H9023–הוּ–hu

Then rose up the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.

רוּח֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Yahweh, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;

אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

Now these are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;

לְעִירֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Some of the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses], when they came to the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:

מְכוֹנֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “its”

Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

וְאֶחָ֣יו (ו) v “his”וְאֶחָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

They set the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the peoples of the countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

מְכ֣וֹנֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “its”

They kept the feast of tents, as it is written, and [ergänzt: offered] the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;

בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “its”

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites.

בָּנָ֣יו (ו) v “his”וְ֠אֶחָיו (ו) v “his”וּבָנָ֤יו (ו) v “his”

They sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, [ergänzt: saying], For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel. All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid.

חַסְדּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

מַלְכוּת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian [ergänzt: character], and set forth in the Syrian [ergänzt: language].

כְּנָוֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

Thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

עַבְדוֹהִי֩ (הִי֩) Hi “his”

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations of it be strongly laid; the height of it sixty cubits, and the breadth of it sixty cubits;

וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי (הִי) hi “its”

that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

וּבְנֽוֹהִי׃ (הִי) hi “his”

this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his God on him.

אֱלֹהָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”בַּקָּשָׁתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

For on the first [ergänzt: day] of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first [ergänzt: day] of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.

אֱלֹהָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

לְבָב֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel:

וְחֻקָּ֖יו (ו) v “his”

I make a decree, that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who are minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.

וְכָהֲנ֣וֹהִי (הִי) hi “its”

Because you are sent of the king and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,

יָעֲטֹ֙הִי֙ (הִי֙) hi “his”

and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

וְיָעֲט֗וֹהִי (הִי) hi “his”מִשְׁכְּנֵֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “his”

Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

וּבְנֽוֹהִי׃ (הִי) hi “his”

I sent them forth to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo, [ergänzt: and] his brothers the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.

אָחִ֤יו (ו) v “his”

According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;

וּבָנָ֥יו (ו) v “his”וְאֶחָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;

אֶחָ֥יו (ו) v “his”