H9001–/וַ–v

And behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, Let my lord the king receive good tidings, for Jehovah has avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite said, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee for evil, be as that young man.

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

And the king was much moved, and went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said thus: O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died in thy stead, O Absalom, my son, my son!

וַיִּרְגַּ֣ז (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֛עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ (וַ) va “and”

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

וַיֻּגַּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

And the victory that day was [supplied: turned] into mourning for all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king is grieved for his son.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.

וַיִּתְגַּנֵּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”

And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!

וַיִּזְעַ֥ק (וַ) va “and”

And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast put to shame this day the faces of all thy servants who have this day saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives and the lives of thy concubines;

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

But now arise, go forth, and speak consolingly to thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night; and that would be worse to thee than all the evil that has befallen thee from thy youth until now.

וְרָעָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate. And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”

And all the people were at strife throughout the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land because of Absalom.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah as of one man; and they sent to the king, Return, thou and all thy servants.

וַיַּ֛ט (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the king returned and came as far as the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over the Jordan.

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

And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

וַיְמַהֵ֗ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙ (וַ) va “and”

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they forded the Jordan before the king.

וְצָלְח֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And a ferry boat passed to and fro to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was [supplied: just] crossing over the Jordan.

וְעָבְרָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Jehovah's anointed?

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

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries to me? Should there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king swore to him.

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

And as soon as Jerusalem came to meet the king, the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?

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

And he said, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said, I will saddle me the ass, and ride thereon, and go with the king; for thy servant is lame.

וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (וַ) va “and”

And he has slandered thy servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thy sight.

וַיְרַגֵּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; and thou didst set thy servant among them that eat at thine own table. What further right therefore have I? and for what should I cry any more to the king?

וַתָּ֙שֶׁת֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”