H9001–/וַ–v

And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.

וְקָ֙מָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the stronghold.

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבְצ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖רֶד (וַ) va “and”

And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע (וַ) va “and”

And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּבָאתֶ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁאֶלְתֶּם־ (וּ) u. “and”

and thus shall ye say to him that liveth [supplied: in prosperity], Peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֥ם (וַ) va. “and”

And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבְּר֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֽוּחוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.

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

Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?

וְלָקַחְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

וַיַּהַפְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֔אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ (וַ) va “and”

And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחְגְּרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּחְגֹּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ׀ (וַֽ) va “and”

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.

וַיָּ֥עַט (וַ) va “and”

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

וַתְּמַהֵ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקַּח֩ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּ֖שֶׂם (וַ) va. “and”

And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

וַתִּפְגֹּ֖שׁ (וַ) va. “and”

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.

וַיָּֽשֶׁב־ (וַ) va “and”

And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

וַתֵּ֤רֶא (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּמַהֵ֕ר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֖רֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּפֹּ֞ל (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (וַ) va. “and”

And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.

וַתִּפֹּל֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

וְנִתְּנָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.

וַיָּ֤קָם (וַ) va “and”וְֽהָיְתָה֩ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel,

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

that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.

וְהֵיטִ֤ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְזָכַרְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.

וַתָּבֹאת֙ (וַ) va. “and”