H9001–/וַ–v

For this child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

therefore also I have granted him to Jehovah; as long as he liveth he is granted to Jehovah. And he worshipped Jehovah there.

וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in Jehovah; My horn is exalted in Jehovah; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in thy salvation.

וַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va. “and”

Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

וַיָּֽעַל׃ (וַ) va “and”

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.

וַיָּ֥שֶׁת (וַ) va “and”

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.

וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;

וּבָ֨א (וּ) u. “and”

and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

וְהִכָּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw.

וּבָ֣א׀ (וּ) u. “and”וְאָמַר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְאָמַ֥ר׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

וְהַעַלְתָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home.

וּבֵרַ֨ךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְאָמַר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָלְכ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.

וַתַּ֛הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֥לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּגְדַּ֛ל (וַ) va “and”

Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.

וְשָׁמַ֗ע (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because Jehovah was minded to slay them.

וּפִֽלְל֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Did I reveal myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt [supplied: in bondage] to Pharaoh's house?

וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up unto mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

וָֽאֶתְּנָה֙ (וָֽ) va. “and”

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in [supplied: my] habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

וַתְּכַבֵּ֤ד (וַ) va. “and”

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

וְגָֽדַעְתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou shalt behold the affliction of [supplied: my] habitation, in all the wealth which [supplied: God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

וְהִבַּטְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”וּבָנִ֤יתִי (וּ) u. “and”וְהִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see),

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”