H9001–/וַ–v

Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.

וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖דְנָה (וַֽ) va. “and”

And the first woman said, Ah, my lord! I and this woman abode in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

וַתֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וָאֵלֵ֥ד (וָ) va. “and”

And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; no stranger was with us in the house, only we two were in the house.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּ֖לֶד (וַ) va. “and”

And this woman's child died in the night; because she had lain upon it.

וַיָּ֛מָת (וַ) va “and”

And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.

וַתָּקָם֩ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקַּ֧ח (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va. “and”

And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; and I considered it in the morning, and behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.

וָאָקֻ֥ם (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶתְבּוֹנֵ֤ן (וָ) va. “and”

And the other woman said, No, for the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this one said, No, but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.

וַתֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּדַבֵּ֖רְנָה (וַ) va. “and”

Then said the king, The one says, This that is living is my son, and thy son is the dead; and the other says, No, for thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then spoke the woman whose was the living child to the king, for her bowels yearned over her son, and she said, Ah, my lord! give her the living child, and in no wise put it to death. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine; divide it.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king answered and said, Give this one the living child, and in no wise put it to death: she is its mother.

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

And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽרְא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And king Solomon was king over all Israel.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.

וְכִלְכְּל֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

And those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they let nothing be wanting.

וְכִלְכְּלוּ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

וַיִּתֵּן֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

וַתֵּ֙רֶב֙ (וַ) va. “and”

For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.

וַיֶּחְכַּם֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִֽי־ (וַ) va “and”

And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

וַיְדַבֵּ֕ר (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

וַיְדַבֵּר֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”