H9001–/וַ–v

And the king saith unto them, `That which is good in your eyes I do;' and the king standeth at the side of the gate, and all the people have gone out by hundreds and by thousands,

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

and the king chargeth Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, `Gently -- for me, for the youth, for Absalom;' and all the people heard in the king's charging all the heads concerning Absalom.

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”

And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;

וַיֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day -- twenty thousand;

וַיִּנָּ֤גְפוּ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִי־ (וַ) va. “and”

and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devour among the people more than those whom the sword hath devoured in that day.

וַתְּהִי־ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֶּ֤רֶב (וַ) va “and”

And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that `is' under him hath passed on.

וַיִּקָּרֵא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחֱזַ֧ק (וַ) va “and”וַיֻּתַּן֙ (וַ) va “and”

And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, `Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'

וַיַּרְא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Joab saith to the man who is declaring `it' to him, `And lo, thou hast seen -- and wherefore didst thou not smite him there to the earth -- and on me to give to thee ten silverlings and one girdle?'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the man saith unto Joab, `Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand silverlings, I do not put forth my hand unto the son of the king; for in our ears hath the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Observe ye who `is' against the youth -- against Absalom;

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Joab saith, `Not right -- I tarry before thee;' and he taketh three darts in his hand, and striketh them into the heart of Absalom, while he `is' alive, in the midst of the oak.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְקָעֵם֙ (וַ) va “and”

And they go round -- ten youths bearing weapons of Joab -- and smite Absalom, and put him to death.

וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמִיתֻֽהוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;

וַיִּתְקַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

and they take Absalom and cast him in the forest unto the great pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones, and all Israel have fled -- each to his tent.

וַיִּקְח֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֨יכוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Absalom hath taken, and setteth up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that `is' in the king's valley, for he said, `I have no son to cause my name to be remembered;' and he calleth the standing-pillar by his own name, and it is called `The monument of Absalom' unto this day.

וַיַּצֶּב־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּ֤רֵא (וַ) va “and”

and Joab saith to him, `Thou art not a man of tidings this day, but thou hast borne tidings on another day, and this day thou dost not bear tidings, because the king's son `is' dead.'

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּבִשַּׂרְתָּ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

And Joab saith to Cushi, `Go, declare to the king that which thou hast seen;' and Cushi boweth himself to Joab, and runneth.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּרֹֽץ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Ahimaaz son of Zadok addeth again, and saith unto Joab, `And whatever it be, let me run, I pray thee, I also, after the Cushite.' And Joab saith, `Why `is' this -- thou art running, my son, and for thee there are no tidings found?' --

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

`And, whatever it be, `said he,' let me run.' And he saith to him, `Run;' and Ahimaaz runneth the way of the circuit, and passeth by the Cushite.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֤רָץ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ר (וַֽ) va “and”

And David is sitting between the two gates, and the watchman goeth unto the roof of the gate, unto the wall, and lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a man running by himself.

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׂ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֔רְא (וַ) va “and”

And the watchman calleth, and declareth to the king, and the king saith, `If by himself, tidings `are' in his mouth;' and he cometh, coming on and drawing near.

וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֣ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And the watchman seeth another man running, and the watchman calleth unto the gatekeeper, and saith, `Lo, a man running by himself;' and the king saith, `Also this one is bearing tidings.'

וַיַּ֣רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the watchman saith, `I see the running of the first as the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.' And the king saith, `This `is' a good man, and with good tidings he cometh.'

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

And Ahimaaz calleth and saith unto the king, `Peace;' and he boweth himself to the king, on his face, to the earth, and saith, `Blessed `is' Jehovah thy God who hath shut up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.'

וַיִּקְרָ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king saith, `Peace to the youth -- to Absalom?' And Ahimaaz saith, `I saw the great multitude, at the sending away of the servant of the king, even thy servant `by' Joab, and I have not known what `it is'.'

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

And the king saith, `Turn round, station thyself here;' and he turneth round and standeth still.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסֹּ֖ב (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲמֹֽד׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”