H9002–/וְ–v

I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel.

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.

וְיַגִּ֣ידוּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְיִמְצְא֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְבִנְךָ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.

וּמִ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

וּמָאתַ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

וְלַאֲבִיגַ֙יִל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them in the fields:

וְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּרְאִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְעַ֣ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Abigail quickly took two hundred cakes of bread and two skins full of wine and five sheep ready for cooking and five measures of dry grain and a hundred parcels of dry grapes and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them on asses.

וּשְׁנַ֣יִם (וּ) u. “and”וְחָמֵ֨שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמָאתַ֣יִם (וּ) u. “and”

And she said to her young men, Go on in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.

וּלְאִישָׁ֥הּ (וּ) u. “and”

Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.

וְהָיָ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֹרֶ֙דֶת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנָשָׁ֔יו (וַ) va. “and”

Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

וְדָוִ֣ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

May God's punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his people still living.

וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant.

וּֽתְדַבֶּר־ (וּֽ) u. “and”וּשְׁמַ֕ע (וּ) u. “and”

Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.

וּנְבָלָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וַֽאֲנִי֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nab

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֵֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family strong, because my lord is fighting in the Lord's war; and no evil will be seen in you all your days.

וְרָעָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And though a man has taken up arms against you, putting your life in danger, still the soul of my lord will be kept safe among the band of the living with the Lord your God; and the souls of those who are against you he will send violently away from him,

וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֨ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְמִכְשׁ֨וֹל (וּ) u. “and”וְלִשְׁפָּךְ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ (וּ) u. “and”

A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.

וּבָר֥וּךְ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְרוּכָ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וְהֹשֵׁ֥עַ (וְ) ve. “and”

For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

וְאוּלָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see, I have given ear to your voice, and taken your offering with respect.

וְלָ֣הּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֵ֤ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגָד֖וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”

And in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all these things, and all the heart went out of him, and he became like stone.

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”