H9001–/וַ–v

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest [ergänzt: and] certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them [ergänzt: expressed] by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

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

And they ended with all the men that had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month.

וַיְכַלּ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken foreign wives, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren: Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

וַיִּמָּצֵא֙ (וַ) va “and”

And they gave their hand to send away their wives; and they offered a ram of the flock, as trespass-offering for their guilt.

וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

All these had taken foreign wives; and there were among them wives who had had children.

וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the fortress,

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and [ergänzt: certain] men of Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

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

And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,

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

and said, I beseech thee, Jehovah, God of the heavens, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and keep his commandments.

וָאֹמַ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”

but if ye return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

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

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [ergänzt: that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.

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

And the king said to me, Why is thy face sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sadness of heart. And I was very sore afraid.

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

And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

וָאֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va. “and”

And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.

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

And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

וָאֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va. “and”

And the king said to me -- the queen also sitting by him, -- For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

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

And I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may set me forward till I come into Judah;

וָאוֹמַר֮ (וָ) va. “and”

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [ergänzt: appertains] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

And I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of a force and horsemen with me.

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

And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [ergänzt: of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

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

And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

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

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me -- but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem -- and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon.

וָאָק֣וּם׀ (וָ) va. “and”

And I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate; and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its gates were consumed with fire.

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

And I went on to the fountain-gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no place for the beast under me to pass.

וָאֶֽעֱבֹר֙ (וָ) va. “and”