H5975G–עָמַד–a.mad

And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seer

וְהֶעֱמִיד֙ (הֶעֱמִיד֙) he.'e.Mid “he set up”

Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement record

וַיַּעֲמֹ֨ד (יַּעֲמֹ֨ד) i.ya.'a.Mod “he stood”

And he made all the people in Jerusalem and Benjamin give their word to keep it. And the people of Jerusalem kept the agreement of God, the God of their fathers.

וַיַּעֲמֵ֕ד (יַּעֲמֵ֕ד) i.ya.'a.Med “he made stand”

And take your positions in the holy place, grouped in the families of your brothers, the children of the people, and for every division let there be a part of a family of the Levites.

וְעִמְד֣וּ (עִמְד֣וּ) 'im.Du “stand”

So everything was made ready and the priests took their places with the Levites in their divisions, as the king had said.

וַיַּֽעַמְד֨וּ (יַּֽעַמְד֨וּ) i.ya.'am.Du “they took their stand”

And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place:

לְהַעֲמִיד֖וֹ (הַעֲמִיד֖) ha.'a.mi.D “erect”

O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.

לַעֲמ֛וֹד (עֲמ֛וֹד) 'a.Mod “stand”

But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside, and this is not a thing which may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.

לַעֲמ֣וֹד (עֲמ֣וֹד) 'a.Mod “stand”

So now let our rulers be representatives for all the people, and let all those in our towns who are married to strange women come at fixed times, and with them the responsible men and the judges of every town, till the burning wrath of our God is turned

יַֽעֲמְדוּ־ ya.'am.du- “let them stand”

Only Jonathan, the son of Asahel, and Jahzeiah, the son of Tikvah, were against this, Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.

עָמְד֣וּ 'a.me.Du “they stood”

Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel.

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֖ידוּ (יַּעֲמִ֖ידוּ) i.ya.'a.Mi.du “they set up”

The sons of Hassenaah were the builders of the fish doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ (יַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙) i.ya.'a.Mi.du “they set up”

Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, made good the old doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ (יַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙) i.ya.'a.Mi.du “they set up”

Hanun and the people of Zanoah were working on the doorway of the valley; they put it up and put up its doors, with their locks and rods, and a thousand cubits of wall as far as the doorway where the waste material was placed.

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ (יַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙) i.ya.'a.Mi.du “they set up”

And Malchijah, the son of Rechab, the ruler of the division of Beth-haccherem, made good the doorway of the waste, building it up and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods.

וְיַעֲמִיד֙ (יַעֲמִיד֙) ya.'a.Mid “he may set up”

And Shallun, the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the division of Mizpah, made good the doorway of the fountain, building it up and covering it and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods, with the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, a

וְיַעֲמִיד֙ (יַעֲמִיד֙) ya.'a.mi.du “he may set up”

But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.

וַנַּעֲמִ֨יד (נַּעֲמִ֨יד) na.'a.Mid “we stationed”

Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways

הֶעֱמַ֥דְתִּי he.'e.Mad.ti “I had set up”

And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.

הֶעֱמַ֣דְתָּ he.'e.Mad.ta “you have appointed”

Now when the building of the wall was complete and I had put up the doors, and the door-keepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places,

וָאַעֲמִ֖יד (אַעֲמִ֖יד) 'a.'a.Mid “I had set up”

And Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood which they had made for the purpose; and by his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and

וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֞ד (יַּעֲמֹ֞ד) i.ya.'a.Mod “he stood”וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד (יַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד) i.ya.'a.Mod “he stood”

And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet:

עָֽמְד֥וּ 'a.me.Du “they stood up”

And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.

וַיַּעַמְד֗וּ (יַּעַמְד֗וּ) i.ya.'am.Du “they stood”

And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and the tower of Hammeah, as far as the sheep door: and at the doorway of the watchmen they came to a stop.

וְעָ֣מְד֔וּ (עָ֣מְד֔וּ) 'A.me.Du “they stopped”

So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:

וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֛דְנָה (תַּעֲמֹ֛דְנָה) ta.'a.Mo.de.nah “they took their stand”