H9001–/וַ–v

So those who had come back did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of families, by their fathers' families, all of them by their names, were marked out; and on the first day of the tenth month they took their places to go into the question with c

וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבָּדְלוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they got to the end of all the men who were married to strange women by the first day of the first month.

וַיְכַלּ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And among the sons of the priests who were married to strange women were these: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak and his brothers, Maaseiah and Eliezer and Jarib and Gedaliah.

וַיִּמָּצֵא֙ (וַ) va “and”

And they gave their word that they would put away their wives; and for their sin, they gave an offering of a male sheep of the flock.

וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had offspring.

וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

The history of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. Now it came about, in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, when I was in Shushan, the king's town,

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

That Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah; and in answer to my request for news of the Jews who had been prisoners and had got away, and of Jerusalem,

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”וָאֶשְׁאָלֵ֞ם (וָ) va. “and”

They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ (וַ) va “and”

Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וָֽאֶבְכֶּ֔ה (וָֽ) va. “and”וָאֶתְאַבְּלָ֖ה (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֱהִ֥י (וָֽ) va. “and”

And said, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be feared, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:

וָאֹמַ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”

But if you come back to me and keep my orders and do them, even if those of you who have been forced out are living in the farthest parts of heaven, I will get them from there, and take them back to the place marked out by me for the resting-place of my

וְשַׁבְתֶּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”וַהֲבִֽיאוֹתִים֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וָאֶשָּׂ֤א (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”

And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וָאִירָ֖א (וָ) va. “and”

And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

וָאֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va. “and”

Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָֽאֶתְפַּלֵּ֔ל (וָֽ) va. “and”

And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, so that I may take in hand the building of it.

וָאֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va. “and”

And the king said to me (the queen being seated by his side), How long will your journey take, and when will you come back? So the king was pleased to send me, and I gave him a fixed time.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּיטַ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֔נִי (וַ) va “and”וָֽאֶתְּנָ֥ה (וָֽ) va. “and”

Further, I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, let letters be given to me for the rulers across the river, so that they may let me go through till I come to Judah;

וָאוֹמַר֮ (וָ) va. “and”

And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. And the king gave me this, for the hand of my G

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

Then I came to the rulers of the lands across the river and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

וָֽאָב֗וֹא (וָֽ) va. “and”וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, hearing of it, were greatly troubled because a man had come to the help of the children of Israel.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥רַע (וַ) va “and”

So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

וָאָב֖וֹא (וָ) va. “and”וָאֱהִי־ (וָ) va. “and”

And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.

וָאָק֣וּם׀ (וָ) va. “and”

And I went out by night, through the doorway of the valley, and past the dragon's water-spring as far as the place where waste material was put, viewing the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and the doorways which had been burned with fire.

וָאֵצְאָ֨ה (וָ) va. “and”וָאֱהִ֨י (וָ) va. “and”

Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through.

וָאֶֽעֱבֹר֙ (וָ) va. “and”