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”

He spoke before his brothers 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”

It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work.

מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon;

יָדוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

and the builders, everyone had his sword girded by his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.

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

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

מֵאָחִֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let everyone 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 brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, everyone [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 to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. 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 doesn't perform this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. All the assembly said, Amen, and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.

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

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

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

Remember, 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 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.

בְּנ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

טוֹבֹתָ֗יו (ו) v “his”

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 (וֹ) o “his”בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

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, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city;

לְעִירֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Ezra the scribe stood on 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, everyone on 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”

You are Yahweh the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,

שְּׁמ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

and found his heart faithful before you, and made 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 to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

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

and shown signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and did get you a name, as it is this day.

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

They joined with their brothers, 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 Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

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

Now these are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah lived everyone 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 brothers, chiefs of fathers' [ergänzt: houses], two hundred forty-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 brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

מֵאֶחָ֑יו (ו) v “his”