H9003–/ב–b

Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and their houses, also the hundredth [ergänzt: part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine and the oil, that ye have exacted of them.

בָּהֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “to”

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.

בְּלֶ֤חֶם (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.

בִּמְלֶ֜אכֶת (בִּ) bi “on”

And that which was prepared daily was one ox [ergänzt: and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor; for the service was heavy upon this people.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

בָּ֖הּ (בָּ֖) ba “in”בַשְּׁעָרִֽים׃ (בַ) va. “in the”

that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

בַּכְּפִירִ֖ים (בַּ) ba. “at <the>”בְּבִקְעַ֣ת (בְּ) be. “in”

Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,

בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

in which was written: It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says [ergänzt: it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel, for which cause thou buildest the wall, and according to these words thou wilt become their king.

בָּ֗הּ (בָּ֗) Ba “in”בַּגּוֹיִ֤ם (בַּ) ba. “among the”

And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning thee at Jerusalem saying, There is a king in Judah! And now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

בִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֜ם (בִֽ) vi. “in”בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה (בִּֽ) bi. “[is] in”

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

בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (בְּ) be. “on”

And it came to pass that when all our enemies heard [ergänzt: of it], all the nations that were about us were afraid and were much cast down in their own eyes, and they perceived that this work was wrought by our God.

בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobijah, and those of Tobijah came to them.

בַּיָּמִ֣ים (בַּ) ba “in the”

For there were many in Judah sworn to him; for he was a son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

בִּֽיהוּדָ֗ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”

And I said to them that the gates of Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun was hot, and that they should shut the doors and bar them while they stood by; and that there should be appointed watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one over against his house.

בְּמִשְׁמָר֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “at”

Now the city was large and great; but the people in it were few, and no houses were built.

בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ (בְּ) be. “in”

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical register of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it:

בָּרִאשׁוֹנָ֔ה (בָּ) ba. “at the”בּֽוֹ׃ (בּֽ) b “in”

And the priests, and the Levites, and the doorkeepers, and the singers, and [ergänzt: some] of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in their cities,

בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

And he read in it before the open place that was before the water-gate from the morning until midday, in presence of the men and the women, and those that could understand. And the ears of all the people were [ergänzt: attentive] to the book of the law.

בוֹ֩ (ב) v “in”

And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God; and all the people answered, Amen, Amen! with lifting up of their hands; and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.

בְּמֹ֣עַל (בְּ) be. “in”

And they read in the law of God distinctly out of the book, and gave the sense, and caused [ergänzt: them] to understand the reading.

בַסֵּ֛פֶר (בַ) va. “in the”בְּתוֹרַ֥ת (בְּ) be. “in”בַּמִּקְרָֽא׃ (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

And all the people went their way, to eat and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing. For they had understood the words that were declared to them.

בַּדְּבָרִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

And on the second day were gathered together the chief fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to gain wisdom as to the words of the law.

וּבַיּ֣וֹם (בַ) vai. “on the”

And they found written in the law which Jehovah had commanded through Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month,

בַּתּוֹרָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”בַּסֻּכּ֛וֹת (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בֶּחָ֖ג (בֶּ) be. “at the”בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”