H9001–/וַ–v

And I say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off one from another;

וָאֹמַ֞ר (וָ) va. “and”

Also, at that time I said to the people, `Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day `for' the work:'

וְהָֽיוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,

וַיִּ֥חַר (וַ) va “and”

and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, `Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,

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

and say to them, `We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that `is' in us, and ye also sell your brethren, and they have been sold to us!' and they are silent, and have not found a word.

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

And I say, `Not good `is' the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

וָאוֹמַ֕ר (וָ) va “and”

And they say, `We give back, and of them we seek nothing; so we do as thou art saying.' And I call the priests, and cause them to swear to do according to this thing;

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

also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, `Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;' and all the assembly say, `Amen,' and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.

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

the former governors who `are' before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people -- and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.

וַיִּקְח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, when it hath been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have builded the wall, and there hath not been left in it a breach, (also, till that time the doors I had not set up in the gates,)

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

that Sanballat sendeth, also Geshem, unto me, saying, `Come and we meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono;' and they are thinking to do to me evil.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And I send unto them messengers, saying, `A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?'

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

and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them `word' according to this word.

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

And Sanballat sendeth unto me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”

And I send unto him, saying, `It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֤ה (וָ) va. “and”

And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel -- and he is restrained -- and he saith, `Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee -- yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.'

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And I say, `A man such as I -- doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? -- I do not go in.'

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

And I discern, and lo, God hath not sent him, for in the prophecy he hath spoken unto me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,

וָאַכִּ֕ירָה (וָ) va. “and”

so that he `is' an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.

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

And the wall is completed in the twenty and fifth of Elul, on the fifty and second day;

וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ (וַ) va. “and”

and it cometh to pass, when all our enemies have heard, and all the nations who are round about us see, that they fall greatly in their own eyes, and know that by our God hath this work been done.

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

And it cometh to pass, when the wall hath been built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers are appointed, and the singers, and the Levites,

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

and I charge Hanani my brother, and Hananiah head of the palace, concerning Jerusalem -- for he `is' as a man of truth, and fearing God above many --

וָאֲצַוֶּ֞ה (וָ) va. “and”

and I say to them, `Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened till the heat of the sun, and while they are standing by let them shut the doors, and fasten, and appoint guards of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each in his guard, and each over-against his house.'

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