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And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “by <the>”

And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.

בָּֽהּ׃ (בָּֽ) Ba “on”

And I went out by night, through the doorway of the valley, and past the dragon's water-spring as far as the place where waste material was put, viewing the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and the doorways which had been burned with fire.

בְשַֽׁעַר־ (בְ) ve. “by”בְּחוֹמֹ֤ת (בְּ) be. “<on>”בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “by <the>”

Then in the night, I went up by the stream, viewing the wall; then turning back, I went in by the door in the valley, and so came back.

בַנַּ֙חַל֙ (בַ) va. “in the”בַּחוֹמָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “<on> the”בְּשַׁ֥עַר (בְּ) be. “in”

Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.

בָ֔הּ (בָ֔) Va “[are] in”בָאֵ֑שׁ (בָ) va. “with <the>”

Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

Near them, the Tekoites were at work; but their chiefs did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

בַּעֲבֹדַ֖ת (בַּ) ba. “in”

Hanun and the people of Zanoah were working on the doorway of the valley; they put it up and put up its doors, with their locks and rods, and a thousand cubits of wall as far as the doorway where the waste material was placed.

בַּחוֹמָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

(Now the Nethinim were living in the Ophel, as far as the place facing the water doorway to the east, and the tower which comes out.)

בָּעֹ֑פֶל (בָּ) ba. “on <the>”

And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned com

בַיּ֔וֹם (בַ) va “in the”

Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “against”

And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.

בַּחוֹמָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “<on> the”

So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

בַּצְּחִיחִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.

בַּמְּלָאכָה֒ (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;

בַּחוֹמָ֛ה (בַּ) ba. “<on> the”בַּסֶּ֖בֶל (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בְּאַחַ֤ת (בְּ) be. “with”בַמְּלָאכָ֔ה (בַ) va. “<in> the”

Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.

בַּשּׁוֹפָ֖ר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.

בִּמְק֗וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”

So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.

בַּמְּלָאכָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”בָּֽרְמָחִ֔ים (בָּֽ) ba. “on <the>”

And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.

בָּעֵ֤ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.

בָּרָעָֽב׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.

בְּאָחִ֖יו (בְּ) be. “on”

And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said

בָ֔נוּ (בָ֔) Va. “in”

And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?

בְּיִרְאַ֤ת (בְּ) be. “in”

Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.

בָּהֶ֖ם (בָּ) ba. “to”