H9001–/וַ–v

After him was Shammah, the son of Ela the Hararite. And the Philistines came together in Lehi, where there was a bit of land full of seed; and the people went in flight from the Philistines.

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

But he kept his place in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack and overcame the Philistines: and the Lord gave a great salvation.

וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצִּילֶ֔הָ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And three of the thirty went down at the start of the grain-cutting, and they came to David at the strong place of Adullam; and the band of Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

וַיֵּרְד֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town!

וַיִּתְאַוֶּ֥ה (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord.

וַיִּבְקְעוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Was he not the noblest of the thirty? so he was made their captain: but he was not equal to the first three.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a stick, and pulling the spear out of the hands of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear.

וַיֵּ֥רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגְזֹ֤ל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּהַרְגֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

He was honoured over the rest of the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three. And David put him over the fighting men who kept him safe.

וַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

Again the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and moving David against them, he said, Go, take the number of Israel and Judah.

וַיֹּ֙סֶף֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨סֶת (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְיָ֣דַעְתִּ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing?

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.

וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”

And they went over Jordan, and starting from Aroer, from the town which is in the middle of the valley, they went in the direction of the Gadites, and on to Jazer;

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

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of the Hittites under Hermon; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they came round to Zidon,

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And to the walled town of Tyre, and to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites: and they went out to the South of Judah at Beer-sheba.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽצְא֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

So after going through all the land in every direction, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

וַיָּשֻׁ֖טוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Joab gave the king the number of all the people: there were in Israel eight hundred thousand fighting men able to take up arms; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.

וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly

וַיַּ֤ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David got up in the morning; now the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”

Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, and I will do it to you.

וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of v

וַיָּבֹא־ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֶּד־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So David made selection of the disease; and the time was the days of the grain-cutting, when the disease came among the people, causing the death of seventy thousand men from Dan as far as Beer-sheba.

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”

And when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord wa

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּנָּ֤חֶם (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”