Revised Version 1895

Nehemiah 3:2-19

2Andnextוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921unto him builded themenH376ofJerichoיְרֵח֑וֹ סye.re.ChoH3405. Andnextוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921to them buildedZaccurזַכּ֖וּרza.KurH2139thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofImriאִמְרִֽי׃ ס'im.RiH566.

3And thefishהַדָּגִ֔יםha.da.GimH1709gateשַׁ֣עַרSha.'arH8179did thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofHassenaahהַסְּנָאָ֑הha.se.na.'AhH5570buildבָּנ֖וּba.NuH1129; they laid the beams thereof, andsetוַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙vai.ya.'a.Mi.duH5975upH5975thedoorsדַּלְתֹתָ֔יוdal.to.TavH1817thereof, theboltsמַנְעוּלָ֖יוman.'u.LavH4514thereof, and thebarsוּבְרִיחָֽיו׃ סu.ve.ri.ChavH1280thereof.

4Andnextוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921unto themrepairedהֶחֱזִ֗יקhe.che.ZikH2388Meremothמְרֵמ֤וֹתme.re.MotH4822thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofUriahאוּרִיָּה֙'u.ri.YahH223, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHakkozהַקּ֔וֹץ סha.KotzH6976. Andnextוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921unto themrepairedהֶחֱזִ֔יקhe.che.ZikH2388Meshullamמְשֻׁלָּ֥םme.shu.LamH4918thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofBerechiahבֶּרֶכְיָ֖הbe.rekh.YahH1296, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofMeshezabelמְשֵׁיזַבְאֵ֑ל סme.shei.zav.'ElH4898. Andnextוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921unto themrepairedהֶֽחֱזִ֔יקhe.che.ZikH2388Zadokצָד֖וֹקtza.DokH6659thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121ofBaanaבַּעֲנָֽא׃ סba.'a.Na'H1195.

5Andnextוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921unto them theTekoitesהַתְּקוֹעִ֑יםha.te.ko.'ImH8621repairedהֶחֱזִ֣יקוּhe.che.Zi.kuH2388; but theirnoblesוְאַדִּֽירֵיהֶם֙ve.'a.di.rei.HemH117putהֵבִ֣יאוּhe.Vi.'uH935notלֹא־lo'-H3808theirnecksצַוָּרָ֔םtza.va.RamH6677to theworkבַּעֲבֹדַ֖תba.'a.vo.DatH5656of theirlordאֲדֹנֵיהֶֽם׃ ס'a.do.nei.HemH113.

6And theoldH1121gateשַׁ֨עַרSha.'arH8179repairedהֶחֱזִ֗יקוּhe.che.Zi.kuH2388Joiadaיֽוֹיָדָע֙yo.ya.Da'H3111thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofPaseahפָּסֵ֔חַpa.Se.achH6454andMeshullamוּמְשֻׁלָּ֖םu.me.shu.LamH4918thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofBesodeiahבְּסֽוֹדְיָ֑הbe.sod.YahH1152; theylaidH2388the beams thereof, andsetוַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙vai.ya.'a.Mi.duH5975upH5975thedoorsדַּלְתֹתָ֔יוdal.to.TavH1817thereof, and theboltsוּמַנְעֻלָ֖יוu.man.'u.LavH4514thereof, and thebarsוּבְרִיחָֽיו׃ סu.ve.ri.ChavH1280thereof.

7Andnextוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921unto themrepairedהֶחֱזִ֜יקhe.che.ZikH2388Melatiahמְלַטְיָ֣הme.lat.YahH4424theGibeoniteהַגִּבְעֹנִ֗יha.giv.'o.NiH1393, andJadonוְיָדוֹן֙ve.ya.dOnH3036theMeronothiteהַמֵּרֹ֣נֹתִ֔יha.me.Ro.no.TiH4824, themenH376ofGibeonגִבְע֖וֹןgiv.'onH1391, and ofMizpahוְהַמִּצְפָּ֑הve.ha.mitz.PahH4709, which appertained to thethroneלְכִסֵּ֕אle.khi.Se'H3678of thegovernorפַּחַ֖תpa.ChatH6346beyondעֵ֥בֶר'E.verH5676theriverהַנָּהָֽר׃ סha.na.HarH5104.

8Nextעַל־'al-H5921unto himrepairedהֶחֱזִ֗יקhe.che.ZikH2388Uzzielעֻזִּיאֵ֤ל'u.zi.'ElH5816thesonH1121of Harhaiah,goldsmithsצֽוֹרְפִ֔ים סtzor.FimH6884. Andnextוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921unto himrepairedהֶחֱזִ֔יקhe.che.ZikH2388Hananiahחֲנַנְיָ֖הcha.nan.YahH2608one of the apothecaries, and theyfortifiedH2388Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389evenעַ֖ד'adH5704unto thebroadהָרְחָבָֽה׃ סha.re.cha.VahH7342wallהַחוֹמָ֥הha.cho.MahH2346.

9Andnextוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921unto themrepairedהֶחֱזִיק֙he.che.ZikH2388Rephaiahרְפָיָ֣הre.fa.YahH7509thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofHurח֔וּרChurH2354, therulerשַׂ֕רsarH8269ofhalfחֲצִ֖יcha.TziH2677thedistrictפֶּ֥לֶךְPe.lekhH6418ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

10AndnextH5921unto themrepairedהֶחֱזִ֛יקhe.che.ZikH2388Jedaiahיְדָיָ֥הye.da.YahH3042thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofHarumaphחֲרוּמַ֖ףcha.ru.MafH2739,evenH5921overagainstH5921hishouseבֵּית֑וֹ סbei.ToH1004. AndnextH5921unto himrepairedהֶחֱזִ֔יקhe.che.ZikH2388Hattushחַטּ֖וּשׁcha.TushH2407thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHashabneiahחֲשַׁבְנְיָֽה׃cha.shav.ne.YahH2813.

11Malchijahמַלְכִּיָּ֣הmal.ki.YahH4441thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofHarimחָרִ֔םcha.RimH2766, andHasshubוְחַשּׁ֖וּבve.cha.ShuvH2815thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofPahath-moabH6355,repairedהֶחֱזִיק֙he.che.ZikH2388anotherשֵׁנִ֗יתshe.NitH8145portion, and thetowerמִגְדַּ֥לmig.DalH4026of thefurnacesהַתַּנּוּרִֽים׃ סha.ta.nu.RimH8574.

12Andnextוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921unto himrepairedהֶחֱזִ֗יקhe.che.ZikH2388Shallumשַׁלּוּם֙sha.LumH7967thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHalloheshהַלּוֹחֵ֔שׁha.lo.CheshH3873, therulerשַׂ֕רsarH8269ofhalfחֲצִ֖יcha.TziH2677thedistrictפֶּ֣לֶךְPe.lekhH6418ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389, he and hisdaughtersוּבְנוֹתָֽיו׃ סu.ve.no.TavH1323.

13Thevalleyהַגַּ֜יְאha.Gay'H1516gateשַׁ֨עַרSha.'arH8179repairedהֶחֱזִ֣יקhe.che.ZikH2388Hanunחָנוּן֮cha.NunH2586, and theinhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֵ֣יve.yo.she.VeiH3427ofZanoahזָנוֹחַ֒za.no.aChH2182; theybuiltבָנ֔וּהוּva.Nu.huH1129it, andsetוַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙vai.ya.'a.Mi.duH5975upH5975thedoorsדַּלְתֹתָ֔יוdal.to.TavH1817thereof, theboltsמַנְעֻלָ֖יוman.'u.LavH4514thereof, and thebarsוּבְרִיחָ֑יוu.ve.ri.ChavH1280thereof, and athousandוְאֶ֤לֶףve.'E.lefH505cubitsאַמָּה֙'a.MahH520of thewallבַּחוֹמָ֔הba.cho.MahH2346unto the dunggateשַׁ֥עַרSha.'arH8179.

14And the dunggateשַׁ֣עַרSha.'arH8179repairedהֶחֱזִיק֙he.che.ZikH2388Malchijahמַלְכִּיָּ֣הmal.ki.YahH4441thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofRechabרֵכָ֔בre.KhavH7394, therulerשַׂ֖רsarH8269of thedistrictפֶּ֣לֶךְPe.lekhH6418ofBeth-haccheremH1021; hebuiltיִבְנֶ֔נּוּyiv.Ne.nuH1129it, andsetוְיַעֲמִיד֙ve.ya.'a.MidH5975upH5975thedoorsדַּלְתֹתָ֔יוdal.to.TavH1817thereof, theboltsמַנְעֻלָ֖יוman.'u.LavH4514thereof, and thebarsוּבְרִיחָֽיו׃ סu.ve.ri.ChavH1280thereof.

15And the fountaingateשַׁ֨עַרSha.'arH8179repairedהֶ֠חֱזִיקHe.che.zikH2388Shallumשַׁלּ֣וּןsha.LunH7968thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofCol-hozehH3626, therulerשַׂ֣רsarH8269of thedistrictפֶּ֣לֶךְPe.lekhH6418ofMizpahהַמִּצְפָּה֒ha.mitz.PahH4709; hebuiltיִבְנֶ֙נּוּ֙yiv.Ne.nuH1129it, andcoveredוִיטַֽלְלֶ֔נּוּvi.tal.Le.nuH2926it, andsetוְיַעֲמִיד֙ve.ya.'a.mi.duH5975upH5975thedoorsדַּלְתֹתָ֔יוdal.to.TavH1817thereof, theboltsמַנְעֻלָ֖יוman.'u.LavH4514thereof, and thebarsוּבְרִיחָ֑יוu.ve.ri.ChavH1280thereof, and thewallחוֹמַ֞תcho.MatH2346of thepoolבְּרֵכַ֤תbe.re.KhatH1295of Shelah by theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gardenלְגַן־le.gan-H1588,evenוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704unto the stairs thatgoהַיּוֹרְד֖וֹתhai.yor.DotH3381downH3381from thecityמֵעִ֥ירme.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִֽיד׃ סda.VidH1732.

16Afterאַחֲרָ֤יו'a.cha.RavH310himrepairedהֶחֱזִיק֙he.che.ZikH2388Nehemiahנְחֶמְיָ֣הne.chem.YahH5166thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAzbukעַזְבּ֔וּק'az.BukH5802, therulerשַׂ֕רsarH8269ofhalfחֲצִ֖יcha.TziH2677thedistrictפֶּ֣לֶךְPe.lekhH6418ofBeth-zurH1049, unto theplaceH1004overagainstנֶ֙גֶד֙ne.gedH5048the sepulchres ofDavidדָוִ֔ידda.VidH1732, and unto thepoolהַבְּרֵכָה֙ha.be.re.KhahH1295that wasmadeהָעֲשׂוּיָ֔הha.'a.su.YahH6213, and unto thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of themightyהַגִּבֹּרִֽים׃ סha.gi.bo.RimH1368menH1368.

17Afterאַחֲרָ֛יו'a.cha.RavH310himrepairedהֶחֱזִ֥יקוּhe.che.Zi.kuH2388theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֖םhal.vi.YimH3881,Rehumרְח֣וּםre.ChumH7348thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofBaniבָּנִ֑יba.NiH1137.Nextעַל־'al-H5921unto himrepairedהֶחֱזִ֗יקhe.che.ZikH2388Hashabiahחֲשַׁבְיָ֛הcha.shav.YahH2811, therulerשַׂר־sar-H8269ofhalfחֲצִי־cha.tzi-H2677thedistrictפֶ֥לֶךְFe.lekhH6418ofKeilahקְעִילָ֖הke.'i.LahH7084, for hisdistrictלְפִלְכּֽוֹ׃ סle.fil.KoH6418.

18Afterאַחֲרָיו֙'a.cha.RavH310himrepairedהֶחֱזִ֣יקוּhe.che.Zi.kuH2388theirbrethrenאֲחֵיהֶ֔ם'a.chei.HemH251,Bavvaiבַּוַּ֖יba.VaiH942thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHenadadחֵנָדָ֑דche.na.DadH2582, therulerשַׂ֕רsarH8269ofhalfחֲצִ֖יcha.TziH2677thedistrictפֶּ֥לֶךְPe.lekhH6418ofKeilahקְעִילָֽה׃ סke.'i.LahH7084.

19AndnextH5921to himrepairedוַיְחַזֵּ֨קvay.cha.ZekH2388Ezerעֵ֧זֶר'E.zerH5829thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJeshuaיֵשׁ֛וּעַye.Shu.a'H3442, therulerשַׂ֥רsarH8269ofMizpahהַמִּצְפָּ֖הha.mitz.PahH4709,anotherשֵׁנִ֑יתshe.NitH8145portion, overagainstH5921thegoingH5927upH5927to the armoury at the turning of the wall.

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