H9002–/וְ–v

And ye have cried out in that day because of the king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah doth not answer you in that day.'

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there is a man of Benjamin, and his name `is' Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, mighty of valour,

וּ֠שְׁמוֹ (וּ֠) u. “and”

and he hath a son, and his name `is' Saul, a choice youth and goodly, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he -- from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people.

וְלוֹ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמ֤וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וָט֔וֹב (וָ) va. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”וָמַ֔עְלָה (וָ) va. “and”

And the asses of Kish, father of Saul, are lost, and Kish saith unto Saul his son, `Take, I pray thee, with thee, one of the young men, and rise, go, seek the asses.'

וְק֣וּם (וְ) ve. “and”

And he passeth over through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passeth over through the land of Shalisha, and they have not found; and they pass over through the land of Shaalim, and they are not; and he passeth over through the land of Benjamin, and they have not found.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וָאַ֔יִן (וָ) va. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

They have come in unto the land of Zuph, and Saul hath said to his young man who `is' with him, `Come, and we turn back, lest my father leave off from the asses, and hath been sorrowful for us.'

וְשָׁא֥וּל (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָשׁ֑וּבָה (וְ) ve. “so”

And he saith to him, `Lo, I pray thee, a man of God `is' in this city, and the man is honoured; all that he speaketh doth certainly come; now, we go there, it may be he doth declare to us our way on which we have gone.'

וְהָאִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul saith to his young man, `And lo, we go, and what do we bring in to the man? for the bread hath gone from our vessels, and a present there is not to bring in to the man of God -- what `is' with us?'

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”וּתְשׁוּרָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

Formerly in Israel, thus said the man in his going to seek God, `Come and we go unto the seer,' for the `prophet' of to-day is called formerly `the seer.'

וְנֵלְכָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”

They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, `Is the seer in this `place'?'

וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

At your going in to the city so ye do find him, before he doth go up in to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat till his coming, for he doth bless the sacrifice; afterwards they eat, who are called, and now, go up, for at this time ye find him.'

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And they go up in to the city; they are coming in to the midst of the city, and lo, Samuel is coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place;

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and Jehovah had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul, saying,

וַֽיהוָ֔ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

When Samuel hath seen Saul, then hath Jehovah answered him, `Lo, the man of whom I have spoken unto thee; this `one' doth restrain My people.'

וּשְׁמוּאֵ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”וַיהוָ֣ה (וַ) va. “and”

And Samuel answereth Saul and saith, `I `am' the seer; go up before me into the high place, and ye have eaten with me to-day, and I have sent thee away in the morning, and all that `is' in thy heart I declare to thee.

וְכֹ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”

As to the asses which are lost to thee this day three days, set not thy heart to them, for they have been found; and to whom `is' all the desire of Israel?' is it not to thee and to all thy father's house?'

וְלָאֲתֹנ֞וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְמִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְכֹ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

And Saul answereth and saith, `Am not I a Benjamite -- of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken unto me according to this word?'

וּמִשְׁפַּחְתִּי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלָ֙מָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel taketh Saul, and his young man, and bringeth them in to the chamber, and giveth to them a place at the head of those called; and they `are' about thirty men.

וְאֶֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֖מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

(and the cook lifteth up the leg, and that which `is' on it, and setteth before Saul), and he saith, `Lo, that which is left; set `it' before thee -- eat, for to this appointed season it is kept for thee, saying, The people I have called;' and Saul eateth with Samuel on that day.

וְהֶעָלֶ֜יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they rise early, and it cometh to pass, at the ascending of the dawn, that Samuel calleth unto Saul, on the roof, saying, `Rise, and I send thee away;' and Saul riseth, and they go out, both of them -- he and Samuel, without.

וַאֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑ךָּ (וַ) va. “so”וּשְׁמוּאֵ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

They are going down in the extremity of the city, and Samuel hath said unto Saul, `Say to the young man that he pass on before us (and he passeth on), and thou, stand at this time, and I cause thee to hear the word of God.'

וּשְׁמוּאֵ֞ל (וּ) u. “and”וְיַעֲבֹ֥ר (וְ) ve. “so”וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַשְׁמִיעֲךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “so”

And Samuel taketh the vial of the oil, and poureth on his head, and kisseth him, and saith, `Is it not because Jehovah hath appointed thee over His inheritance for leader?

וְאַתָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְזֶה (וְ) ve. “and”

In thy going to-day from me -- then thou hast found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said unto thee, The asses have been found which thou hast gone to seek; and lo, thy father hath left the matter of the asses, and hath sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son?

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

`And thou hast passed on thence, and beyond, and hast come in unto the oak of Tabor, and found thee there have three men going up unto God to Beth-El, one bearing three kids, and one bearing three cakes of bread, and one bearing a bottle of wine,

וָהָ֗לְאָה (וָ) va. “and”וְאֶחָד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶחָ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”

`Afterwards thou dost come unto the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines `is', and it cometh to pass, at thy coming in thither to the city, that thou hast met a band of prophets coming down from the high place, and before them psaltery, and tabret, and pipe, and harp, and they are prophesying;

וִיהִי֩ (וִ) vi. “and”וְלִפְנֵיהֶ֞ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְתֹף֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָלִ֣יל (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִנּ֔וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֖מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”