H9001–/וַ–v

And the elders of Jabesh say to him, `Let us alone seven days, and we send messengers into all the border of Israel: and if there is none saving us -- then we have come out unto thee.'

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וְיָצָ֥אנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the messengers come to Gibeah of Saul, and speak the words in the ears of the people, and all the people lift up their voice and weep;

וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

and lo, Saul hath come after the herd out of the field, and Saul saith, `What -- to the people, that they weep?' and they recount to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

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

And the Spirit of God doth prosper over Saul, in his hearing these words, and his anger burneth greatly,

וַתִּצְלַ֤ח (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּ֥חַר (וַ) va “and”

and he taketh a couple of oxen, and cutteth them in pieces, and sendeth through all the border of Israel, by the hand of the messengers, saying, `He who is not coming out after Saul and after Samuel -- thus it is done to his oxen;' and the fear of Jehovah falleth on the people, and they come out as one man.

וַיִּקַּח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְנַתְּחֵ֗הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלַּ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֤ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצְא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he inspecteth them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel are three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they say to the messengers who are coming, `Thus do ye say to the men of Jabesh-Gilead: To-morrow ye have safety -- by the heat of the sun;' and the messengers come and declare to the men of Jabesh, and they rejoice;

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֛ידוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂמָֽחוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

and the men of Jabesh say `to the Ammonites', `To-morrow we come out unto you, and ye have done to us according to all that `is' good in your eyes.'

וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם (וַ) va. “and”

And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Saul putteth the people in three detachments, and they come into the midst of the camp in the morning-watch, and smite Ammon till the heat of the day; and it cometh to pass that those left are scattered, and there have not been left of them two together.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּפֻ֔צוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the people say unto Samuel, `Who is he that saith, Saul doth reign over us! give ye up the men, and we put them to death.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Saul saith, `There is no man put to death on this day, for to-day hath Jehovah wrought salvation in Israel.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel saith unto the people, `Come and we go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there;'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and all the people go to Gilgal, and cause Saul to reign there before Jehovah in Gilgal, and sacrifice there sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah, and there Saul rejoiceth -- and all the men of Israel -- very greatly.

וַיֵּלְכ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלִכוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂמַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel saith unto all Israel, `Lo, I have hearkened to your voice, to all that ye said to me, and I cause to reign over you a king,

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאַמְלִ֥יךְ (וָ) va. “and”

And they say, `Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.'

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he saith unto them, `A witness `is' Jehovah against you: and a witness `is' His anointed this day, that ye have not found anything in my hand;' and they say, `A witness.'

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

And Samuel saith unto the people, `Jehovah -- He who made Moses and Aaron, and who brought up your fathers out of the land of Egypt!

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

`When Jacob hath come in to Egypt, and your fathers cry unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sendeth Moses and Aaron, and they bring out your fathers from Egypt, and cause them to dwell in this place,

וַיִּזְעֲק֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיּוֹצִ֤יאוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּשִׁב֖וּם (וַ) va “and”

and they forget Jehovah their God, and He selleth them into the hand of Sisera, head of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fight against them,

וַֽיִּשְׁכְּח֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּמְכֹּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

and they cry unto Jehovah, and say, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and now, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we serve Thee.

וַיִּזְעֲק֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַנַּעֲבֹ֥ד (וַ) va. “and”

`And Jehovah sendeth Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivereth you out of the hand of your enemies round about, and ye dwell confidently.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצֵּ֨ל (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va. “and”

`And ye see that Nahash king of the Bene-Ammon hath come against you, and ye say to me, Nay, but a king doth reign over us; and Jehovah your God `is' your king!

וַתִּרְא֗וּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֣אמְרוּ (וַ) va. “and”

`If ye fear Jehovah, and have served Him, and hearkened to His voice, then ye do not provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and ye have been -- both ye and the king who hath reigned over you -- after Jehovah your God.

וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֤ם (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׁמַעְתֶּ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וִהְיִתֶ֣ם (וִ) vi “and”

`And if ye do not hearken to the voice of Jehovah -- then ye have provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and the hand of Jehovah hath been against you, and against your fathers.

וּמְרִיתֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וְהָיְתָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel calleth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth voices and rain, on that day, and all the people greatly fear Jehovah and Samuel;

וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֧ן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּירָ֨א (וַ) va “and”