H9002–/וְ–v

Of the sons of Bani, Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

וְאוּאֵֽל׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,

וְיַעֲשָֽׂי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Bani and Binnui, Shimei;

וּבָנִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וּבִנּ֖וּי (וּ) u. “and”

And Shelemiah and Nathan and Adaiah,

וְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתָ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲדָיָֽה׃ (וַ) va. “and”

Azarel and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

וְשֶׁלֶמְיָ֖הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Of the sons of Nebo, Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

וְיוֹאֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had offspring.

וְיֵ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

The history of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. Now it came about, in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, when I was in Shushan, the king's town,

וַאֲנִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

That Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah; and in answer to my request for news of the Jews who had been prisoners and had got away, and of Jerusalem,

וַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.

וּבְחֶרְפָּ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וְחוֹמַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”

Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,

וּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔ל (וּ) u. “and”

And said, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be feared, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:

וְהַנּוֹרָ֑א (וְ) ve. “and”וָחֶ֔סֶד (וָ) va. “and”וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children

וְֽעֵינֶ֪יךָ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וָלַ֔יְלָה (וָ) va. “and”וּמִתְוַדֶּ֗ה (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲנִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”וּבֵית־ (וּ) u. “and”

We have done great wrong against you, and have not kept the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand.

וְהֵ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַמֶּ֑ךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְיָדְךָ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַצְלִֽיחָה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְנֵ֣הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲנִ֛י (וַ) va. “and”

And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;

וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”

And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, so that I may take in hand the building of it.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said to me (the queen being seated by his side), How long will your journey take, and when will you come back? So the king was pleased to send me, and I gave him a fixed time.

וְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָתַ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. And the king gave me this, for the hand of my G

וְאִגֶּ֡רֶת (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְחוֹמַ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”וְלַבַּ֖יִת (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I came to the rulers of the lands across the river and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, hearing of it, were greatly troubled because a man had come to the help of the children of Israel.

וְטֽוֹבִיָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.

וַאֲנָשִׁ֣ים׀ (וַ) va. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְהֵמָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”