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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?

בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “by <the>”

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.

בָּֽהּ׃ (בָּֽ) Ba “on”

And I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate; and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its gates were consumed with fire.

בְשַֽׁעַר־ (בְ) ve. “by”בְּחוֹמֹ֤ת (בְּ) be. “<on>”בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “by <the>”

And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate and returned.

בַנַּ֙חַל֙ (בַ) va. “in the”בַּחוֹמָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “<on> the”בְּשַׁ֥עַר (בְּ) be. “in”

And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

בָ֔הּ (בָ֔) Va “[are] in”בָאֵ֑שׁ (בָ) va. “with <the>”

And I answered them, and said to them, The God of the heavens, he will prosper us, and we his servants will arise and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

בַּעֲבֹדַ֖ת (בַּ) ba. “in”

The valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate.

בַּחוֹמָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

(Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, even over against the water-gate toward the east, and the tower which lies out.)

בָּעֹ֑פֶל (בָּ) ba. “on <the>”

And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?

בַיּ֔וֹם (בַ) va “in the”

Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity!

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “against”

And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.

בַּחוֹמָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “<on> the”

I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.

בַּצְּחִיחִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And from that time forth the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held the spears, and the shields, and the bows, and the corslets; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah.

בַּמְּלָאכָה֒ (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

They that built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that loaded, wrought in the work with one hand, and with the other they held a weapon.

בַּחוֹמָ֛ה (בַּ) ba. “<on> the”בַּסֶּ֖בֶל (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בְּאַחַ֤ת (בְּ) be. “with”בַמְּלָאכָ֔ה (בַ) va. “<in> the”

And the builders had every one his sword girded by his side, and built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

בַּשּׁוֹפָ֖ר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.

בִּמְק֗וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”

And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.

בַּמְּלָאכָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”בָּֽרְמָחִ֔ים (בָּֽ) ba. “on <the>”

Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and [ergänzt: be for] labour in the day.

בָּעֵ֤ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.

בָּרָעָֽב׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother! And I set a great assembly against them.

בְּאָחִ֖יו (בְּ) be. “on”

And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.

בָ֔נוּ (בָ֔) Va. “in”

And I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, so as not to be the reproach of the nations our enemies?

בְּיִרְאַ֤ת (בְּ) be. “in”

I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

בָּהֶ֖ם (בָּ) ba. “to”