Study it in the app“and I said to the king, “If to the king it seems good, and if your servant is pleasing before you, that you send me to Judah, to the city of the tombs of my fathers, so that I may build it.””
and I saidוָאֹמַרto the king,לַמֶּלֶךְ“Ifאִםto the kingעַל הַמֶּלֶךְit seems good,טוֹבand ifוְאִםyour servantעַבְדְּךָis pleasingיִיטַבbefore you,לְפָנֶיךָthatאֲשֶׁרyou send meתִּשְׁלָחֵנִיtoאֶלJudah,יְהוּדָהtoאֶלthe cityעִירof the tombsקִבְרוֹתof my fathers,אֲבֹתַיso that I may build it.”וְאֶבְנֶנָּה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsseem good
To seem good, to be pleasing or fitting.
Where else “tov” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearsgo well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “tishlache” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearstomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kivrot” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “evne” appears4And the king said to me, “What is it that you are seeking?” So I prayed to the Elohim of the heavens,
5 · This verse (above)
6And the king said to me, with the queen sitting beside him, “How long will your journey be, and when will you return?” And it seemed good before the king, and he sent me, and I gave him a set time.
