H3478–יִשְׂרָאֵל–yis.ra.el

And some of the children of Israel went up, with some of the priests and the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל Yis.ra.'el “Israel”

For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Now this is a copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest and the scribe, who put into writing the words of the orders of the Lord, and of his rules for Israel:

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (יִּשְׂרָאֵ֛ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And by the help of our God they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah with his sons and brothers, eighteen;

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of the Lord.

לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And those who had been prisoners, who had come back from a strange land, made burned offerings to the God of Israel, twelve oxen for all Israel, ninety-six male sheep, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burned offerin

יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittite

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (יִּשְׂרָאֵ֜ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them, You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, so increasing the sin of Israel.

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And of Israel, the sons of Parosh, Ramiah and Izziah and Malchijah and Mijamin and Eleazar and Malchijah and Benaiah.

וּמִֽיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (יִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

All these were the people who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but because they had no knowledge of their fathers' families or offspring, it was not certain if they were Israelites:

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (יִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

So the priests and the Levites and the door-keepers and the music-makers and some of the people and the Nethinim, and all Israel, were living in their towns.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the boo

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And they saw that it was recorded in the law that the Lord had given orders by Moses, that the children of Israel were to have tents for their living-places in the feast of the seventh month:

יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting haircloth and dust on their bodies.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”