H9001–/וַ–v

I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another:

וָאֹמַ֞ר (וָ) va. “and”

Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.

וְהָֽיוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

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

וַיִּ֥חַר (וַ) va “and”

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. I held a great assembly against them.

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

I said to them, We after our ability have redeemed our brothers the Jews, that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

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

Also I said, The thing that you do is not good: ought you not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

וָאוֹמַ֕ר (וָ) va “and”

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as you say. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

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

Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn't perform this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. All the assembly said, Amen, and praised Yahweh. 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 who were before me were chargeable to the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.

וַיִּקְח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to 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 [ergänzt: one of] the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?

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

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

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

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

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”

Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart.

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֤ה (וָ) va. “and”

I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut 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 will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

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

I discerned, and, behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

וָאַכִּ֕ירָה (וָ) va. “and”

For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

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

So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth [ergänzt: day] of [ergänzt: the month] Elul, in fifty-two days.

וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ (וַ) va. “and”

It happened, when all our enemies heard [ergänzt: of it], that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God.

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

Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

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

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

וָאֲצַוֶּ֞ה (וָ) va. “and”

I said to them, Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand [ergänzt: on guard], let them shut the doors, and bar you them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, and everyone [ergänzt: to be] over against his house.

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