H9002–/וְ–v

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

וְאוּאֵֽל׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasai,

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”

Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

וְשֶׁלֶמְיָ֖הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Of the children of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah.

וְיוֹאֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

All these had taken foreign wives; and there were among them wives who had had children.

וְיֵ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the fortress,

וַאֲנִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and [ergänzt: certain] men of Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

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

And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire.

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

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,

וּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔ל (וּ) u. “and”

and said, I beseech thee, Jehovah, God of the heavens, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and keep his commandments.

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

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

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

We have acted very perversely against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances that thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

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

And they are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand.

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

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer.

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

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [ergänzt: that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said to me, Why is thy face sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sadness of heart. And I was very sore afraid.

וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”

And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

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

And the king said to me -- the queen also sitting by him, -- For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

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

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [ergänzt: appertains] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

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

And I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of a force and horsemen with me.

וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [ergänzt: of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

וְטֽוֹבִיָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me -- but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem -- and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon.

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