H9009–/ה–ha

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem;

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”

and has extended loving kindness to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God on me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַגִּבֹּרִ֑ים (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Now these are the heads of their fathers' [supplied: houses], and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

הָעֹלִ֣ים (הָ) ha. “who”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”

Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.

הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.

הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.

הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.

הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.

הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred sixty males.

הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.

הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males.

הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

Of the sons of Adonikam, [supplied: who were] the last; and these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.

הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.

הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

הַנָּהָר֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַבָּ֣א (הַ) ha. “which”

I sent them forth to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo, [supplied: and] his brothers the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.

הָרֹ֔אשׁ (הָ) ha. “the”הַמָּק֑וֹם (הַ) ha. “the”הַנְּתִינִים֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַמָּק֔וֹם (הַ) ha. “the”

According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;

הַטּוֹבָ֤ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were mentioned by name.

הַנְּתִינִ֗ים (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (הַ) ha “the”

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

הַנָּהָ֣ר (הַ) ha. “the”

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.

הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (הַ) ha. “the”

Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,

הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (הַ) ha. “the”

and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:

הַכֶּ֥סֶף (הַ) ha. “the”הַזָּהָ֖ב (הַ) ha. “the”הַכֵּלִ֑ים (הַ) ha. “the”הַהֵרִ֙ימוּ֙ (הַ) ha. “which”הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַנִּמְצָאִֽים׃ (הַ) ha. “who”

I said to them, You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers.

וְהַכֵּלִ֖ים (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַכֶּ֤סֶף (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַזָּהָב֙ (הַ) ha. “the”

Watch you, and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' [supplied: houses] of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Yahweh.

הַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם (הַ) ha “the”הָאָב֥וֹת (הָ) ha. “the”הַלִּשְׁכ֖וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”

So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (הַ) ha “the”הַכֶּ֥סֶף (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַזָּהָ֖ב (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַכֵּלִ֑ים (הַ) ha. “the”