H9002–/וְ–v

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers; thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

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

Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee; wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come on a good day; give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.'

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

And Nabal answered David's servants, and said: 'Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master;

וּמִ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?'

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

And David said unto his men: 'Gird ye on every man his sword.' And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword; and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.

וּמָאתַ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying: 'Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he flew upon them.

וְלַאֲבִיגַ֙יִל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields;

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

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a base fellow, that one cannot speak to him.'

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

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid 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 unto her young men: 'Go on before me; behold, I come after you.' But she told not her husband Nabal.

וּלְאִישָׁ֥הּ (וּ) u. “and”

And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down towards her; and she met them.--

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

Now David had said: 'Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath returned me evil for good.

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

God do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light so much as one male.'--

וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And she fell at his feet, and said: 'Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.

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

Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this base fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and churlishness is with him; but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

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

Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from finding redress for thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord,

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

And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid; for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD; and evil is not found in thee all thy days.

וְרָעָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And though man be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.

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

that this shall be no stumbling-block unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath found redress for himself. And when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy ha

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

and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from finding redress for myself with mine own hand.

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

For in very deed, as the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst made haste and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one male.'

וְאוּלָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

So David received of her hand that which she had brought him; and he said unto her: 'Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.'

וְלָ֣הּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken; wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

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

And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”