Nehemiah · נְחֶמְיָה

Nehemiah 2:6

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לִ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל יֹשֶׁ֣בֶת אֶצְל֔וֹ עַד מָתַ֤י יִהְיֶה֙ מַסָּעֶ֔ךָ וּמָתַ֖י תָּשׁ֑וּב וַיִּיטַ֣ב לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֡נִי וָאֶתְּנָ֡ה ל֡וֹ מוֹעֵֽד׃
vayoʾmer liy hamelek vhashegal yoshebet ʾeṣlvo ʿad matay yihyeh masaʿeka vmatay tashvb vayiyṭab lipney hamelek vayshalḥeniy vaʾetnah lvo mvoʿed
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

And the king said to me, the queen sitting beside him: How long will you be gone, and when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me when I had given him a time.

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