H9001–/וַ–v

Then went I up in the night in the valley, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

וָאֱהִ֨י (וָ) va. “and”וָאֱהִ֥י (וָ) va. “and”וָאָשׁ֗וּב (וָ) va. “and”וָאָב֛וֹא (וָ) va. “and”וָאָשֽׁוּב׃ (וָ) va. “and”

Then said I unto them: 'Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire; come and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.'

וָאוֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va. “and”

And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also of the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said: 'Let us rise up and build.' So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

וָאַגִּ֨יד (וָ) va. “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וּבָנִ֔ינוּ (וּ) u. “and”וַיְחַזְּק֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said: 'What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?'

וַיִּשְׁמַע֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּלְעִ֣גוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְז֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then answered I them, and said unto them: 'The God of heaven, He will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.'

וָאָשִׁ֨יב (וָ) va. “and”וָאוֹמַ֤ר (וָ) va. “and”וּבָנִ֑ינוּ (וּ) u. “and”

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.

וַיָּ֡קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲמִ֖ידוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the gate of the old city repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. And next unto him repaired Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they restored Jerusalem even unto the broad wall.

וַיַּֽעַזְבוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits of the wall unto the dung gate.

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armoury at the Turning.

וַיְחַזֵּ֨ק (וַ) va “and”

But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּ֣חַר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְעַ֖ס (וַ) va “and”וַיַּלְעֵ֖ג (וַ) va “and”

And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said: 'What do these feeble Jews? will they restore at will? will they sacrifice? will they make an end this day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they ar

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said: 'Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.'

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּפָרַ֖ץ (וּ) u. “and”

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof; for the people had a mind to work.

וַנִּבְנֶה֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֥חַר (וַ) va “and”

and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

וַיִּקְשְׁר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

וַנִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל (וַ) va. “and”וַנַּעֲמִ֨יד (וַ) va. “and”

And Judah said: 'The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And our adversaries said: 'They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.'

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַהֲרַגְנ֑וּם (וַ) va. “and”וְהִשְׁבַּ֖תְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times: 'Ye must return unto us from all places.'

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

וָֽאַעֲמִ֞יד (וָֽ) va. “and”וָֽאַעֲמִ֤יד (וָֽ) va. “and”

And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people: 'Be not ye afraid of them; remember the Lord, who is great and awful, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and y

וָאֵ֣רֶא (וָ) va. “and”וָאָק֗וּם (וָ) va. “and”וָאֹמַ֞ר (וָ) va. “and”

And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥פֶר (וַ) va “and”וַנָּ֤שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”

And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”