H9001–/וַ–v

Then went I up in the night by the brook, 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 to them, You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and the gates of it 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”

I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. They said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good [ergänzt: 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 ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you do? will you 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 to them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but you 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 brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel.

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

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

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

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

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Next to him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. Next to him repaired Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they fortified Jerusalem even to 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 of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.

וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armory at the turning [ergänzt: of the wall].

וַיְחַזֵּ֨ק (וַ) va “and”

But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

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

He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

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

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, 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 to half [ergänzt: the height] of it: for the people had a mind to work.

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

But it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [ergänzt: and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very angry;

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 to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

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

Our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

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

It happened that when the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, You must return to us.

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 set [ergänzt: there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

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

I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

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

It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work.

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

It happened from that time forth, that half of my servants worked 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”