H9001–/וַ–v

And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extended, and we are scattered upon the wall, one far from another:

וָאֹמַ֞ר (וָ) va. “and”

Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and [ergänzt: be for] labour in the day.

וְהָֽיוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

וַיִּ֥חַר (וַ) va “and”

And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother! And I set a great assembly against them.

וַיִּמָּלֵ֨ךְ (וַ) va “and”וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙ (וָ) va. “and”וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶתֵּ֥ן (וָ) va. “and”

And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”וְנִמְכְּרוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, so as not to be the reproach of the nations our enemies?

וָאוֹמַ֕ר (וָ) va “and”

And they said, We will restore [ergänzt: them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do, as thou hast said. And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וָאֶקְרָא֙ (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔ם (וָֽ) va. “and”

Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house and from his earnings, that performeth not this promise: even thus be he shaken out and emptied! And all the congregation said, Amen! And they praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

וָֽאֹמְרָ֡ה (וָֽ) va. “and”וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.

וַיִּקְח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה (וָ) va. “and”וְיָרַדְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner.

וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וָאָשִׁ֥יב (וָ) va. “and”

Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”

And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֤ה (וָ) va. “and”

And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who had shut himself up. And he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill thee; even in the night are they coming to kill thee.

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.

וָאֹמְרָ֗ה (וָ) va. “and”וָחָ֑י (וָ) va. “and”

And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me; and Tobijah and Sanballat had hired him.

וָאַכִּ֕ירָה (וָ) va. “and”

Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me.

וְחָטָ֑אתִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And it came to pass that when all our enemies heard [ergänzt: of it], all the nations that were about us were afraid and were much cast down in their own eyes, and they perceived that this work was wrought by our God.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽרְא֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְּל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וָאַעֲמִ֖יד (וָ) va. “and”וַיִּפָּֽקְד֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

And I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the citadel, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man and feared God above many.

וָאֲצַוֶּ֞ה (וָ) va. “and”

And I said to them that the gates of Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun was hot, and that they should shut the doors and bar them while they stood by; and that there should be appointed watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one over against his house.

וָאֹמַ֣ר (וָ) va “and”וְהַעֲמֵ֗יד (וְ) ve. “and”