H9002–/וְ–v

And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among hi

וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”וְלֵ֤ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.

וְאָֽנֹכִ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיהוָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְקָחֶ֔נּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.

וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְט֣וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.

וָמָ֑עְלָה (וָ) va. “and”

Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.

וְר֧וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get

וְט֥וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.

וְגִבּ֨וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֧ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְב֥וֹן (וּ) u. “and”וְאִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיהוָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.

וְנֹ֣אד (וְ) ve. “and”וּגְדִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.

וְט֣וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together at Socoh in the land of Judah, and took up their position between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

וּבֵין־ (וּ) u. “and”

And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order against the Philistines.

וְשָׁא֤וּל (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִֽישׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים (וּ) u. “and”וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגַּ֖יְא (וְ) ve. “and”

And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.

וָזָֽרֶת׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And he had a head-dress of brass on his head, and he was dressed in a coat of metal, the weight of which was five thousand shekels of brass.

וְכ֤וֹבַע (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁקַל֙ (וּ) u. “and”

His legs were covered with plates of brass and hanging on his back was a javelin of brass.

וּמִצְחַ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”וְכִיד֥וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels' weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.

וְעֵ֣ץ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַהֶ֣בֶת (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֹשֵׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

וְאַתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֵרֵ֥ד (וְ) ve. “so”

If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am able to overcome him, then you will be our servants and do work for us.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.

וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”

And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.

וְדָוִד֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְל֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאִישׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the three oldest sons of Jesse had gone with Saul to the fight: the names of the three who went to the fight were Eliab, the oldest, and Abinadab the second, and Shammah the third.

וְשֵׁ֣ם׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁנֵ֙הוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”