H9001–/וַ–v

And the sons of the removal do so, and Ezra the priest, `and' men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit 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 finish with all the men who have settled strange women unto the first day of the first month.

וַיְכַלּ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And there are found of the sons of the priests that have settled strange women: of the sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah;

וַיִּמָּצֵא֙ (וַ) va “and”

and they give their hand to send out their wives, and, being guilty, a ram of the flock, for their guilt.

וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

all these have taken strange women, and there are of them women -- who adopt sons.

וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

Words of Nehemiah son of Hachaliah. And it cometh to pass, in the month of Chisleu, the twentieth year, and I have been in Shushan the palace,

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

and come in doth Hanani, one of my brethren, he and men of Judah, and I ask them concerning the Jews, the escaped part that have been left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem;

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

and they say to me, `Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, `are' in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burnt with fire.'

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, at my hearing these words, I have sat down, and I weep and mourn `for' days, and I am fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.

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

And I say, `I beseech thee, O Jehovah, God of the heavens, God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and kindness for those loving Him, and for those keeping His commands,

וָאֹמַ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”

and ye have turned back unto Me, and kept My commands, and done them -- if your outcast is in the end of the heavens, thence I gather them, and have brought them in unto the place that I have chosen to cause My name to tabernacle there.

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

And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine `is' before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;

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

and the king saith to me, `Wherefore `is' thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;' and I fear very much,

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

and say to the king, `Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, `is' a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?'

וָאֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va. “and”

And the king saith to me, `For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,

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

and say to the king, `If to the king `it be' good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.'

וָאֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va. “and”

And the king saith to me (and the queen is sitting near him), `How long is thy journey? and when dost thou return?' and it is good before the king, and he sendeth me away, and I set to him a time.

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

And I say to the king, `If to the king `it be' good, letters let be given to me for the governors beyond the River, that they let me pass over till that I come in unto Judah:

וָאוֹמַר֮ (וָ) va. “and”

and a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the paradise that the king hath, that he give to me trees for beams `for' the gates of the palace that the house hath, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I enter;' and the king giveth to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

And I come in unto the governors beyond the River, and give to them the letters of the king; and the king sendeth with me heads of a force, and horsemen;

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

and Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them -- a great evil -- that a man hath come in to seek good for the sons of Israel.

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

And I come in unto Jerusalem, and I am there three days,

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

and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving unto my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.

וָאָק֣וּם׀ (וָ) va. “and”

And I go out through the gate of the valley by night, and unto the front of the fountain of the dragon, and unto the gate of the dunghill, and I am measuring about the walls of Jerusalem, that are broken down, and its gates consumed with fire.

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

And I pass over unto the gate of the fountain, and unto the pool of the king, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,

וָאֶֽעֱבֹר֙ (וָ) va. “and”