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Please restore to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you exact 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 two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [ergänzt: that is], twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

But the former governors who were before me were chargeable to the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.

בְּלֶ֤חֶם (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there to the work.

בִּמְלֶ֜אכֶת (בִּ) bi “on”

Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I didn't demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to 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 [ergänzt: one of] 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 like 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 it, that you and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause you are building the wall: and you would be their king, according to these words.

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

You have also appointed prophets to preach of you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it 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 in the twenty-fifth [ergänzt: day] of [ergänzt: the month] Elul, in fifty-two days.

בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (בְּ) be. “on”

It happened, when all our enemies heard [ergänzt: of it], that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God.

בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בַּיָּמִ֣ים (בַּ) ba “in the”

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.

בִּֽיהוּדָ֗ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”

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.

בְּמִשְׁמָר֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “at”

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

בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ (בְּ) be. “in”

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:

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

So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, lived in their cities. When the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.

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

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

בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

He read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who 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 Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.

בְּמֹ֣עַל (בְּ) be. “in”

They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.

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

All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

בַּדְּבָרִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

On the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses] of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.

וּבַיּ֣וֹם (בַ) vai. “on the”

They found written in the law, how that Yahweh had commanded by 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”