, and the walls they have finished, and the foundations they join.

לְמַלְכָּ֔א (מַלְכָּ֔) mal.Ka “king”

`Now, be it known to the king, that if this city be builded, and the walls finished, toll, tribute, and custom they do not give; and at length `to' the kings it doth cause loss.

לְמַלְכָּ֔א (מַלְכָּ֔) mal.Ka “king”מַלְכִ֖ים mal.Khim “kings”

Now, because that the salt of the palace `is' our salt, and the nakedness of the king we have no patience to see, therefore we have sent and made known to the king;

מַלְכָּ֔א (מַלְכָּ֔) mal.Ka “king”לְמַלְכָּֽא׃ (מַלְכָּֽ) mal.Ka “king”

so that he doth seek in the book of the records of thy fathers, and thou dost find in the book of the records, and dost know, that this city `is' a rebellious city, and causing loss `to' kings and provinces, and makers of sedition `are' in its midst from the days of old, therefore hath this city been wasted.

מַלְכִין֙ mal.Khin “<of> kings”

We are making known to the king that, if this city be builded and the walls finished, by this means a portion beyond the river thou hast none.'

לְמַלְכָּ֔א (מַלְכָּ֔) mal.Ka “king”

An answer hath the king sent unto Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe, and the rest of their companions who are dwelling in Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, `Peace, and at such a time:

מַלְכָּ֗א (מַלְכָּ֗) mal.Ka “king”

and by me a decree hath been made, and they sought, and have found that this city from the days of old against kings is lifting up itself, and rebellion and sedition is made in it,

מַלְכִ֖ין mal.Khin “kings”

and mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, even rulers over all beyond the river, and toll, tribute, and custom is given to them.

וּמַלְכִ֣ין (מַלְכִ֣ין) mal.Khin “kings”

And beware ye of negligence in doing this; why doth the hurt become great to the loss of the kings?'

מַלְכִֽין׃ mal.Khin “kings”

Then from the time that a copy of the letter of king Artaxerxes is read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they have gone in haste to Jerusalem, unto the Jews, and caused them to cease by force and strength;

מַלְכָּ֔א (מַלְכָּ֔) mal.Ka “king”

then ceased the service of the house of God that `is' in Jerusalem, and it ceased till the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

The copy of a letter that Tatnai, governor beyond the river, hath sent, and Shethar-Boznai and his companions, the Apharsachites who `are' beyond the river, unto Darius the king.

מַלְכָּֽא׃ (מַלְכָּֽ) mal.Ka “king”

A letter they have sent unto him, and thus is it written in it:

מַלְכָּ֖א (מַלְכָּ֖) mal.Ka “king”

`To Darius the king, all peace! be it known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the great house of God, and it is built `with' rolled stones, and wood is placed in the walls, and this work is done speedily, and prospering in their hand.

לְמַלְכָּ֗א (מַלְכָּ֗) mal.Ka “king”

`And thus they have returned us word, saying, We `are' servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:

וּמֶ֤לֶךְ (מֶ֤לֶךְ) Me.lekh “a king”

but after that our fathers made the God of heaven angry, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon the Chaldean, and this house he destroyed, and the people he removed to Babylon;

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God,

מַלְכָּ֖א (מַלְכָּ֖) mal.Ka “king”מַלְכָּא֙ (מַלְכָּ) mal.Ka “king”

and also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar had taken forth out of the temple that `is' in Jerusalem, and brought them to the temple of Babylon, them hath Cyrus the king brought forth out of the temple of Babylon, and they have been given to `one', Sheshbazzar `is' his name, whom he made governor,

מַלְכָּ֗א (מַלְכָּ֗) mal.Ka “king”

`And now, if to the king it be good, let search be made in the treasure-house of the king, that `is' there in Babylon, whether it be that of Cyrus the king there was made a decree to build this house of God in Jerusalem, and the will of the king concerning this thing he doth send unto us.'

מַלְכָּ֣א (מַלְכָּ֣) mal.Ka “king”מַלְכָּ֣א (מַלְכָּ֣) mal.Ka “king”מַלְכָּא֙ (מַלְכָּ) mal.Ka “king”מַלְכָּ֛א (מַלְכָּ֛) mal.Ka “king”

Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon,

מַלְכָּ֖א (מַלְכָּ֖) mal.Ka “king”

`In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king hath made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: the house let be builded in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits;

מַלְכָּ֗א (מַלְכָּ֗) mal.Ka “king”מַלְכָּא֮ (מַלְכָּ) mal.Ka “king”

three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood, and the outlay let be given out of the king's house.

מַלְכָּ֖א (מַלְכָּ֖) mal.Ka “king”

`And by me is made a decree concerning that which ye do with the elders of these Jews to build this house of God, that of the riches of the king, that `are' of the tribute beyond the river, speedily let the outlay be given to these men, that they cease not;

מַלְכָּ֗א (מַלְכָּ֗) mal.Ka “king”