H9001–/וַ–v

Then I went up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

וָאֱהִ֨י (וָ) va. “and”וָאֱהִ֥י (וָ) va. “and”וָאָשׁ֗וּב (וָ) va. “and”וָאָב֛וֹא (וָ) va. “and”וָאָשֽׁוּב׃ (וָ) va. “and”

Then said I to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and its gates are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may be no more a reproach.

וָאוֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va. “and”

Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken to me. And they said, Let us rise and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

וָאַגִּ֨יד (וָ) va. “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וּבָנִ֔ינוּ (וּ) u. “and”וַיְחַזְּק֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

וַיִּשְׁמַע֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּלְעִ֣גוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְז֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

וָאָשִׁ֨יב (וָ) va. “and”וָאוֹמַ֤ר (וָ) va. “and”וּבָנִ֑ינוּ (וּ) u. “and”

Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep-gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Meah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananeel.

וַיָּ֡קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲמִ֖ידוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

But the fish-gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid its beams, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars.

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Moreover, the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars.

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Next to him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next to him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem to the broad wall.

וַיַּֽעַזְבוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

The valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits on the wall to the dung-gate.

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the ascent to the armory, at the turning of the wall.

וַיְחַזֵּ֨ק (וַ) va “and”

But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּ֣חַר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְעַ֖ס (וַ) va “and”וַיַּלְעֵ֖ג (וַ) va “and”

And he spoke before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox should go up, he would even break down their stone wall.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּפָרַ֖ץ (וּ) u. “and”

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half of it, for the people had a mind to work.

וַנִּבְנֶה֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

But it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were set up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֥חַר (וַ) va “and”

And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

וַיִּקְשְׁר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

וַנִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל (וַ) va. “and”וַנַּעֲמִ֨יד (וַ) va. “and”

And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַהֲרַגְנ֑וּם (וַ) va. “and”וְהִשְׁבַּ֖תְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass, that when the Jews who dwelt by them came, they said to us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return to us they will be upon you.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

Therefore I set in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

וָֽאַעֲמִ֞יד (וָֽ) va. “and”וָֽאַעֲמִ֤יד (וָֽ) va. “and”

And I looked, and arose, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be ye not afraid of them: remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

וָאֵ֣רֶא (וָ) va. “and”וָאָק֗וּם (וָ) va. “and”וָאֹמַ֞ר (וָ) va. “and”

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

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥פֶר (וַ) va “and”וַנָּ֤שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”

And it came to pass, from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”