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Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

כָכֶ֔ם (כָ) kha. “like”

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

כָּל־ (כָּ) ko “as”

They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.

וְכִדְנָה֙ (כִ) khi “according to”

And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:

כְּמֵאמַ֨ר (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

כִּכְתָ֖ב (כִּ) ki “according to”

For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

כְּאֶחָ֖ד (כְּ) ke. “as”

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

כְּיַד־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

כְּיַד־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;

כָּל־ (כָּ) ko “as”

That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

כָּל־ (כָּ) ko “as”

And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.

כִּרְע֥וּת (כִּ) ki “according to”

And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

כְּחָכְמַ֨ת (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

כָּזֹאת֙ (כָּ) ka. “like”

And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

כְּיַד־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

כְּיַד־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

כַּזָּהָֽב׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

וּכְכַלּ֣וֹת (כְ) khe. “just as”כְּ֠תוֹעֲבֹֽתֵיהֶם (כְּ֠) Ke. “according to”

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

וּכְשָׁמְעִי֙ (כְ) khe. “just as”

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto 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 a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

כְּהַיּ֥וֹם (כְּ) ke. “as”

And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

כִּמְעַט־ (כִּ) ki “like”

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

כָּזֹֽאת׃ (כָּ) ka. “like”

O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

כְּהַיּ֣וֹם (כְּ) ke. “as”

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

וּכְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤ל (כְ) khe. “just as”וּכְ֨הִתְוַדֹּת֔וֹ (כְ֨) Khe. “just as”

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

וְכַתּוֹרָ֖ה (כַ) kha. “according to the”