מֶ֫לֶךְ

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1. Ezra 4:7מֶ֣לֶךְ
   And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.
2. Ezra 6:22מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the king
   For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
3. Ezra 7:1מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
   Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
4. Ezra 7:6הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · The king
   …this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
5. Ezra 7:7הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · of King
   So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
6. Ezra 7:8לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · of the king
   Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.
7. Ezra 7:11הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · King
   This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
8. Ezra 7:27הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · of the king
   Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
9. Ezra 7:28הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · his
   …and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
10. Ezra 8:1הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · of King
    These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
11. Ezra 8:22הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · to ask the king; לַמֶּ֜לֶךְ
    For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”
12. Ezra 8:25הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · that the king
    …and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.
13. Ezra 8:36הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · the king’s; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · to the royal
    They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
14. Ezra 9:7מְלָכֵ֨ינוּ · and our kings; מַלְכֵ֣י · of the kings
    From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
15. Ezra 9:9מַלְכֵ֨י · of the kings
    Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
16. Nehemiah 1:11לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃פ · to the king
    O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
17. Nehemiah 2:1הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · of King; לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · it to the king
    Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
18. Nehemiah 2:2הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · so the king
    …so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
19. Nehemiah 2:3לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · to the king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · May the king
    …and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
20. Nehemiah 2:4הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king
    “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
21. Nehemiah 2:5לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · the king
    …and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
22. Nehemiah 2:6הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · Then the king; הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the king
    Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
23. Nehemiah 2:7לַמֶּלֶךְ֒ · to [him]; הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · the king
    I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
24. Nehemiah 2:8לַמֶּ֗לֶךְ; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king
    And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
25. Nehemiah 2:9הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the king’s; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · The king
    Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
26. Nehemiah 2:14הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · and the King’s
    Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;
27. Nehemiah 2:18הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
28. Nehemiah 2:19הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
29. Nehemiah 3:15הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · near the king’s
    The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
30. Nehemiah 3:25הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · of the king
    …and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh
31. Nehemiah 5:4הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the king’s
    Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
32. Nehemiah 5:14הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · King
    Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
33. Nehemiah 6:6לְמֶ֔לֶךְ · king
    …that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
34. Nehemiah 6:7מֶ֚לֶךְ · There is a king; לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · of the king
    …and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”
35. Nehemiah 7:6מֶ֣לֶךְ · [its] king
    These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
36. Nehemiah 9:22מֶ֣לֶךְ · king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
37. Nehemiah 9:24מַלְכֵיהֶם֙ · the kings
    So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.