H9001–/וַ–v

(For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards heaven,)

וַֽיִּתְּנֵהוּ֮ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְרַ֤ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂ (וַ) va “and”

And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor on the earth; who keepest covenant, and showest mercy to thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

וַיֹּאמַ֗ר (וַ) va “and”

Thou who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and hast spoken with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken to the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

וּפָנִ֜יתָ (וּ) u. “and”

Hearken therefore to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make towards this place: hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

וְשָׁ֨מַעְתָּ֜ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”וְסָלָֽחְתָּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

If a man shall sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath shall come before thy altar in this house;

וְנָֽשָׁא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָ֗א (וּ) u. “and”

Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁפַטְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if thy people Israel shall be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹד֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֧וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again to the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.

וְסָ֣לַחְתָּ֔ (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲשֵׁיבוֹתָם֙ (וַ) va. “and”

When the heaven is shut, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray towards this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

וְהִֽתְפַּלְל֞וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹד֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

וְסָ֨לַחְתָּ֜ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַתָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then whatever prayer, or whatever supplication shall be made by any man, or by all the people of Israel, when every one shall know his own calamity, and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

וּפָרַ֥שׂ (וּ) u. “and”

Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

וְסָ֣לַחְתָּ֔ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַתָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Moreover concerning the stranger, who is not of thy people Israel, but hath come from a distant country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy out-stretched arm; if they come and pray in this house;

וּבָ֣א׀ (וּ) u. “and”וּבָ֥אוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְהִֽתְפַּלְל֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as do thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray to thee towards this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

If they sin against thee, (for there is no man who sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives to a land far off or near;

וְאָנַפְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְתַתָּ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וְשָׁב֧וּם (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray to thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;

וְהֵשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֣בוּ׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray towards their land which thou gavest to their fathers, and towards the city which thou hast chosen, and towards the house which I have built for thy name:

וְשָׁ֣בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee.

וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְסָלַחְתָּ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

וַתֹּ֥אכַל (וַ) va. “and”

And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshiped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

וַיִּכְרְעוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽשְׁתַּֽחֲו֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

וַיִּזְבַּ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offerings, and the meat-offerings, and the fat.

וַיְקַדֵּ֣שׁ (וַ) va “and”