H9001–/וַ–v

and my God putteth it unto my heart, and I gather the freeman, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a book of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: --

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

These `are' sons of the province, those coming up of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed -- and they turn back to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city --

וַיָּשׁ֧וּבוּ (וַ) va “and”

And of the priests: sons of Habaiah sons of Koz, sons of Barzillai, who hath taken from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite a wife, and is called by their name.

וַיִּקָּרֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,

וַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

and the Tirshatha saith to them that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of the priest with Urim and Thummim.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they dwell -- the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and `some' of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel -- in their cities, and the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel `are' in their cities.

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

And all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that `is' before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel.

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

And Ezra the priest bringeth the law before the assembly, both of men and women, and every one intelligent to hear, on the first day of the seventh month,

וַיָּבִ֣יא (וַ) va “and”

and he readeth in it before the broad place that `is' before the water-gate, from the light till the middle of the day, over-against the men, and the women, and those intelligent, and the ears of all the people `are' unto the book of the law.

וַיִּקְרָא־ (וַ) va “and”

And Ezra the scribe standeth on a tower of wood that they made for the purpose, and Mattithiah standeth near him, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right; and on his left Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.

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

And Ezra openeth the book before the eyes of all the people -- for above all the people he hath been -- and at his opening `it' all the people have stood up,

וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

and Ezra blesseth Jehovah, the great God, and all the people answer, `Amen, Amen,' with lifting up of their hands, and they bow and do obeisance to Jehovah -- faces to the earth.

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

and they read in the book, in the law of God, explaining -- so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation.

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

And Nehemiah -- he `is' the Tirshatha -- saith (and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who are instructing the people) to all the people, `To-day is holy to Jehovah your God, do not mourn, nor weep:' for all the people are weeping at their hearing the words of the law.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he saith to them, `Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and sent portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for to-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 go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because they have understood concerning the words that they made known to them.

וַיֵּלְכ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they find written in the law that Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, that the sons of Israel dwell in booths in the feast, in the seventh month,

וַֽיִּמְצְא֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the people go out, and bring in, and make for themselves booths, each on his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water-gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

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

And they make -- all the assembly of the captives of the captivity -- booths, and they sit in booths; for the sons of Israel had not done, from the days of Jeshua son of Nun, so unto that day, and there is very great joy.

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

And he readeth in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last day, and they make a feast seven days, and on the eighth day a restraint, according to the ordinance.

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

and the seed of Israel are separated from all sons of a stranger, and stand and confess concerning their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers,

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

and rise up on their station, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth of the day, and a fourth they are confessing and bowing themselves to Jehovah their God.

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

And there stand up on the ascent, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, and they cry with a loud voice unto Jehovah their God.

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

And the Levites say, `even' Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, `Rise, bless Jehovah your God, from the age unto the age, and they bless the name of Thine honour that `is' exalted above all blessing and praise.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

`Thou `art' He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham,

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