H9001–/וַ–v

And Saul built an altar unto Jehovah: the same was the first altar that he built unto Jehovah.

וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל (וַ) va “and”

And Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye chiefs of the people; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.

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

Therefore Saul said unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, Show the right. And Jonathan and Saul were taken [supplied: by lot]; but the people escaped.

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

And Saul said, Cast [supplied: lots] between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

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

Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, lo, I must die.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֶּד־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Saul said, God do so and more also; for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

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

Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

וַיַּ֣עַל (וַ) va “and”

Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he put [supplied: them] to the worse.

וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם (וַ) va “and”

And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצֵּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”

Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the first-born Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

וַתְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”וְרָאָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּאַסְפֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said unto Saul, Jehovah sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of Jehovah.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

וְהִכִּֽיתָ֜ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵמַתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

וַיְשַׁמַּ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

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

And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

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

And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

וַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂ (וַ) va “and”

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

וַיַּחְמֹל֩ (וַ) va “and”

Then came the word of Jehovah unto Samuel, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto Jehovah all night.

וַיִּ֙חַר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְעַ֥ק (וַ) va “and”