Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּאמֶר֩ way-yō-mer And said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms   לִ֨י lî to me Prep | 1cs 4428 [e] הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ ham-me-leḵ the king Art | N-ms 7694 [e] וְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל ׀ wə-haš-šê-ḡal and the queen Conj-w, Art | N-fs 3427 [e] יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת yō-wō-še-ḇeṯ sitting V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs 681 [e] אֶצְל֗וֹ ’eṣ-lōw, beside him Prep | 3ms 5704 [e] עַד־ ‘aḏ- even to Prep 4970 [e] מָתַ֛י mā-ṯay how long Interrog 1961 [e] יִהְיֶ֥ה yih-yeh will be V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 4109 [e] מַֽהֲלָכֲךָ֖ ma-hă-lā-ḵă-ḵā your journey N-msc | 2ms 4970 [e] וּמָתַ֣י ū-mā-ṯay and when Conj-w | Interrog 7725 [e] תָּשׁ֑וּב tā-šūḇ; will you return V-Qal-Imperf-2ms 3190 [e] וַיִּיטַ֤ב way-yî-ṭaḇ so it pleased Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 6440 [e] לִפְנֵֽי־ lip̄-nê- accept Prep-l | N-mpc 4428 [e] הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ham-me-leḵ the king Art | N-ms 7971 [e] וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֔נִי way-yiš-lā-ḥê-nî, and to send me Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms | 1cs 5414 [e] וָֽאֶתְּנָ֥ה wā-’et-tə-nāh and I set Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs | 3fs   ל֖וֹ lōw him Prep | 3ms 2165 [e] זְמָֽן׃ zə-mān. a time N-ms

New American Standard Bible
Then the king said to me, the queen sitting beside him, "How long will your journey be, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me, and I gave him a definite time.

King James Bible
And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, "How long will your journey take, and when will you return?" So I gave him a definite time, and it pleased the king to send me.

the queen. Heb. the wife (It was probably Esther who was present at this time, and who seconded Nehemiah's request.)

So it pleased

Nehemiah 2:4 Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed …

Nehemiah 1:11 O LORD, I beseech you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer …

Isaiah 58:12 And they that shall be of you shall build the old waste places: you …

Isaiah 61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former …

Isaiah 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; …

I set him a time (It is probable that this time was no more than six months, or a year; after which he either returned, or had his leave of absence lengthened, as we find he was twelve years governor of the Jews.)

Nehemiah 5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor …

Nehemiah 13:6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth …

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