H9002–/וְ–v

For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it not be done. But now, [ergänzt: God], strengthen you my hands.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “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 meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.

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

I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

I discerned, and, behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

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

For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

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

So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth [ergänzt: day] of [ergänzt: the month] Elul, in fifty-two days.

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

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and [ergänzt: the letters] of Tobiah came to them.

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.

וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֣ן (וִֽ) vi. “and”

Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

וּדְבָרַ֕י (וּ) u. “and”

Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

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

that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

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

I said to them, Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand [ergänzt: on guard], let them shut the doors, and bar you them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, and everyone [ergänzt: to be] over against his house.

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

Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.

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

My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written therein:

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

These are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city;

וְלִיהוּדָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.

וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Arah, six hundred fifty-two.

וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

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

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

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

וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty-five.

וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ (וַ) va. “and”

The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.

וְשִׁשִּֽׁים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The children of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight.

וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight.

וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”