H9001–/וַ–v

He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

וַיָּ֥קֶם (וַ) va “and”

Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֨וֹסֶף (וַ) va “and”

Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

Get you hence, and turn you eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

וּפָנִ֥יתָ (וּ) u. “and”וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

וְהָיָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֖עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”

It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

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

The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.

וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

וַיָּ֣קָם׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va “and”

As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.

וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va “and”

She said, As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וּבָ֙אתִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲשִׂיתִ֙יהוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַאֲכַלְנֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וָמָֽתְנוּ׃ (וָ) va. “and”

Elijah said to her, Don't be afraid; go and do as you have said; but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it forth to me, and afterward make for you and for your son.

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

She went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, ate [supplied: many] days.

וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֧אכַל (וַ) va. “and”

It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

She said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

He said to her, Give me your son. He took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him on his own bed.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

He cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?

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

He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, please let this child's soul come into him again.

וַיִּתְמֹדֵ֤ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע (וַ) va “and”וַתָּ֧שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”וַיֶּֽחִי׃ (וַ) va “and”

Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, Behold, your son lives.

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

The woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

It happened after many days, that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was sore in Samaria.

וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”