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# I replied to the king
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"Then I replied to the king"
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# your servant
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Nehemiah refers to himself this way to show his submission to the king.
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# in your sight
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Here sight represents judgment or evaluation. Alternate translation: "in your judgment" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# the city of my fathers' tombs
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"the city where my ancestors are buried"
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# that I may rebuild it
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Nehemiah does not plan to do all of the building himself, but he will be the leader of the work. Alternate translation: "that I and my people may rebuild it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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