H9002–/וְ–v

He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.

וּרְשָׁעִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed.

וְיִתֶּן־ (וְ) ve. “so”וְיָרֵ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.

וְהַנַּ֗עַר (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.

וּבְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;

וּמִשְׁפַּ֥ט (וּ) u. “and”וְהַמַּזְלֵ֛ג (וְ) ve. “and”

Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

וְקַ֨ח־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל (וּ) u. “and”

Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

וּמְעִ֤יל (וּ) u. “and”

And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.

וּשְׁתֵּ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.

וְעֵלִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”

If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because Jehovah was minded to slay them.

וְאִ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men.

וְהַנַּ֣עַר (וְ) ve. “and”וְגָדֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וָט֑וֹב (וָ) va. “and”וְגַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “<and>”

and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up unto mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

וּבָחֹ֣ר (וּ) u. “and”

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in [supplied: my] habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

וּבְמִנְחָתִ֔י (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”וְעַתָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֹזַ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou shalt behold the affliction of [supplied: my] habitation, in all the wealth which [supplied: God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the man of thine, [supplied: whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [supplied: shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.

וְאִ֗ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַאֲדִ֣יב (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.

וְזֶה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפִֽינְחָ֑ס (וּ) u. “and”

And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

וּבְנַפְשִׁ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

וְכִכַּר־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

וְהַנַּ֧עַר (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְבַר־ (וּ) u. “and”

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see),

וְעֵלִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֵינָיו֙ (וְ) ve. “and”