H9038–הֶם–hem

Then said I to them, You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and the gates of it are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

אֲלֵהֶ֗ם (הֶ֗ם) Hem “them”

I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. They said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good [ergänzt: work].

לָהֶ֜ם (הֶ֜ם) Hem “them”

Then answered I them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

אוֹתָ֜ם (ם) m “them”לָהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”

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?

לָהֶ֤ם (הֶ֤ם) Hem “themselves”

Hear, our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;

וּתְנֵ֥ם (ם) m “them”

But it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [ergänzt: and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very angry;

לָהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”

But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם (הֶ֛ם) Hem “them”

Our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

וַהֲרַגְנ֑וּם (ם) m “them”

It happened that when the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, You must return to us.

אֶצְלָ֑ם (ם) m “them”

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.

לָהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “them”עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”

I said to them, We after our ability have redeemed our brothers the Jews, that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

לָהֶ֗ם (הֶ֗ם) Hem “them”

I likewise, my brothers and my servants, do lend them money and grain. Please let us leave off this usury.

בָּהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”

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.

לָהֶ֜ם (הֶ֜ם) Hem “them”בָּהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “them”

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as you say. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

וּמֵהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”וָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔ם (ם) m “them”

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.

מֵהֶ֜ם (הֶ֜ם) Hem “them”

I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?

עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם (הֶ֤ם) Hem “them”

They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

אוֹתָ֖ם (ם) m “them”

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.

לָהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”

Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart.

בוֹדָֽאם׃ (ם) m “them”

For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

לָהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”

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

אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “them”

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.

לָהֶ֗ם (הֶ֗ם) Hem “them”

The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

לָהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “them”

besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.

וְלָהֶ֗ם (הֶ֗ם) Hem “them”

Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord: neither be you grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.

לָהֶ֡ם (הֶ֡ם) Hem “them”