H9001–/וַ–v

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical register of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it:

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

These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;

וַיָּשׁ֧וּבוּ (וַ) va “and”

And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called after their name.

וַיִּקָּרֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.

וַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up the priest with Urim and Thummim.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the priests, and the Levites, and the doorkeepers, and the singers, and [ergänzt: some] of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in their cities,

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

all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel.

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

And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

וַיָּבִ֣יא (וַ) va “and”

And he read in it before the open place that was before the water-gate from the morning until midday, in presence of the men and the women, and those that could understand. And the ears of all the people were [ergänzt: attentive] to the book of the law.

וַיִּקְרָא־ (וַ) va “and”

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a high stage of wood, which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkijah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.

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

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God; and all the people answered, Amen, Amen! with lifting up of their hands; and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.

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

And they read in the law of God distinctly out of the book, and gave the sense, and caused [ergänzt: them] to understand the reading.

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

And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God: mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And all the people went their way, to eat and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing. For they had understood the words that were declared to them.

וַיֵּלְכ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they found written in the law which Jehovah had commanded through Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month,

וַֽיִּמְצְא֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the people went forth and brought [ergänzt: them], and made themselves booths, everyone upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the open space of the water-gate, and in the open space of the gate of Ephraim.

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

And all the congregation of them that had come back from the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths. For since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun until that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

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

Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they observed the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.

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

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

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

And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their God.

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

Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to Jehovah their God.

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

And the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, said, Stand up, bless Jehovah your God from eternity to eternity. And let [ergänzt: men] bless the name of thy glory, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Thou art the Same, Jehovah Elohim, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

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