H0834A–אֲשֶׁר–a.sher

Further, I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, let letters be given to me for the rulers across the river, so that they may let me go through till I come to Judah;

אֲשֶׁר֙ 'a.Sher “that”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “that”

And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. And the king gave me this, for the hand of my G

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “which”אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “that”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, hearing of it, were greatly troubled because a man had come to the help of the children of Israel.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “that”

And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “which”

And I went out by night, through the doorway of the valley, and past the dragon's water-spring as far as the place where waste material was put, viewing the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and the doorways which had been burned with fire.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “which”אֲשֶׁ֤ר 'a.Sher “that”

Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “that”אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “which”

But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “which”

Palal, the son of Uzai, made good the wall opposite the angle and the tower which comes out from the higher part of the king's house, by the open space of the watch. After him was Pedaiah, the son of Parosh.

אֲשֶׁ֖ר 'a.Sher “which”

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[that] which”

And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “that”

And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.

אֲשֶׁ֤ר 'a.Sher “<of> where”

So not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, took off his clothing, everyone went armed to the water.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “who”

For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “[were those] who”

And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “[were those] who”

And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “[were those] who”

And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “which”

And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise t

אֲשֶׁ֨ר 'a.Sher “who”

Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “when”

But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “who”

And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard

וַאֲשֶׁר֩ (אֲשֶׁר֩) 'a.Sher “[that] which”

Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “that”