H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thy 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 cup-bearer.

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 to the king. Now I had not before been sad in his presence.

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

And the king said to 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 their gates were consumed with fire.

וָאֱהִ֨י (אֱהִ֨י) 'e.Hi “I was”

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

נִהְיֶ֥ה nih.Yeh “we will be”

Moreover, the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, to the place over against the water-gate towards the east, and the projecting tower.

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “[who] they were”

But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we were building 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 we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half of it, for the people had a mind to work.

וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “it belonged”

But it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were set 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 who dwelt by them came, they said to us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return to 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 to us, and God had brought their counsel to naught, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one to 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 to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labor in 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 labor, 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 to 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 an abundance of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I required not 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 built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it, (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thy 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 of it, 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 by our God.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”