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# Connecting Statement:
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The prayer that Nehemiah begs Yahweh to listen to ([Nehemiah 1:5](./05.md)) ends here.
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# the prayer of your servant
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Here "servant" refers to Nehemiah. This is how a person would address his superior in order to show humility and respect. See how you translated this in [Nehemiah 1:6](../01/06.md).
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# the prayer of your servants
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Here "servants" refers to the rest of the Israelite people who would have been praying for Yahweh to act on behalf of his people and on behalf of Jerusalem.
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# who delight to honor your name
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Here "name" represents Yahweh himself. Alternate translation: "who delight to honor you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# grant him mercy in the sight of this man
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Here "him" refers to Nehemiah, who refers to himself in the third person to express his humility before God, and "this man" refers to Artaxerxes, the king of Persia.
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# in the sight of this man
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Nehemiah speaks of the king's attitude or disposition as if it were how the king viewed something. Alternate translation: "grant that the king will have mercy on me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# I served as cupbearer to the king
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This is background information about Nehemiah's role in the king's court. Your language may have a special way to mark background information. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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