H9002–/וְ–v

For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the ni

וַאֲנִי־ (וַ) va. “and”וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִסְגְּרָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַ֖יְלָה (וְ) ve. “and”

And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט (וְ) ve. “and”

For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.

וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.

וּלְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט (וּ) u. “and”וְגַ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְיֶ֣תֶר (וּ) u. “and”

So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׁנַ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.

וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֣ן (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.

וּדְבָרַ֕י (וּ) u. “and”

Now when the building of the wall was complete and I had put up the doors, and the door-keepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places,

וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

I made my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem: for he was a man of good faith, fearing God more than most.

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

And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.

וְעַ֨ד (וְ) ve. “and”וֶאֱחֹ֑זוּ (וֶ) ve. “and”וְאִ֖ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up.

וְהָעִ֞יר (וְ) ve. “and”וּגְדוֹלָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְהָעָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:

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

These are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and taken away by him, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his town;

וְלִיהוּדָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The children of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two.

וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.

וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.

וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and eighteen.

וְיוֹאָ֑ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty-four.

וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five.

וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ (וַ) va. “and”

The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.

וְשִׁשִּֽׁים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The children of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight.

וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.

וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”