H0589–אֲנִי–a.ni

Then were assembled to me everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of them of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.

וַאֲנִי֙ (אֲנִי֙) 'a.Ni “I”

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

וַאֲנִ֥י (אֲנִ֥י) 'a.Ni “I”

Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father's house have sinned:

וַאֲנִ֥י (אֲנִ֥י) 'a.Ni “I”

Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:

אֲנִ֕י 'a.Ni “I”

Lord, I beg you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cup bearer to the king.

וַאֲנִ֛י (אֲנִ֛י) 'a.Ni “I”

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.

אֲנִי֮ 'a.Ni “I”אֲנִ֖י 'a.Ni “I”

The rulers didn't know where I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.

אֲנִ֣י 'a.Ni “[was] I”

So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, everyone [ergänzt: went with] his weapon [ergänzt: to] the water.

אֲנִ֜י 'a.Ni “I”

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

אֲנִי֙ 'a.Ni “I”

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [ergänzt: that is], twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.

אֲנִ֣י 'a.Ni “I”

But the former governors who were before me were chargeable to the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.

וַאֲנִי֙ (אֲנִי֙) 'a.Ni “I”

I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?

אֲנִ֣י 'a.Ni “I”

I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.

וַאֲנִי־ (אֲנִי) 'a.ni- “I”

The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, on the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even to the broad wall,

וַאֲנִ֣י (אֲנִ֣י) 'a.Ni “I”

So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

וַאֲנִ֕י (אֲנִ֕י) 'a.Ni “I”

All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.

וַאֲנִ֗י (אֲנִ֗י) 'a.Ni “I”

Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast you for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

אֲנִ֥י 'a.Ni “I”

Haman said moreover, Yes, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow also am I invited by her together with the king.

אֲנִ֥י 'a.Ni “I”

Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

אֲנִ֤י 'a.Ni “I”

for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.

אֲנִ֣י 'a.Ni “I”

She said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces:

אֲנִ֖י 'a.Ni “I”

and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."

אֲנִ֛י 'a.Ni “I”

While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, "The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."

אֲנִ֛י 'a.Ni “I”

While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

אֲנִ֛י 'a.Ni “I”

and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."

אֲנִ֛י 'a.Ni “I”