H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

`I beseech Thee, O Lord, let, I pray Thee, Thine ear be attentive unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto the prayer of Thy servants, those delighting to fear Thy Name; and give prosperity, I pray Thee, to Thy servant to-day, and give him for mercies before this man;' and I have been butler to the king.

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

And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine `is' before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;

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

And the king saith to me (and the queen is sitting near him), `How long is thy journey? and when dost thou return?' and it is good before the king, and he sendeth me away, and I set to him a time.

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “will it be”

And I come in unto Jerusalem, and I am there three days,

וָאֱהִי־ (אֱהִי) 'e.hi- “I was”

And I go out through the gate of the valley by night, and unto the front of the fountain of the dragon, and unto the gate of the dunghill, and I am measuring about the walls of Jerusalem, that are broken down, and its gates consumed with fire.

וָאֱהִ֨י (אֱהִ֨י) 'e.Hi “I was”

and I am going up through the brook by night, and am measuring about the wall, and turn back, and come in through the gate of the valley, and turn back.

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

and I say unto them, `Ye are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem `is' waste, and its gates have been burnt with fire; come and we build the wall of Jerusalem, and we are not any more a reproach.'

נִהְיֶ֥ה nih.Yeh “we will be”

And the Nethinim have been dwelling in Ophel, unto over-against the water-gate at the east, and the tower that goeth out.

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “[who] they were”

And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocketh at the Jews,

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) ye.Hi “it was”

Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;

הָיִ֣ינוּ ha.Yi.nu “we are”

And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined -- unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.

וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “it belonged”

And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening hath gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And it cometh to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places whither ye return -- `they are' against us.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

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;

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads `are' behind all the house of Judah.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

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:'

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

And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,

וַתְּהִ֨י (תְּהִ֨י) te.Hi “it was”

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.

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “may he be”

Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes the king -- twelve years -- I, and my brethren, the bread of the governor have not eaten:

לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”

and that which hath been prepared for one day `is' one ox, six fat sheep, also fowls have been prepared for me, and once in ten days of all wines abundantly, and with this, the bread of the governor I have not sought, for heavy is the service on this people.

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “it was”

And it cometh to pass, when it hath been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have builded the wall, and there hath not been left in it a breach, (also, till that time the doors I had not set up in the gates,)

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And I send unto him, saying, `It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'

נִֽהְיָה֙ nih.Yah “it has occurred”

so that he `is' an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.

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

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.

הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they were”

and it cometh to pass, when all our enemies have heard, and all the nations who are round about us see, that they fall greatly in their own eyes, and know that by our God hath this work been done.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”