H9001–/וַ–v

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed: and when you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them; and they will

וּפָגַעְתָּ֞ (וּ) u. “and”

And the spirit of the Lord will come on you with power, and you will be acting like a prophet with them, and will be changed into another man.

וְצָלְחָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִתְנַבִּ֖יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֶהְפַּכְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when these signs come to you, see that you take the chance which is offered you; for God is with you.

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then you are to go down before me to Gilgal, where I will come to you, for the offering of burned offerings and peace-offerings: go on waiting there for seven days till I come to you and make clear to you what you have to do.

וְיָרַדְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹדַעְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came about, that when he went away from Samuel, God gave him a changed heart: and all those signs took place that day.

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּהֲפָךְ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And when they came to Gibeah, a band of prophets came face to face with him; and the spirit of God came on him with power and he took his place among them as a prophet.

וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּצְלַ֤ח (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֖א (וַ) va “and”

Now when Saul's old friends saw him among the band of prophets, the people said to one another, What has come to Saul, the son of Kish? Is even Saul among the prophets?

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְא֕וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And one of the people of that place said in answer, And who is their father? So it became a common saying, Is even Saul among the prophets?

וַיַּ֨עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then going away from the prophets, he came to the house.

וַיְכַל֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

And Saul's father's brother said to him and his servant, Where have you been? And he said, Searching for the asses: and when we saw no sign of them, we came to Samuel.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַנִּרְאֶ֣ה (וַ) va. “and”וַנָּב֖וֹא (וַ) va. “and”

Then he said, And what did Samuel say to you?

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Saul, answering him, said, He gave us word that the asses had come back. But he said nothing to him of Samuel's words about the kingdom.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;

וַיַּצְעֵ֤ק (וַ) va “and”

And he said to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I took Israel out of Egypt, and made you free from the hands of the Egyptians and from all the kingdoms which kept you down:

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”וָאַצִּ֤יל (וָ) va. “and”

But today you are turned away from your God, who himself has been your saviour from all your troubles and sorrows; and you have said to him, Put a king over us. So now, take your places before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.

וַתֹּ֣אמְרוּ (וַ) va. “and”

So Samuel made all the tribes of Israel come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

וַיַּקְרֵ֣ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלָּכֵ֖ד (וַ) va “and”

Then he made the tribe of Benjamin come near by families, and the family of the Matrites was taken: and from them, Saul, the son of Kish, was taken: but when they went in search of him he was nowhere to be seen.

וַיַּקְרֵ֞ב (וַ) va “and”וַתִּלָּכֵ֖ד (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּלָּכֵד֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

So they put another question to the Lord, Is the man present here? And the answer of the Lord was, He is keeping himself from view among the goods.

וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people.

וַיָּרֻ֙צוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּחֻ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגְבַּהּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king!

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּרִ֧עוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Samuel gave the people the laws of the kingdom, writing them in a book which he put in a safe place before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנַּ֖ח (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלַּ֧ח (וַ) va “and”

And Saul went to Gibeah, to his house; and with him went the men of war whose hearts had been touched by God.

וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.

וַיִּבְזֻ֕הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”

Then about a month after this, Nahash the Ammonite came up and put his forces in position for attacking Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make an agreement with us and we will be your servants.

וַיַּ֗עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֖חַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, I will make an agreement with you on this condition, that all your right eyes are put out; so that I may make it a cause of shame to all Israel.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”