H9023–הוּ–hu

After him hath Hananiah son of Shelemiah strengthened, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, a second measure; after him hath Meshullam son of Berechiah strengthened, over-against his chamber.

נִשְׁכָּתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

and saith before his brethren and the force of Samaria, yea, he saith, `What `are' the weak Jews doing? are they left to themselves? do they sacrifice? do they complete in a day? do they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish? -- and they burnt!'

אֶחָ֗יו (ו) v “his”

And it cometh to pass, when our enemies have heard that it hath been known to us, and God doth frustrate their counsel, and we turn back, all of us, unto the wall, each unto his work;

מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, `each' with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile.

יָדוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

And the builders `are' each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet `is' beside me.

חַרְבּ֛וֹ (וֹ) o “his”מָתְנָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

And I say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off one from another;

מֵאָחִֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

Also, at that time I said to the people, `Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day `for' the work:'

וְנַעֲר֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

and there are none -- I and my brethren and my servants, the men of the guard who `are' after me -- there are none of us putting off our garments, each `hath' his vessel of water.

שִׁלְח֥וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, `Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,

בְּאָחִ֖יו (ו) v “his”

also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, `Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;' and all the assembly say, `Amen,' and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.

מִבֵּיתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”וּמִ֣יגִיע֔וֹ (וֹ) O “his”

And Sanballat sendeth unto me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;

נַעֲר֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.

כְּמַעֲשָׂ֣יו (ו) v “his”

for many in Judah are sworn to him, for he `is' son-in-law to Shechaniah son of Arah, and Jehohanan his son hath taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah;

בְּנ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

also, his good deeds they have been saying before me, and my words they have been taking out to him; letters hath Tobiah sent to make me afraid.

טוֹבֹתָ֗יו (ו) v “his”

and I say to them, `Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened till the heat of the sun, and while they are standing by let them shut the doors, and fasten, and appoint guards of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each in his guard, and each over-against his house.'

בְּמִשְׁמָר֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

These `are' sons of the province, those coming up of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed -- and they turn back to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city --

לְעִירֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And Ezra the scribe standeth on a tower of wood that they made for the purpose, and Mattithiah standeth near him, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right; and on his left Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.

יְמִינ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”וּמִשְּׂמֹאל֗וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the people go out, and bring in, and make for themselves booths, each on his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water-gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

גַּגּוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

`Thou `art' He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham,

שְּׁמ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

and didst find his heart stedfast before Thee, so as to make with him the covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give `it' to his seed. `And Thou dost establish Thy words, for Thou `art' righteous,

לְבָבוֹ֮ (וֹ֮) o “his”לְזַרְע֑וֹ (וֹ) O “his”

and dost give signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for Thou hast known that they have acted proudly against them, and Thou makest to Thee a name as `at' this day.

עֲבָדָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”אַרְצ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

are laying hold on their brethren, their honourable ones, and coming in to an execration, and in to an oath, to walk in the law of God, that was given by the hand of Moses, servant of God, and to observe and to do all the commands of Jehovah our Lord, and His judgments, and His statutes;

וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו (ו) v “his”וְחֻקָּֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

And these `are' heads of the province who have dwelt in Jerusalem, and in cities of Judah, they have dwelt each in his possession in their cities; Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Solomon.

בַּאֲחֻזָּתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

and his brethren, heads of fathers, two hundred forty and two; and Amashsai son of Azareel, son of Ahazai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,

וְאֶחָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”

and Mattaniah son of Micha, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, `is' head -- at the commencement he giveth thanks in prayer; and Bakbukiah `is' second among his brethren, and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

מֵאֶחָ֑יו (ו) v “his”