H0834A–אֲשֶׁר–a.sher

Moreover I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;

אֲשֶׁר֙ 'a.Sher “that”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “that”

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertains to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. The king granted me, according to the good hand of my God on me.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “which”אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “that”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “that”

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.

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “which”

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.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

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.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “which”אֲשֶׁ֤ר 'a.Sher “that”

I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. They said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good [ergänzt: work].

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “that”אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “which”

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you do? will you rebel against the king?

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “which”

Palal the son of Uzai [ergänzt: repaired] over against the turning [ergänzt: of the wall], and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh [ergänzt: repaired].

אֲשֶׁ֖ר 'a.Sher “which”

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[that] which”

Our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “that”

It happened that when the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, You must return to us.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

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

אֲשֶׁ֤ר 'a.Sher “<of> where”

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.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “who”

For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “[were those] who”

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.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “[were those] who”

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [ergänzt: on] our fields and our vineyards.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “[were those] who”

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?

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

Please restore to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you exact of them.

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “which”

Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn't perform this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. All the assembly said, Amen, and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.

אֲשֶׁ֨ר 'a.Sher “who”

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.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “when”

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.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “who”

Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, besides those who came to us from among the nations that were round about us.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I didn't demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

וַאֲשֶׁר֩ (אֲשֶׁר֩) 'a.Sher “[that] which”

Remember to me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “that”