H9002–/וְ–v

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

וְאוּאֵֽל׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

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 sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah;

וְיוֹאֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

all these have taken strange women, and there are of them women -- who adopt sons.

וְיֵ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Words of Nehemiah son of Hachaliah. And it cometh to pass, in the month of Chisleu, the twentieth year, and I have been in Shushan the palace,

וַאֲנִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

and come in doth Hanani, one of my brethren, he and men of Judah, and I ask them concerning the Jews, the escaped part that have been left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem;

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

and they say to me, `Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, `are' in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burnt with fire.'

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

And it cometh to pass, at my hearing these words, I have sat down, and I weep and mourn `for' days, and I am fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.

וּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔ל (וּ) u. “and”

And I say, `I beseech thee, O Jehovah, God of the heavens, God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and kindness for those loving Him, and for those keeping His commands,

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

let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father 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 corruptly against Thee, and have not kept the commands, and the statutes, and the judgments, that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant.

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

And they `are' Thy servants, and Thy people, whom Thou hast ransomed by Thy great power, and by Thy strong hand.

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

`I beseech Thee, O Lord, let, I pray Thee, Thine ear be attentive unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto the prayer of Thy servants, those delighting to fear Thy Name; and give prosperity, I pray Thee, to Thy servant to-day, and give him for mercies before this man;' and I have been butler to the king.

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

And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine `is' before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and the king saith to me, `Wherefore `is' thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;' and I fear very much,

וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

and say to the king, `Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, `is' a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?'

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”

and say to the king, `If to the king `it be' good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.'

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

And the king saith to me (and the queen is sitting near him), `How long is thy journey? and when dost thou return?' and it is good before the king, and he sendeth me away, and I set to him a time.

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

and a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the paradise that the king hath, that he give to me trees for beams `for' the gates of the palace that the house hath, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I enter;' and the king giveth to 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 come in unto the governors beyond the River, and give to them the letters of the king; and the king sendeth with me heads of a force, and horsemen;

וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

and Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them -- a great evil -- that a man hath come in to seek good for the sons of Israel.

וְטֽוֹבִיָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving unto my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.

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