H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

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.

תְּהִ֣י te.Hi “may it be”הָיִ֥יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I was”

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [supplied: that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”הָיִ֥יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I had been”

And the king said to me -- the queen also sitting by him, -- For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “will it be”

And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

וָאֱהִי־ (אֱהִי) 'e.hi- “I was”

And I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate; and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its gates were consumed with fire.

וָאֱהִ֨י (אֱהִ֨י) 'e.Hi “I was”

And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate and returned.

וָאֱהִ֨י (אֱהִ֨י) 'e.Hi “I was”וָאֱהִ֥י (אֱהִ֥י) 'e.Hi “I was”

And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

נִהְיֶ֥ה nih.Yeh “we will be”

(Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, even over against the water-gate toward the east, and the tower which lies out.)

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “[who] they were”

And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) ye.Hi “it was”

Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity!

הָיִ֣ינוּ ha.Yi.nu “we are”

But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.

וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “it belonged”

And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us so ten times, from all the places whence they returned to us,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

And from that time forth the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held the spears, and the shields, and the bows, and the corslets; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and [supplied: be for] labour in the day.

וְהָֽיוּ־ (הָֽיוּ) ha.yu- “they will be”

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

וַתְּהִ֨י (תְּהִ֨י) te.Hi “it was”

Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house and from his earnings, that performeth not this promise: even thus be he shaken out and emptied! And all the congregation said, Amen! And they praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “may he be”

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.

לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”

And that which was prepared daily was one ox [supplied: and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor; for the service was heavy upon this people.

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “it was”

And it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

נִֽהְיָה֙ nih.Yah “it has occurred”

Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will become”

My God, remember Tobijah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear.

הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And it came to pass that when all our enemies heard [supplied: of it], all the nations that were about us were afraid and were much cast down in their own eyes, and they perceived that this work was wrought by our God.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”