H9002–/וְ–v

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

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

Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

וְ֠עַתָּה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.

וְהָרָ֔ע (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיהוָ֥ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

וּלְהַשְׂמִ֗יל (וּ) u. “and”וְה֗וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

וַאדֹנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

וְלֵ֛ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

וּפָנַ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וּפְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

וּכְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹם (וּ) u. “and”וְעַ֣ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

וּֽבְגַלְּחוֹ֮ (וּֽ) u. “and”

And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

וּבַ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמָ֣הּ (וּ) u. “and”

So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.

וּפְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

וְלוֹ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַצִּית֣וּהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

וְאֶשְׁלְחָה֩ (וְ) ve. “so”וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

וְסֻסִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (וַ) va. “and”

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

וּנְכֹחִ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”וְשֹׁמֵ֥עַ (וְ) ve. “and”

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

וְעָלַ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט (וּ) u. “and”

And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.

וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֛ם (וַ) va. “so”

And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֹלְכִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

וְהָעָ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וָרָ֖ב (וָ) va. “and”

And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

וְנִבְרָ֔חָה (וְ) ve. “so”

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”