Study it in the app“and 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.”
and a letterוְאִגֶּרֶתtoאֶלAsaph,אָסָףkeeperשֹׁמֵרof the parkהַפַּרְדֵּסthatאֲשֶׁרbelongs to the king,לַמֶּלֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרhe may giveיִתֶּןmeלִיtimberעֵצִיםto make beams forלְקָרוֹתthe gatesשַׁעֲרֵיof the fortressהַבִּירָהthatאֲשֶׁרbelongs to the house,לַבַּיִתand for the wallוּלְחוֹמַתof the city,הָעִירand for the houseוְלַבַּיִתthatאֲשֶׁרI will go into.”אָבוֹא אֵלָיוAnd the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְgranted itיִּתֶּןto me,לִיaccording to the goodכְּ הַטּוֹבָהhandיַדof my Elohimאֱלֹהַיupon me.עָלָי
letter
Letter: a written message that is sent. A word of the late books (Chronicles, Nehemiah, Esther).
Where else “igeret” appearsAsaph
Asaph: a name meaning "gatherer," borne by the father of Joah, Hezekiah's recorder (2 Kings 18:18); the Levite who led the singers in David's time, to whom several psalms are attributed (1 Chronicles 16:5; Psalms 50; 73-83); and a keeper of the Persian king's forest (Nehemiah 2:8).
Where else “asaf” appearsguard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomer” appearspark, forest
Park: enclosed land with trees. A word of Persian origin ("pardes").
Where else “pardes” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appearslay beams
To fit a building's roof or floors with wooden beams.
Where else “karot” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaare” appearspalace, citadel
Palace, fortress, citadel: a large, strong building. In Chronicles it is said of the house of God in Jerusalem; in Nehemiah and Esther, of a city's citadel.
Where else “bira” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomat” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “avo” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears“Park”: a word of Persian origin (pardes), an enclosed piece of land with trees. “The house”: the temple.
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,
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9And I came to the governors of the other side of the river and gave them the letters of the king. And the king had sent with me commanders of troops and horsemen.
