H9023–הוּ–hu

After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another portion. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.

נִשְׁכָּתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? 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 rubbish, seeing they are burned?

אֶחָ֗יו (ו) v “his”

And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

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

יָדוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

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

חַרְבּ֛וֹ (וֹ) o “his”מָתְנָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another:

מֵאָחִֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

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 labor in the day.

וְנַעֲר֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one [ergänzt: went with] his weapon [ergänzt: to] the water.

שִׁלְח֥וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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

בְּאָחִ֖יו (ו) v “his”

Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

מִבֵּיתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”וּמִ֣יגִיע֔וֹ (וֹ) O “his”

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

נַעֲר֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

כְּמַעֲשָׂ֣יו (ו) v “his”

For there were many in Judah sworn unto 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 to wife.

בְּנ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Also they spake of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. [ergänzt: And] Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

טוֹבֹתָ֗יו (ו) v “his”

And I said unto them, Let not 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 ye them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one [ergänzt: to be] over against his house.

בְּמִשְׁמָר֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and that returned unto Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

לְעִירֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, [ergänzt: and] Meshullam.

יְמִינ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”וּמִשְּׂמֹאל֗וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

גַּגּוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

Thou art Jehovah the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham,

שְּׁמ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

לְבָבוֹ֮ (וֹ֮) o “his”לְזַרְע֑וֹ (וֹ) O “his”

and showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and didst get thee a name, as it is this day.

עֲבָדָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”אַרְצ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו (ו) v “his”וְחֻקָּֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, [ergänzt: to wit], Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.

בַּאֲחֻזָּתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

and his brethren, chiefs of fathers' [ergänzt: houses], two hundred forty and two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

וְאֶחָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”

and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

מֵאֶחָ֑יו (ו) v “his”