Study it in the app“And 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.”
And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaidיֹּאמֶרto me,לִיwith the queenוְהַשֵּׁגַלsittingיוֹשֶׁבֶתbeside him,אֶצְלוֹ“How longעַד מָתַיwill your journeyמַהֲלָכֲךָbe,יִהְיֶהand whenוּמָתַיwill you return?”תָּשׁוּבAnd it seemed goodוַיִּיטַבbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְand he sent me,וַיִּשְׁלָחֵנִיand I gaveוָאֶתְּנָהhimלוֹa set time.זְמָן
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsqueen, consort
Queen, the king's wife who sits at his side.
Where else “shegal” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshevet” appearsbeside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsl” appearswhen?
When? How long?
Where else “matay” appearsjourney
Distance walked; the trip.
Where else “mahalacha” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashuv” 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 “fene” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlache” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etna” appearsset time
An appointed time, a set time.
Where else “zeman” appears5and 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.”
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7And I said to the king, “If to the king it seems good, let letters be given to me for the governors of the other side of the river, that they may let me pass until I come to Judah,
