H9001–/וַ–v

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers' houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were separated; and they sat down in 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 were finished with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.

וַיְכַלּ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And among the sons of the priests there were found that had married foreign women, namely: 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 that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

THE WORDS of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the castle,

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

that Hanani, one of my brethren, came out of Judah, he and certain men; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

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

And they said unto me: 'The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.'

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

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

and said: 'I beseech Thee, O LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awful God, that keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments;

וָאֹמַ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”

but if ye return unto Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though your dispersed were in the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to cause My name to dwell 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, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

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

And the king said unto me: 'Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart.' Then I was very sore afraid.

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

And I said unto the king: 'Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?'

וָאֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va. “and”

Then the king said unto me: 'For what dost thou make request?' So I prayed to the God of heaven.

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

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

וָאֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va. “and”

And the king said unto me, the queen also sitting by him: 'For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?' So 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”

Moreover I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through till I come unto Judah;

וָאוֹמַר֮ (וָ) va. “and”

and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's park, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into.' And the king granted me

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

Then I came to the governors beyond 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 when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare 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 I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

וָאָק֣וּם׀ (וָ) va. “and”

And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the dragon's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

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

Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king's pool; but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

וָאֶֽעֱבֹר֙ (וָ) va. “and”