Nehemiah

Nehemiah 13:6

⁶While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon^b in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

Footnotes

b 13:6 Artaxerxes king of Persia is identified here as the king of Babylon because Persia had conquered the Babylonian Empire.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
While all	וּבְכָל־	ū·ḇə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
this	זֶ֕ה	zeh	Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
was happening	הָיִ֖יתִי	hā·yî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
I was not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
in Jerusalem	בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	bî·rū·šā·lim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
because	כִּ֡י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I had returned	בָּ֣אתִי	bā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Artaxerxes	לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא	lə·’ar·taḥ·šast	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H783 Artaxerxes
king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Babylon	בָּבֶל֙	bā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon
in the thirty-second	שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים	šə·lō·šîm	Number - common plural	H7970 thirty
year	בִּשְׁנַת֩	biš·naṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8141 year
of his reign	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Some time later	וּלְקֵ֥ץ	ū·lə·qêṣ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7093 end
I obtained leave	נִשְׁאַ֥לְתִּי	niš·’al·tî	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7592 ask, inquire
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the king	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king

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