H9002–/וְ–v

for all of them are making us afraid, saying, `Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;' and now, strengthen Thou my hands.

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

And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel -- and he is restrained -- and he saith, `Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee -- yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.'

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

And I say, `A man such as I -- doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? -- I do not go in.'

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And I discern, and lo, God hath not sent him, for in the prophecy he hath spoken unto me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,

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

so that he `is' an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.

וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.

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

And the wall is completed in the twenty and fifth of Elul, on the fifty and second day;

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

Also, in those days the freemen of Judah are multiplying their letters going unto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming in unto them;

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

for many in Judah are sworn to him, for he `is' son-in-law to Shechaniah son of Arah, and Jehohanan his son hath taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah;

וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֣ן (וִֽ) vi. “and”

also, his good deeds they have been saying before me, and my words they have been taking out to him; letters hath Tobiah sent to make me afraid.

וּדְבָרַ֕י (וּ) u. “and”

And it cometh to pass, when the wall hath been built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers are appointed, and the singers, and the Levites,

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

and I charge Hanani my brother, and Hananiah head of the palace, concerning Jerusalem -- for he `is' as a man of truth, and fearing God above many --

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

and I say to them, `Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened till the heat of the sun, and while they are standing by let them shut the doors, and fasten, and appoint guards of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each in his guard, and each over-against his house.'

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

And the city `is' broad on both sides, and great, and the people `are' few in its midst, and there are no houses builded;

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

and my God putteth it unto my heart, and I gather the freeman, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a book of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: --

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

These `are' sons of the province, those coming up of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed -- and they turn back to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city --

וְלִיהוּדָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Sons of Parosh: two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.

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

Sons of Shephatiah: three hundred seventy and two.

וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Sons of Arah: six hundred fifty and two.

וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Sons of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab: two thousand and eight hundred `and' eighteen.

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

Sons of Elam: a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Sons of Zattu: eight hundred forty and five.

וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ (וַ) va. “and”

Sons of Zaccai: seven hundred and sixty.

וְשִׁשִּֽׁים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Sons of Binnui: six hundred forty and eight.

וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Sons of Bebai: six hundred twenty and eight.

וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”