H9001–/וַ–v

And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying: 'Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he is setting him up a monument, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.'

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֧ם (וַ) va “and”וַיֻּגַּ֨ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסֹּב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖רֶד (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said unto him: 'Blessed be thou of the LORD; I have performed the commandment of the LORD.'

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

And Samuel said: 'What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Saul said: 'They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Samuel said unto Saul: 'Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night.' And he said unto him: 'Say on.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said: 'Though thou be little in thine own sight, art thou not head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed thee king over Israel;

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

and the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said: Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָ֥ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

Wherefore then didst thou not hearken to the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst that which was evil in the sight of the LORD?'

וַתַּ֙עַט֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va. “and”

And Saul said unto Samuel: 'Yea, I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ (וָ) va. “and”וָאָבִ֗יא (וָ) va. “and”

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.'

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said: 'Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearkening to the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, He hath also rejected thee from being king.'

וַיִּמְאָסְךָ֖ (וַ) va “and”

And Saul said unto Samuel: 'I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words; because I feared the people, and hearkened to their voice.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֶשְׁמַ֖ע (וָ) va. “and”

And Samuel said unto Saul: 'I will not return with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְאָסְךָ֣ (וַ) va “and”

And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it rent.

וַיִּסֹּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲזֵ֥ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּרַֽע׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said unto him: 'The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּנְתָנָ֕הּ (וּ) u. “and”

Then he said: 'I have sinned; yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.'

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

So Samuel returned after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

וַיָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then said Samuel: 'Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.' And Agag came unto him in chains. And Agag said: 'Surely the bitterness of death is at hand.'

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

And Samuel said: As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

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

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeath-shaul.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD said unto Samuel: 'How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided Me a king among his sons.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said: 'How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me.' And the LORD said: 'Take a heifer with thee, and say: I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְשָׁמַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲרָגָ֑נִי (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ (וְ) ve. “and”

And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will tell thee what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint unto Me him whom I name unto thee.'

וְקָרָ֥אתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֣ (וּ) u. “and”

And Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said: 'Comest thou peaceably?'

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחֶרְד֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”