H9003–/ב–b

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בִּֽיהוּדָֽה׃ (בִּֽ) Bi. “[is] in”

Whoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.

בָכֶ֣ם (בָ) va. “[is] among”בִּיהוּדָ֑ה (בִּ) bi. “[is] in”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “[is] in”

Whoever is left, in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with animals, besides the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.

בְּכֶ֥סֶף (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְזָהָ֖ב (בְ) ve. “with”וּבִרְכ֣וּשׁ (בִ) vi “with”וּבִבְהֵמָ֑ה (בִ) vi “with”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “[is] in”

Then rose up the heads of fathers' [supplied: houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “[is] in”

All those who were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.

בִֽידֵיהֶ֔ם (בִֽ) vi. “<in>”בִּכְלֵי־ (בִּ) bi “with”בַּזָּהָ֛ב (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”בָּרְכ֥וּשׁ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”וּבַבְּהֵמָ֖ה (בַ) va. “with <the>”וּבַמִּגְדָּנ֑וֹת (בַ) va. “with <the>”

Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Yahweh, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;

בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “in”

Some of the heads of fathers' [supplied: houses], when they came to the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:

בְּבוֹאָ֕ם (בְּ) be. “when”בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “[is] in”

So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

When the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

בֶּעָרִ֑ים (בֶּ) be. “[were] in the”

Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

בְּתוֹרַ֖ת (בְּ) be. “in”

They set the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the peoples of the countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

בְּאֵימָ֣ה (בְּ) be. “<in>”

They kept the feast of tents, as it is written, and [supplied: offered] the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;

בְּיוֹם֙ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמִסְפָּ֔ר (בְּ) be. “by”בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of Yahweh.

וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה (בַ) va. “in the”בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “on”

When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh, they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Yahweh, after the order of David king of Israel.

בַּחֲצֹֽצְר֗וֹת (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”בַּֽמְצִלְתַּ֔יִם (בַּֽ) ba “with <the>”

They sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, [supplied: saying], For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel. All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid.

בְּהַלֵּ֨ל (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְהוֹדֹ֤ת (בְ) ve. “with”בְהַלֵּל֙ (בְ) ve. “with”

But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' [supplied: houses], the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

בְּיָסְד֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”בְּעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “with”בְּק֣וֹל (בְּ) be. “with”בִּתְרוּעָ֥ה (בִּ) bi “with”בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה (בְ) ve. “with”

In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

וּבְמַלְכוּת֙ (בְ) ve. “in”בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת (בִּ) bi “at”

In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian [supplied: character], and set forth in the Syrian [supplied: language].

וּבִימֵ֣י (בִ) vi. “in”

and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest [supplied: of the country] beyond the River, and so forth.

בְּקִרְיָ֖ה (בְּ) be. “in”

that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: so shall you find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.

בִּֽסְפַר־ (בִּֽ) bi “in”בִּסְפַ֣ר (בִּ) bi “in”בְּגַוַּ֔הּ (בְּ) be. “in”

We inform the king that, if this city be built, and the walls finished, by this means you shall have no portion beyond the River.

בַּעֲבַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “in”

[supplied: Then] sent the king an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and in the rest [supplied: of the country] beyond the River: Peace, and so forth.

בְּשָֽׁמְרָ֑יִן (בְּ) be. “in”

I decreed, and search has been made, and it is found that this city of old time has made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

בַּֽהּ׃ (בַּֽ) Ba “by”

There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all [supplied: the country] beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them.

בְּכֹ֖ל (בְּ) be. “over”