Rashi, on Neh 2:4

“Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven,”

“For what do you make request What do you request of me and I shall do it for you. And I prayed And I said before the king in my prayer, “May it be Your will, O God of the heavens, that You fulfill my petition and my request.””

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.