H0589–אֲנִי–a.ni

Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of them of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening oblation.

וַאֲנִי֙ (אֲנִי֙) 'a.Ni “I”

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

וַאֲנִ֥י (אֲנִ֥י) 'a.Ni “I”

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned:

וַאֲנִ֥י (אֲנִ֥י) 'a.Ni “I”

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:

אֲנִ֕י 'a.Ni “I”

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.

וַאֲנִ֛י (אֲנִ֛י) 'a.Ni “I”

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

אֲנִי֮ 'a.Ni “I”אֲנִ֖י 'a.Ni “I”

And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

אֲנִ֣י 'a.Ni “[was] I”

So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one [supplied: went with] his weapon [supplied: to] the water.

אֲנִ֜י 'a.Ni “I”

And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

אֲנִי֙ 'a.Ni “I”

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [supplied: that is], twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

אֲנִ֣י 'a.Ni “I”

But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

וַאֲנִי֙ (אֲנִי֙) 'a.Ni “I”

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

אֲנִ֣י 'a.Ni “I”

And I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

וַאֲנִי־ (אֲנִי) 'a.ni- “I”

And the other company of them that gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, upon the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even unto the broad wall,

וַאֲנִ֣י (אֲנִ֣י) 'a.Ni “I”

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

וַאֲנִ֕י (אֲנִ֕י) 'a.Ni “I”

All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

וַאֲנִ֗י (אֲנִ֗י) 'a.Ni “I”

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

אֲנִ֥י 'a.Ni “I”

Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to-morrow also am I invited by her together with the king.

אֲנִ֥י 'a.Ni “I”

Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

אֲנִ֤י 'a.Ni “I”

for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.

אֲנִ֣י 'a.Ni “I”

And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces:

אֲנִ֖י 'a.Ni “I”

and the Sabeans fell [supplied: upon them], and took them away: yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

אֲנִ֛י 'a.Ni “I”

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

אֲנִ֛י 'a.Ni “I”

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

אֲנִ֛י 'a.Ni “I”

and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

אֲנִ֛י 'a.Ni “I”