H9001–/וַ–v

And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:

וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”וָאֶקְבְּצָ֞ה (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֶמְצָ֗א (וָֽ) va. “and”וָאֶמְצָ֖א (וָ) va. “and”

These are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and taken away by him, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his town;

וַיָּשׁ֧וּבוּ (וַ) va “and”

And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and took their name.

וַיִּקָּרֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen, so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.

וַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by the Urim and Thummim.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So the priests and the Levites and the door-keepers and the music-makers and some of the people and the Nethinim, and all Israel, were living in their towns.

וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגַּע֙ (וַ) va “and”

And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the boo

וַיֵּאָסְפ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.

וַיָּבִ֣יא (וַ) va “and”

He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the l

וַיִּקְרָא־ (וַ) va “and”

And Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood which they had made for the purpose; and by his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and

וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֞ד (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet:

וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.

וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעֲנ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְּד֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֻּ֛ (וַ) va “and”

And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.

וַֽיִּקְרְא֥וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֖ינוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping o

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is yo

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.

וַיֵּלְכ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they saw that it was recorded in the law that the Lord had given orders by Moses, that the children of Israel were to have tents for their living-places in the feast of the seventh month:

וַֽיִּמְצְא֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the people went out and got them and made themselves tents, every one on the roof of his house, and in the open spaces and in the open squares of the house of God, and in the wide place of the water-doorway, and the wide place of the doorway of Ephra

וַיֵּצְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִיאוּ֒ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲשׂוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy.

וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

And day by day, from the first day till the last, he was reading from the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast for seven days: and on the eighth day there was a holy meeting, as it is ordered in the law.

וַ֠יִּקְרָא (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.

וַיִּבָּֽדְלוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַמְד֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְוַדּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God.

וַיָּק֙וּמוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְרְא֗וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani took their places on the steps of the Levites, crying in a loud voice to the Lord their God.

וַיָּ֜קָם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;

וְהוֹצֵאת֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשַׂ֥מְתָּ (וְ) ve. “and”