H9002–/וְ–v

Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

וְאוּאֵֽל׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,

וְיַעֲשָֽׂי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

וּבָנִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וּבִנּ֖וּי (וּ) u. “and”

and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

וְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתָ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲדָיָֽה׃ (וַ) va. “and”

Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

וְשֶׁלֶמְיָ֖הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

וְיוֹאֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

וְיֵ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

וַאֲנִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

וַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

They said to me, The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates of it are burned with fire.

וּבְחֶרְפָּ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וְחוֹמַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”

It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

וּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔ל (וּ) u. “and”

and said, I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:

וְהַנּוֹרָ֑א (וְ) ve. “and”וָחֶ֔סֶד (וָ) va. “and”וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father's house have sinned:

וְֽעֵינֶ֪יךָ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וָלַ֔יְלָה (וָ) va. “and”וּמִתְוַדֶּ֗ה (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲנִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”וּבֵית־ (וּ) u. “and”

we have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.

וְהֵ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַמֶּ֑ךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְיָדְךָ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

Lord, I beg you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cup bearer to the king.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַצְלִֽיחָה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְנֵ֣הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲנִ֛י (וַ) va. “and”

It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been [supplied: before] sad in his presence.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.

וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

I said to the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”

I said to the king, If it please the king, and if your servant have found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may build it.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The king said to me (the queen also sitting by him), For how long shall your journey be? and when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

וְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָתַ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertains to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. The king granted me, according to the good hand of my God on me.

וְאִגֶּ֡רֶת (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְחוֹמַ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”וְלַבַּ֖יִת (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

וְטֽוֹבִיָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.

וַאֲנָשִׁ֣ים׀ (וַ) va. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְהֵמָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”