H9002–/וְ–v

For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be slackened from the work, that it be not carried out. -- Now therefore strengthen my hands!

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who had shut himself up. And he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill thee; even in the night are they coming to kill thee.

וַאֲנִי־ (וַ) va. “and”וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִסְגְּרָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַ֖יְלָה (וְ) ve. “and”

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me; and Tobijah and Sanballat had hired him.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וּלְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט (וּ) u. “and”וְגַ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְיֶ֣תֶר (וּ) u. “and”

So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׁנַ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobijah, and those of Tobijah came to them.

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

For there were many in Judah sworn to him; for he was a son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֣ן (וִֽ) vi. “and”

Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. [supplied: And] Tobijah sent letters to put me in fear.

וּדְבָרַ֕י (וּ) u. “and”

And it came to pass when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.

וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the citadel, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man and feared God above many.

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

And I said to them that the gates of Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun was hot, and that they should shut the doors and bar them while they stood by; and that there should be appointed watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one over against his house.

וְעַ֨ד (וְ) ve. “and”וֶאֱחֹ֑זוּ (וֶ) ve. “and”וְאִ֖ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the city was large and great; but the people in it were few, and no houses were built.

וְהָעִ֞יר (וְ) ve. “and”וּגְדוֹלָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְהָעָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical register of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it:

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

These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;

וְלִיהוּדָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.

וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.

וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.

וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Pahath-Moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

וְיוֹאָ֑ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.

וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five.

וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ (וַ) va. “and”

The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.

וְשִׁשִּֽׁים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The children of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight.

וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.

וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”