H9001–/וַ–v

And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him, to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

וּמָצָ֣אתָ (וּ) u. “and”וַתָּ֙קֶם֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

וַתֵּ֛רֶא (וַ) va. “and”

And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

וַ֠תִּתֵּן (וַ֠) Va. “and”וַתַּֽעַשׂ־ (וַ) va. “and”

And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

וַיַּֽעַבְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spokest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

וַתִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va. “and”

And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst perform among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Moreover, thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

וַתִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va. “and”וַֽתַּחְלְקֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va. “and”וַיִּֽירְשׁ֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

וַתְּבִיאֵם֙ (וַ) va. “and”

So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתַּכְנַ֨ע (וַ) va. “and”וַֽתִּתְּנֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va. “and”

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards and olive-yards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּֽירְשׁ֡וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאכְל֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׂבְּעוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְעַדְּנ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Nevertheless, they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

וַיַּמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּמְרְד֜וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֤כוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to thee, thou hearedest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them deliverers, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

וַֽתִּתְּנֵם֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וַיָּצֵ֖רוּ (וַ) va “and”

But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned and cried to thee, thou hearedest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

וַתַּֽעַזְבֵ֞ם (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּרְדּ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְעָק֔וּךָ (וַ) va “and”

And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again to thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man doeth, he shall live in them:) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

וַתָּ֨עַד (וַ) va. “and”וְחָיָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Yet many years didst thou forbear over them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore thou gavest them into the hand of the people of the lands.

וַתִּמְשֹׁ֤ךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּ֨עַד (וַ) va. “and”וַֽתִּתְּנֵ֔ם (וַֽ) va. “and”

Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

וְהֶעֱמַ֤דְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.

וְהָיָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

וַֽיְבָרֲכ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and its fields, at Azekah, and in its villages. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba to the valley of Hinnom.

וַיַּחֲנ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the sons of the singers assembled, both out of the plain country around Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

וַיֵּאָ֣סְפ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

וַיִּֽטַּהֲר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְטַהֲרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”