H9001–/וַ–v

So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

וַיַּטּ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”

Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and I will come on him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people who are with him shall flee; and I will strike the king only;

וְהַֽחֲרַדְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָ֖ס (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

וַיִּישַׁ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we do [supplied: after] his saying? if not, speak up.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Hushai said moreover, You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [supplied: other] place: and it will happen, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁמַ֤ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”

So shall we come on him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not leave so much as one.

וּבָ֣אנוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְנַ֣חְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there not be one small stone found there.

וְהִשִּׂ֧יאוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְסָחַ֤בְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then said Hushai to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a maid-servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David: for they might not be seen to come into the city.

וְהָלְכָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִגִּ֣ידָה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִגִּ֖ידוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But a boy saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.

וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥רְדוּ (וַ) va “and”

The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.

וַתִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּפְרֹ֤שׂ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשְׁטַ֥ח (וַ) va. “and”

Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? The woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (וַ) va “and”

It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise you, and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got him home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

וַיַּחֲבֹ֣שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֜קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַ֥ו (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֕מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר (וַ) va “and”

Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

וַיִּ֤חַן (וַ) va “and”

It happened, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”

David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

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

But the people said, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but you are worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”