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עֶזְרָ֣אEzra‘ez·rā
הַ֠כֹּהֵןthe priesthak·kō·hên
אֶֽת־-’eṯ-
וַיָּבִ֣יאbroughtway·yā·ḇî
הַתּוֹרָ֞הthe Lawhat·tō·w·rāh
לִפְנֵ֤יbeforelip̄·nê
הַקָּהָל֙the assemblyhaq·qā·hāl
מֵאִ֣ישׁof menmê·’îš
וְעַד־andwə·‘aḏ-
אִשָּׁ֔הwomen’iš·šāh
וְכֹ֖לand allwə·ḵōl
לִשְׁמֹ֑עַwho could listenliš·mō·a‘
מֵבִ֣יןand understand .mê·ḇîn
Nehemiah 8:3וַיִּקְרָא־So [Ezra] readway·yiq·rā-
בוֹ֩it aloudḇōw
מִן־frommin-
הָאוֹר֙daybreakhā·’ō·wr
עַד־until‘aḏ-
מַחֲצִ֣יתnoonma·ḥă·ṣîṯ
הַיּ֔וֹם. . .hay·yō·wm
לִפְנֵ֨יas he facedlip̄·nê
הָרְח֜וֹבthe squarehā·rə·ḥō·wḇ
אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀-’ă·šer
לִפְנֵ֣יbeforelip̄·nê
הַמַּ֗יִםthe Waterham·ma·yim
שַֽׁעַר־ Gate , ša·‘ar-
נֶ֛גֶדin front ofne·ḡeḏ
הָאֲנָשִׁ֥יםthe menhā·’ă·nā·šîm
וְהַנָּשִׁ֖יםand womenwə·han·nā·šîm
וְהַמְּבִינִ֑יםand those who could understand .wə·ham·mə·ḇî·nîm
כָל־And allḵāl
הָעָ֖םthe peoplehā·‘ām
וְאָזְנֵ֥יlistened attentively towə·’ā·zə·nê
אֶל־. . .’el-
סֵ֥פֶרthe Booksê·p̄er
הַתּוֹרָֽה׃of the Law .hat·tō·w·rāh
Nehemiah 8:4עֶזְרָ֣אEzra‘ez·rā
הַסֹּפֵ֗רthe scribehas·sō·p̄êr
וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֞דstoodway·ya·‘ă·mōḏ
עַֽל־on‘al-
עֵץ֮a high wooden‘êṣ
אֲשֶׁ֣ר-’ă·šer
מִגְדַּל־platformmiḡ·dal-
עָשׂ֣וּbuilt‘ā·śū
לַדָּבָר֒for this occasion .lad·dā·ḇār
אֶצְל֡וֹ’eṣ·lōw
עַל־At his‘al-
יְמִינ֑וֹright sideyə·mî·nōw
וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֣דstoodway·ya·‘ă·mōḏ
מַתִּתְיָ֡ה Mattithiah , mat·tiṯ·yāh
וְשֶׁ֡מַע Shema , wə·še·ma‘
וַ֠עֲנָיָה Anaiah , wa·‘ă·nā·yāh
וְאוּרִיָּ֧ה Uriah , wə·’ū·rî·yāh
וְחִלְקִיָּ֛ה Hilkiah , wə·ḥil·qî·yāh
וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖ה and Maaseiah , ū·ma·‘ă·śê·yāh
וּמִשְּׂמֹאל֗וֹand at his leftū·miś·śə·mō·lōw
פְּ֠דָיָה were Pedaiah , pə·ḏā·yāh
וּמִֽישָׁאֵ֧ל Mishael , ū·mî·šā·’êl
וּמַלְכִּיָּ֛ה Malchijah , ū·mal·kî·yāh
וְחָשֻׁ֥ם Hashum , wə·ḥā·šum
וְחַשְׁבַּדָּ֖נָה Hash-baddanah , wə·ḥaš·bad·dā·nāh
זְכַרְיָ֥ה Zechariah , zə·ḵar·yāh
מְשֻׁלָּֽם׃פand Meshullam .mə·šul·lām
Nehemiah 8:5עֶזְרָ֤אEzra‘ez·rā
וַיִּפְתַּ֨חopenedway·yip̄·taḥ
הַסֵּ֙פֶר֙the bookhas·sê·p̄er
לְעֵינֵ֣יin full viewlə·‘ê·nê
כָל־of allḵāl
הָעָ֔ם the people , hā·‘ām
כִּֽי־sincekî-
הָיָ֑הhe washā·yāh
מֵעַ֥לstanding above themmê·‘al
כָּל־allkāl-
הָעָ֖ם . . . , hā·‘ām
וּכְפִתְח֖וֹ and as he opened it , ū·ḵə·p̄iṯ·ḥōw
כָל־allḵāl
הָעָֽם׃the peoplehā·‘ām
עָֽמְד֥וּstood up .‘ā·mə·ḏū
Nehemiah 8:6עֶזְרָ֔אThen Ezra‘ez·rā
אֶת־’eṯ-
וַיְבָ֣רֶךְblessedway·ḇā·reḵ
יְהוָ֥ה YHWH , Yah·weh
הַגָּד֑וֹלthe greathag·gā·ḏō·wl
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים God , hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm
יְדֵיהֶ֔םand with their handsyə·ḏê·hem
בְּמֹ֣עַל uplifted , bə·mō·‘al
כָל־allḵāl
הָעָ֜םthe peoplehā·‘ām