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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?

בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “by <the>”

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.

בָּֽהּ׃ (בָּֽ) Ba “on”

I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates of it were consumed with fire.

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

Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

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

Then said I to them, You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and the gates of it are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

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

Then answered I them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

Next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles didn't put their necks to the work of their lord.

בַּעֲבֹדַ֖ת (בַּ) ba. “in”

The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.

בַּחוֹמָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

(Now the Nethinim lived in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)

בָּעֹ֑פֶל (בָּ) ba. “on <the>”

He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

בַיּ֔וֹם (בַ) va “in the”

Hear, our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “against”

Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

בַּחוֹמָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “<on> the”

Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [supplied: there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

בַּצְּחִיחִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”

It happened from that time forth, that half of my servants worked in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

בַּמְּלָאכָה֒ (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon;

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

and the builders, everyone had his sword girded by his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.

בַּשּׁוֹפָ֖ר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

in whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort you there to us; our God will fight for us.

בִּמְק֗וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”

So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.

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

Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.

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

Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

בָּרָעָֽב׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. I held a great assembly against them.

בְּאָחִ֖יו (בְּ) be. “on”

I said to them, We after our ability have redeemed our brothers the Jews, that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

בָ֔נוּ (בָ֔) Va. “in”

Also I said, The thing that you do is not good: ought you not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

בְּיִרְאַ֤ת (בְּ) be. “in”

I likewise, my brothers and my servants, do lend them money and grain. Please let us leave off this usury.

בָּהֶ֖ם (בָּ) ba. “to”