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And 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 had put in my heart to do at 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 gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, 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 by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, 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 distress 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; 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 the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

בַּחוֹמָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

בָּעֹ֑פֶל (בָּ) ba. “on <the>”

And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

בַיּ֔וֹם (בַ) va “in the”

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

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

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

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 lower places behind the wall, and on the higher 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 the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

בַּמְּלָאכָה֒ (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

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

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

בַּשּׁוֹפָ֖ר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

בִּמְק֗וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”

So we laboured 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 labour on the day.

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

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

בָּרָעָֽב׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

בְּאָחִ֖יו (בְּ) be. “on”

And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

בָ֔נוּ (בָ֔) Va. “in”

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

בְּיִרְאַ֤ת (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בָּהֶ֖ם (בָּ) ba. “to”