Study it in the app“And 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,”
And I saidוָאוֹמַרto the king,לַמֶּלֶךְ“Ifאִםto the kingעַל הַמֶּלֶךְit seems good,טוֹבlet lettersאִגְּרוֹתbe givenיִתְּנוּto meלִיforעַלthe governorsפַּחֲווֹתof the other sideעֵבֶרof the river,הַנָּהָרthatאֲשֶׁרthey may let me passיַעֲבִירוּנִיuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרI comeאָבוֹאtoאֶלJudah,יְהוּדָה
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” appearsletter
Letter: a written message that is sent. A word of the late books (Chronicles, Nehemiah, Esther).
Where else “igrot” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appearsgovernor
Governor: one who rules a province or district in the name of the king. A frequent word in the books of the Persian period.
Where else “pachavot” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaaviru” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “avo” 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” appears6And 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8and a letter to Asaph, keeper of the park that belongs to the king, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress that belongs to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I will go into.” And the king granted it to me, according to the good hand of my Elohim upon me.
