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”

Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in the sky: Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth; He will give strength to his king, Exalt the horn of his anointed.

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

Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.

וְהַנַּ֗עַר (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh.

וּבְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “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”

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

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

If the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say, No, but you shall 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 Yahweh, 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”

Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yahweh give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh. They went to their own home.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.

וּשְׁתֵּ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who served 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 Yahweh, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh was minded to kill them.

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

The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, 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 to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

וּבָחֹ֣ר (וּ) u. “and”

Why kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in [supplied: my] habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?

וּבְמִנְחָתִ֔י (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now Yahweh says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who 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 your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

You shall see 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 your house forever.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.

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

וּבְנַפְשִׁ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

וְכִכַּר־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

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

It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),

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