H9001–/וַ–v

My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.

וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.

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

The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.

וַיָּֽעַל׃ (וַ) va “and”

Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.

וַיָּ֥שֶׁת (וַ) va “and”

Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.

וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant came while the flesh was being cooked, having in his hand a meat-hook with three teeth;

וּבָ֨א (וּ) u. “and”

This he put into the pot, and everything which came up on the hook the priest took for himself. This they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

וְהִכָּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And more than this, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was making the offering, Give me some of the flesh to be cooked for the priest; he has no taste for meat cooked in water, but would have you give it unc

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

And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force.

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

And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

And his mother made him a little robe and took it to him every year when she came with her husband for the year's offering.

וְהַעַלְתָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.

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

And the Lord had mercy on Hannah and she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young Samuel became older before the Lord.

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

Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.

וְשָׁמַ֗ע (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.

וּפִֽלְל֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And a man of God came to Eli and said to him, The Lord says, Did I let myself be seen by your father's people when they were in Egypt, servants in Pharaoh's house?

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

Did I take him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest and to go up to my altar to make the smoke of the offerings go up and to take up the ephod? Did I give to your father's family all the offerings made by fire by the children of Israel?

וָֽאֶתְּנָה֙ (וָֽ) va. “and”

Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?

וַתְּכַבֵּ֤ד (וַ) va. “and”

See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;

וְגָֽדַעְתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And never again will there be an old man in your family.

וְהִבַּטְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will make a true priest for myself, one who will do what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will make for him a family which will not come to an end; and his place will be before my holy one for ever.

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

Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.

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

And at that time, when Eli was resting in his place, (now his eyes were becoming clouded so that he was not able to see,)

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”