H9001–/וַ–v

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and 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 made an end 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: 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 hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

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 Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and 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, 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 its gates 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 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 God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

וָאֹמַ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”

But if ye turn to me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you driven to the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them to 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, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not before been sad in his presence.

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

Wherefore the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very greatly afraid,

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

And 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' sepulchers, lieth waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

וָאֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va. “and”

Then the king said to 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 to the king, If it should please the king, and if thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, 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? 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 to the king, If it should please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over 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 appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon 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 captains of the army and horsemen with me.

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

When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard 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”

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 had put in my heart to do at 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 gate of the valley, even before the dragon-well, and to the dung-port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and their gates were consumed with fire.

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

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

וָאֶֽעֱבֹר֙ (וָ) va. “and”