H9023–הוּ–hu

Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.

רוּח֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Cyrus the king got out the vessels of the house of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods;

אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

Now these are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and taken away to Babylon, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his town;

לְעִירֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place:

מְכוֹנֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “its”

Then Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, with his brothers, got up and made the altar of the God of Israel for burned offerings as is recorded in the law of Moses, the man of God.

וְאֶחָ֣יו (ו) v “his”וְאֶחָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

They put the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the people of the countries: and they made burned offerings on it to the Lord, even burned offerings morning and evening.

מְכ֣וֹנֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “its”

And they kept the feast of tents, as it is recorded, making the regular burned offerings every day by number, as it is ordered; for every day what was needed.

בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “its”

Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, the sons of Hodaviah, together took up the work of overseeing the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brothers, the Levites.

בָּנָ֣יו (ו) v “his”וְ֠אֶחָיו (ו) v “his”וּבָנָ֤יו (ו) v “his”

And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was

חַסְדּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And in the time of Ahasuerus, when he first became king, they put on record a statement against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

מַלְכוּת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And in the time of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his friends, sent a letter to Artaxerxes, king of Persia, writing it in the Aramaean writing and language.

כְּנָוֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.

עַבְדוֹהִי֩ (הִי֩) Hi “his”

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the place where they make offerings, and let the earth for the bases be put in place; let it be sixty cubits hig

וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי (הִי) hi “its”

So that they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.

וּבְנֽוֹהִי׃ (הִי) hi “his”

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.

אֱלֹהָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”בַּקָּשָׁתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

For, starting his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, he came to Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, by the good help of his God.

אֱלֹהָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.

לְבָב֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Now this is a copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest and the scribe, who put into writing the words of the orders of the Lord, and of his rules for Israel:

וְחֻקָּ֖יו (ו) v “his”

And now it is my order that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and Levites in my kingdom, who are ready and have a desire to go to Jerusalem, are to go with you.

וְכָהֲנ֣וֹהִי (הִי) hi “its”

Because you are sent by the king and his seven wise men, to get knowledge about Judah and Jerusalem, as you are ordered by the law of your God which is in your hand;

יָעֲטֹ֙הִי֙ (הִי֙) hi “his”

And to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, whose Temple is in Jerusalem,

וְיָעֲט֗וֹהִי (הִי) hi “his”מִשְׁכְּנֵֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “his”

Whatever is ordered by the God of heaven, let it be done completely for the house of the God of heaven; so that there may not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.

וּבְנֽוֹהִי׃ (הִי) hi “his”

And I sent them to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and gave them orders what to say to Iddo and his brothers the Nethinim at the place Casiphia, so that they might come back to us with men to do the work of the house of our God.

אָחִ֤יו (ו) v “his”

And by the help of our God they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah with his sons and brothers, eighteen;

וּבָנָ֥יו (ו) v “his”וְאֶחָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;

אֶחָ֥יו (ו) v “his”