H9001–/וַ–v

And now I am certain that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be made strong under your authority.

וְקָ֙מָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David gave Saul his oath. And Saul went back to his house; but David and his men went up to their safe place.

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

And death came to Samuel; and all Israel came together, weeping for him, and put his body in its resting-place in his house at Ramah. Then David went down to the waste land of Maon.

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

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; he was a great man and had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats: and he was cutting the wool of his sheep in Carmel.

וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”

And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע (וַ) va “and”

And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name;

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

And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have.

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֥ם (וַ) va. “and”

And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more.

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

And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.

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

Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?

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

So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.

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

And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

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

But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

וַיָּ֥עַט (וַ) va “and”

Then Abigail quickly took two hundred cakes of bread and two skins full of wine and five sheep ready for cooking and five measures of dry grain and a hundred parcels of dry grapes and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them on asses.

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

And she said to her young men, Go on in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.

וַתִּפְגֹּ֖שׁ (וַ) va. “and”

Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

וַיָּֽשֶׁב־ (וַ) va “and”

And when Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her ass, falling down on her face before him.

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

And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant.

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

And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.

וְנִתְּנָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And though a man has taken up arms against you, putting your life in danger, still the soul of my lord will be kept safe among the band of the living with the Lord your God; and the souls of those who are against you he will send violently away from him,

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

And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;

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

Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.

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

And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

וַתָּבֹאת֙ (וַ) va. “and”