H9001–/וַ–v

And the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel `are' in the cities, and the people are gathered, as one men, unto Jerusalem.

וַיִּגַּע֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּאָסְפ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And rise doth Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and they build the altar of the God of Israel, to cause to ascend upon it burnt-offerings, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

וַיָּקָם֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנ֕וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they establish the altar on its bases, because of the fear upon them of the peoples of the lands, and he causeth burnt-offerings to ascend upon it to Jehovah, burnt-offerings for the morning and for the evening.

וַיָּכִ֤ינוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they make the feast of the booths as it is written, and the burnt-offering of the day daily in number according to the ordinance, the matter of a day in its day;

וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

and they give money to hewers and to artificers, and food, and drink, and oil to Zidonians and to Tyrians, to bring in cedar-trees from Lebanon unto the sea of Joppa, according to the permission of Cyrus king of Persia concerning them.

וַיִּ֨תְּנוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And in the second year of their coming in unto the house of God, to Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those coming from the captivity to Jerusalem, and they appoint the Levites from a son of twenty years and upward, to overlook the work of the house of Jehovah.

וַיַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jeshua standeth, `and' his sons, and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, sons of Judah together, to overlook those doing the work in the house of God; the sons of Henadad, `and' their sons and their brethren the Levites.

וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

And those building have founded the temple of Jehovah, and they appoint the priests, clothed, with trumpets, and the Levites, sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, by means of `the instruments of' David king of Israel.

וְיִסְּד֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּעֲמִידוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

And they respond in praising and in giving thanks to Jehovah, for good, for to the age His kindness `is' over Israel, and all the people have shouted -- a great shout -- in giving praise to Jehovah, because the house of Jehovah hath been founded.

וַֽ֠יַּעֲנוּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”

And adversaries of Judah and Benjamin hear that the sons of the captivity are building a temple to Jehovah, God of Israel,

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

and they draw nigh unto Zerubbabel, and unto heads of the fathers, and say to them, `Let us build with you; for, like you, we seek to your God, and we are not sacrificing since the days of Esar-Haddon king of Asshur, who brought us up hither.'

וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Zerubbabel saith to them, also Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers of Israel, `Not for you, and for us, to build a house to our God; but we ourselves together do build to Jehovah God of Israel, as the king Cyrus, king of Persia, commanded us.'

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, the people of the land are making the hands of the people of Judah feeble, and troubling them in building,

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the sons of the captivity make the passover on the fourteenth of the first month,

וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

for the priests and the Levites have been purified together -- all of them `are' pure -- and they slaughter the passover for all the sons of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

וַיִּשְׁחֲט֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the sons of Israel, those returning from the captivity, and every one who is separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land unto them, to seek to Jehovah, God of Israel, do eat,

וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

and they make the feast of unleavened things seven days with joy, for Jehovah made them to rejoice, and turned round the heart of the king of Asshur unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וְֽהֵסֵ֞ב (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Ezra himself hath come up from Babylon, and he `is' a scribe ready in the law of Moses, that Jehovah God of Israel gave, and the king giveth to him -- according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him -- all his request.

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

And there go up of the sons of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

וַיַּֽעֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he cometh in to Jerusalem in the fifth month, that `is in' the seventh year of the king,

וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”

and unto me hath stretched out kindness before the king and his counsellors, and before all the mighty heads of the king: and I have strengthened myself as the hand of Jehovah my God `is' upon me, and I gather out of Israel heads to go up with me.

וָאֶקְבְּצָ֧ה (וָ) va. “and”

And I gather them unto the river that is going unto Ahava, and we encamp there three days; and I consider about the people, and about the priests, and of the sons of Levi I have found none there;

וָֽאֶקְבְּצֵ֗ם (וָֽ) va. “and”וַנַּחֲנֶ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”וָאָבִ֤ינָה (וָ) va. “and”

and I send for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, heads, and for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding;

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֡ה (וָ) va. “and”

and I charge them for Iddo the head, in the place Casiphia, and put in their mouth words to speak unto Iddo, `and' his brethren the Nethinim, in the place Casiphia, to bring to us ministrants for the house of our God.

וָאֲצַוֶּ֤ה (וָ) va. “and”וָאָשִׂימָה֩ (וָ) va. “and”

And they bring to us, according to the good hand of our God upon us, a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, and Sherebiah, and his sons, and his brethren, eighteen;

וַיָּבִ֨יאּוּ (וַ) va “and”