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And I said unto the king: 'Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?'

בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “by <the>”

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

בָּֽהּ׃ (בָּֽ) Ba “on”

And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the dragon's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

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

Then went I up in the night in the valley, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

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

Then said I unto them: 'Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof 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>”

Then answered I them, and said unto them: 'The God of heaven, He will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.'

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; and 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 the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits of the wall unto the dung gate.

בַּחוֹמָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.--

בָּעֹ֑פֶל (בָּ) ba. “on <the>”

And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said: 'What do these feeble Jews? will they restore at will? will they sacrifice? will they make an end this day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they ar

בַיּ֔וֹם (בַ) va “in the”

Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity;

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “against”

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

בַּחוֹמָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “<on> the”

Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

בַּצְּחִיחִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

בַּמְּלָאכָה֒ (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

They that builded the wall and they that bore burdens laded themselves, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;

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

and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the horn was by me.

בַּשּׁוֹפָ֖ר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

in what place soever ye hear the sound of the horn, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.'

בִּמְק֗וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”

So we wrought in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

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

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

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

Some also there were that said: 'We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses; let us get corn, because of the dearth.'

בָּרָעָֽב׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them: 'Ye lend upon pledge, every one to his brother.' And I held a great assembly against them.

בְּאָחִ֖יו (בְּ) be. “on”

And I said unto them: 'We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that sold themselves unto the heathen; and would ye nevertheless sell your brethren, and should they sell themselves unto us?' Then held they their peace, and found never a

בָ֔נוּ (בָ֔) Va. “in”

Also I said: 'The thing that ye do is not good; ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

בְּיִרְאַ֤ת (בְּ) be. “in”

And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, have lent them money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this exaction.

בָּהֶ֖ם (בָּ) ba. “to”