H9001–/וַ–v

After him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. The Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.

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

But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh worked a great victory.

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

Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

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

David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

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

The three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.

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

He said, Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this: [supplied: shall I drink] the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Wasn't he most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [supplied: first] three.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

He killed an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.

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

He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't attain to the [supplied: first] three. David set him over his guard.

וַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

Again the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

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

The king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people, that I may know the sum of the people.

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

Joab said to the king, Now Yahweh your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

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

They passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer:

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

then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and round about to Sidon,

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

and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.

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

So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

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

Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

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

David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to Yahweh, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.

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

When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”

Go and speak to David, Thus says Yahweh, I offer you three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it to you.

וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? now advise you, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.

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

David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.

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

When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh repented him of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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