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Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

לִ֨י (לִ֨) l “to”

And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לְעוֹלָ֣ם (לְ) le. “for”

Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

לִי֙ (לִ) l “to”

And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לְפָנֶ֑יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

לִ֨י (לִ֨) l “to”לִפְנֵֽי־ (לִ) li “<to>”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to”

Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;

לַמֶּלֶךְ֒ (לַ) la. “to the”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”

And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

לַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (לַ) la. “[belongs] to the”לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “to <the>”לְ֠קָרוֹת (לְ֠) Le. “to”לַבַּ֙יִת֙ (לַ) la. “[belongs] to the”וּלְחוֹמַ֣ת (לְ) le. “for”וְלַבַּ֖יִת (לַ) la. “for the”לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “to”

Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”

When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (לְ) le. “to”לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “for”

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

לְאָדָ֔ם (לְ) le. “to”לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (לִ) li. “for”

Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

לַבְּהֵמָ֖ה (לַ) la. “for the”לַעֲבֹ֥ר (לַ) la. “to”

And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

וְלַיְּהוּדִ֨ים (לַ) lai. “to the”וְלַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַחֹרִ֣ים (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַסְּגָנִ֗ים (לַ) la. “to the”וּלְיֶ֙תֶר֙ (לְ) le. “to”

Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

לָהֶ֜ם (לָ) la. “to”לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “to”לַטּוֹבָֽה׃ (לַ) la. “for <the>”

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

לָ֔נוּ (לָ֔) La. “<to>”

Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to”לָ֔נוּ (לָ֔) La. “to”וְלָכֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “[belongs] to”

And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.

לְכִסֵּ֕א (לְ) le. “to”

But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.

לְגַן־ (לְ) le. “of”

After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.

לְפִלְכּֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “for”

Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

לַחֲצַ֣ר (לַ) la. “[belongs] to”

Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

לַמִּזְרָ֔ח (לַ) la. “to the”

From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.

לְנֶ֥גֶד (לְ) le. “to”

And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

לְשַׁ֣עַר (לְ) le. “and”

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”

And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “for”

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

לְבִזָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “to”