H9001–/וַ–v

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

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh; as long as he lives he is granted to Yahweh. He worshiped Yahweh there.

וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va “and”

Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exults in Yahweh; My horn is exalted in Yahweh; My mouth is enlarged over my enemies; Because I rejoice in your salvation.

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

Yahweh kills, and makes alive: He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.

וַיָּֽעַל׃ (וַ) va “and”

He raises up the poor out of the dust, He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, Inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's, He has set the world on them.

וַיָּ֥שֶׁת (וַ) va “and”

Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.

וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ (וַ) va “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 to all the Israelites who came there.

וְהִכָּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

If the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say, No, but you shall give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

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

The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.

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”

Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yahweh give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh. They went to their own home.

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

Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.

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 to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who served at the door of the tent of meeting.

וְשָׁמַ֗ע (וְ) ve. “and”

He said to them, Why do you 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 Yahweh, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh was minded to kill them.

וּפִֽלְל֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

There came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the house of your 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 to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

וָֽאֶתְּנָה֙ (וָֽ) va. “and”

Why kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in [supplied: my] habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?

וַתְּכַבֵּ֤ד (וַ) va. “and”

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

וְגָֽדַעְתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

You shall see 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 your house forever.

וְהִבַּטְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “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 my anointed forever.

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

It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

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

It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”