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and I charge Hanani my brother, and Hananiah head of the palace, concerning Jerusalem -- for he `is' as a man of truth, and fearing God above many --

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “[was] like”

All the assembly together `is' four myriads two thousand three hundred and sixty,

כְּאֶחָ֑ד (כְּ) ke. “as”

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.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

And Ezra openeth the book before the eyes of all the people -- for above all the people he hath been -- and at his opening `it' all the people have stood up,

וּכְפִתְח֖וֹ (כְ) khe. “just as”

And Nehemiah -- he `is' the Tirshatha -- saith (and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who are instructing the people) to all the people, `To-day is holy to Jehovah your God, do not mourn, nor weep:' for all the people are weeping at their hearing the words of the law.

כְּשָׁמְעָ֖ם (כְּ) ke. “when”

and that they proclaim and cause to pass over all their cities, (and in Jerusalem,) saying, `Go ye out to the mount, and bring leaves of the olive, and leaves of the oil tree, and leaves of the myrtle, and leaves of the palms, and leaves of thick trees, to make booths as it is written.'

כַּכָּתֽוּב׃ (כַּ) ka. “according to <the>”

And he readeth in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last day, and they make a feast seven days, and on the eighth day a restraint, according to the ordinance.

כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

and dost give signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for Thou hast known that they have acted proudly against them, and Thou makest to Thee a name as `at' this day.

כְּהַיּ֥וֹם (כְּ) ke. “as”

And their sons Thou hast multiplied as the stars of the heavens, and bringest them in unto the land that Thou hast said to their fathers to go in to possess.

כְּכֹכְבֵ֖י (כְּ) ke. “like”

`And the sons come in, and possess the land, and Thou humblest before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and givest them into their hand, and their kings, and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure.

כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃ (כִּ) ki “according to”

and Thou givest them into the hand of their adversaries, and they distress them, and in the time of their distress they cry unto Thee, and Thou, from the heavens, dost hear, and, according to Thine abundant mercies, dost give to them saviours, and they save them out of the hand of their adversaries.

וּֽכְרַחֲמֶ֣יךָ (כְ) khe. “according to”

`And when they have rest, they turn back to do evil before Thee, and Thou dost leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they rule over them; and they turn back, and call Thee, and Thou from the heavens dost hear, and dost deliver them, according to Thy mercies, many times,

וּכְנ֣וֹחַ (כְ) khe. “just as”כְּֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָ (כְּֽ) ke. “according to”

and its increase it is multiplying to the kings whom Thou hast set over us in our sins; and over our bodies they are ruling, and over our cattle, according to their pleasure, and we `are' in great distress.

כִּרְצוֹנָ֔ם (כִּ) ki “according to”

And the lots we have caused to fall for the offering of wood, `among' the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring in to the house of our God, by the house of our fathers, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law,

כַּכָּת֖וּב (כַּ) ka. “according to <the>”

and the firstlings of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and our flocks, to bring in to the house of our God, to the priests who are ministering in the house of our God.

כַּכָּת֖וּב (כַּ) ka. “according to <the>”

And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of their God, even the charge of the cleansing -- according to the command of David `and' Solomon his son,

כְּמִצְוַ֥ת (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And it cometh to pass, at their hearing the law, that they separate all the mixed people from Israel.

כְּשָׁמְעָ֣ם (כְּ) ke. “when”

And it cometh to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem have been dark before the sabbath, that I speak, and the doors are shut, and I say, that they do not open them till after the sabbath; and of my servants I have stationed at the gates; there doth not come in a burden on the sabbath-day.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And I say to the Levites, that they be cleansed, and, coming in, keeping the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day. Also, this, remember for me, O my God, and have pity on me, according to the abundance of Thy kindness.

כְּרֹ֥ב (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish -- and are not knowing to speak Jewish -- and according to the language of people and people.

וְכִלְשׁ֖וֹן (כִ) khi “according to”

in those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that `is' in Shushan the palace,

כְּשֶׁ֣בֶת׀ (כְּ) ke. “when”

and the giving of drink in vessels of gold, and the vessels `are' divers vessels, and the royal wine `is' abundant, as a memorial of the king.

כְּיַ֥ד (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And the drinking `is' according to law, none is pressing, for so hath the king appointed for every chief one of his house, to do according to the pleasure of man and man.

כַדָּ֖ת (כַ) kha. “[was] according to the”כִּרְצ֥וֹן (כִּ) ki “according to”

On the seventh day, as the heart of the king is glad with wine, he hath said to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who are ministering in the presence of the king Ahasuerus,

כְּט֥וֹב (כְּ) ke. “when”

`According to law, what -- to do with queen Vashti, because that she hath not done the saying of the king Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?'

כְּדָת֙ (כְּ) ke. “according to”