Ezra 9:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
for servants we [are], and in our servitude our God hath not forsaken us, and stretcheth out unto us kindness before the kings of Persia, to give to us a quickening to lift up the house of our God, and to cause its wastes to cease, and to give to us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

King James Bible
For we [were] bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

Hebrew
Though
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

we
אֲנַ֔חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 587: We

are slaves,
עֲבָדִ֣ים (‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

our God
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

has not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

forsaken us
עֲזָבָ֖נוּ (‘ă·zā·ḇā·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

in our bondage,
וּבְעַבְדֻ֔תֵנוּ (ū·ḇə·‘aḇ·ḏu·ṯê·nū)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 5659: Servitude, bondage

but He has extended
וַֽיַּט־ (way·yaṭ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

to us
עָלֵ֣ינוּ (‘ā·lê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

grace
חֶ֡סֶד (ḥe·seḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

in the sight
לִפְנֵי֩ (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the kings
מַלְכֵ֨י (mal·ḵê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Persia,
פָרַ֜ס (p̄ā·ras)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6539: Persia -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon

giving
לָֽתֶת־ (lā·ṯeṯ-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

us new life
מִֽחְיָ֗ה (miḥ·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4241: Preservation of life, sustenance, the live flesh, the quick

to rebuild
לְרוֹמֵ֞ם (lə·rō·w·mêm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

the house
בֵּ֤ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of our God
אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and repair
וּלְהַעֲמִ֣יד (ū·lə·ha·‘ă·mîḏ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

its ruins,
חָרְבֹתָ֔יו (ḥā·rə·ḇō·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2723: Waste, desolation, ruin

and giving
וְלָֽתֶת־ (wə·lā·ṯeṯ-)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

us
לָ֣נוּ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 0: 0

a wall of protection
גָדֵ֔ר (ḡā·ḏêr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1447: A circumvallation, an inclosure

in Judah
בִּֽיהוּדָ֖ה (bî·hū·ḏāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

and Jerusalem.
וּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (ū·ḇî·rū·šā·lim)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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