H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

תְּהִ֣י te.Hi “may it be”הָיִ֥יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I was”

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”הָיִ֥יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I had been”

And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “will it be”

So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

וָאֱהִי־ (אֱהִי) 'e.hi- “I was”

And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

וָאֱהִ֨י (אֱהִ֨י) 'e.Hi “I was”

Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

וָאֱהִ֨י (אֱהִ֨י) 'e.Hi “I was”וָאֱהִ֥י (אֱהִ֥י) 'e.Hi “I was”

Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

נִהְיֶ֥ה nih.Yeh “we will be”

Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “[who] they were”

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) ye.Hi “it was”

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

הָיִ֣ינוּ ha.Yi.nu “we are”

So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “it belonged”

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

וְהָֽיוּ־ (הָֽיוּ) ha.yu- “they will be”

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

וַתְּהִ֨י (תְּהִ֨י) te.Hi “it was”

Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “may he be”

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

לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”

Now that which was prepared for me daily 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 required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “it was”

Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

נִֽהְיָה֙ nih.Yah “it has occurred”

Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will become”

My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”