H9001–/וַ–v

And when David saw the angel who was causing the destruction of the people, he said to the Lord, Truly, the sin is mine; I have done wrong: but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand be against me and against my family.

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

And that day Gad came to David and said to him, Go up, and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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

So David went up, as Gad had said and as the Lord had given orders.

וַיַּ֤עַל (וַ) va “and”

And Araunah, looking out, saw the king and his servants coming to him: and Araunah went out, and went down on his face to the earth before the king.

וַיַּשְׁקֵ֣ף (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To give you a price for your grain-floor, so that I may put up an altar to the Lord, and the disease may be stopped among the people.

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

And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take whatever seems right to him, and make an offering of it: see, here are the oxen for the burned offering, and the grain-cleaning instruments and the ox-yokes for wood:

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

All this does the servant of my lord the king give to the king. And Araunah said, May the Lord your God be pleased with your offering!

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to Araunah, No, but I will give you a price for it; I will not give to the Lord my God burned offerings for which I have given nothing. So David got the grain-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

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

And there David put up an altar to the Lord, making burned offerings and peace-offerings. So the Lord gave ear to his prayer for the land, and the disease came to an end in Israel.

וַיִּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּעָתֵ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּעָצַ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

Now King David was old and far on in years; and though they put covers over him, his body was cold.

וַיְכַסֻּ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

So his servants said to him, Let search be made for a young virgin for my lord the king, to take care of him and be waiting on him; and you may take her in your arms, and so my lord the king will be warm.

וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”וְעָֽמְדָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁכְבָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְחַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.

וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”

Now she was very beautiful; and she took care of the king, waiting on him at all times; but the king had no connection with her.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּשָׁ֣רְתֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va. “and”

Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.

וַיִּהְי֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעְזְר֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then Adonijah put to death sheep and oxen and fat beasts by the stone of Zoheleth, by En-rogel; and he sent for all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants, to come to him:

וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֗א (וַ) va “and”

Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?

וְאָמַ֤רְתְּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And while you are still talking there with the king, see, I will come in after you and say that your story is true.

וּמִלֵּאתִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

Then Bath-sheba went into the king's room; now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was waiting on him.

וַתָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va. “and”

And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?

וַתִּקֹּ֣ד (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And she said to him, My lord, you took an oath by the Lord your God and gave your word to your servant, saying, Truly, Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the captain of the army; but he has not sent for Solomon your servant.

וַ֠יִּזְבַּח (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיִּקְרָא֙ (וַ) va “and”

For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.

וְהָיָ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיִ֗יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”

And they said to the king, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he went down on his face on the earth.

וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ (וַ) va “and”