H9001–/וַ–v

And, behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said: 'Tidings for my lord the king; for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said unto the Cushite: 'Is it well with the young man Absalom?' And the Cushite answered: 'The enemies of my lord the king and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.'

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

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, thus he said: 'O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, 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 weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.'

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

And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard say that day: 'The king grieveth for his son.'

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

And the people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

וַיִּתְגַּנֵּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּזְעַ֥ק (וַ) va “and”

And Joab came into the house to the king, and said: 'Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concub

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

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak to the heart of thy servants; for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night; and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from

וְרָעָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying: 'Behold, the king doth sit 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 all 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 from Absalom.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent unto the king: 'Return thou, and all thy servants.'

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

So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.

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

And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, made haste 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 rushed into the Jordan before the king.

וְצָלְח֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the ferryboat passed to and fro to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he would go over the Jordan.

וְעָבְרָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said: 'Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'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 unto me? shall 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 unto Shimei: 'Thou shalt not die.' And the king swore unto him.

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

And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him: 'Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?'

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

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

וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (וַ) va “and”

And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

וַיְרַגֵּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

For all my father's house were deserving of death at the hand of my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet? or why should I cry any more unto the king?'

וַתָּ֙שֶׁת֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said unto him: 'Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say: Thou and Ziba divide the land.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”