H0589–אֲנִי–a.ni

Then were assembled to me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the unfaithfulness of those that had been carried away; and I sat overwhelmed until the evening oblation.

וַאֲנִי֙ (אֲנִי֙) 'a.Ni “I”

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the fortress,

וַאֲנִ֥י (אֲנִ֥י) 'a.Ni “I”

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both 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 act unfaithfully, I will scatter you 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 the king's cupbearer.

וַאֲנִ֛י (אֲנִ֛י) 'a.Ni “I”

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me -- but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem -- and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon.

אֲנִי֮ 'a.Ni “I”אֲנִ֖י 'a.Ni “I”

And the rulers did not know whither I went or what I did, for I had not 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”

And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.

אֲנִ֜י 'a.Ni “I”

I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. 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 to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, 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 had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.

וַאֲנִי֙ (אֲנִי֙) 'a.Ni “I”

And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?

אֲנִ֣י 'a.Ni “I”

And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who had shut himself 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 are coming to kill thee; even in the night are they coming to kill thee.

וַאֲנִי־ (אֲנִי) 'a.ni- “I”

And the second choir went in the opposite direction upon the wall, and I after them, and the half of the people, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even to the broad wall;

וַאֲנִ֣י (אֲנִ֣י) 'a.Ni “I”

And both choirs stood 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 whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is *one* law, to put [supplied: him] to death, except [supplied: such] to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live; and 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 found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, 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”

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

אֲנִ֥י 'a.Ni “I”

Yet all this is of no avail to me 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 tongue, although the adversary could not compensate the king's damage.

אֲנִ֣י 'a.Ni “I”

and said, If it please the king and if I have found grace before him, and the thing seem right to the king, and I be pleasing in his sight, 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 [supplied: they of] Sheba fell [supplied: upon them] and took them, and the servants have they smitten 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 another and said, The fire of God fell from heaven and 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 another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten 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 over the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

אֲנִ֛י 'a.Ni “I”