H9002–/וְ–v

And Ben-Hadad sendeth unto him, and saith, `Thus do the gods to me, and thus do they add, if the dust of Samaria suffice for handfuls for all the people who `are' at my feet.'

וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And it cometh to pass at the hearing of this word -- and he is drinking, he and the kings, in the booths -- that he saith unto his servants, `Set yourselves;' and they set themselves against the city.

וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמְּלָכִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And lo, a certain prophet hath come nigh unto Ahab king of Israel, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, `Hast thou seen all this great multitude? lo, I am giving it into thy hand to-day, and thou hast known that I `am' Jehovah.'

וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he inspecteth the young men of the heads of the provinces, and they are two hundred, two and thirty, and after them he hath inspecteth the whole of the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand,

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

and they go out at noon, and Ben-Hadad is drinking -- drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings, helping him.

וּבֶן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַמְּלָכִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנַ֥יִם (וּ) u. “and”

And he saith, `If for peace they have come out -- catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out -- alive catch them.'

וְאִ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And these have gone out of the city -- the young men of the heads of the provinces -- and the force that `is' after them,

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַחַ֖יִל (וְ) ve. “and”

and smite each his man, and Aram fleeth, and Israel pursueth them, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram escapeth on a horse, and the horsemen;

וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

and the king of Israel goeth out, and smiteth the horses, and the charioteers, and hath smitten among the Aramaeans a great smiting.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the prophet cometh nigh unto the king of Israel, and saith to him, `Go, strengthen thyself, and know and see that which thou dost, for at the turn of the year the king of Aram is coming up against thee.'

וְדַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”וּרְאֵ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And the servants of the king of Aram said unto him, `Gods of hills `are' their gods, therefore they were stronger than we; and yet, we fight with them in the plain -- are we not stronger than they?

וְעַבְדֵ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאוּלָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

`And this thing do thou: turn aside the kings each out of his place, and set captains in their stead;

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

and thou, number to thee a force as the force that is fallen from thee, and horse for horse, and chariot for chariot, and we fight with them in the plain; are we not stronger than they?' and he hearkeneth to their voice, and doth so.

וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְס֣וּס (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֶ֣כֶב (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and the sons of Israel have been inspected, and supported, and go to meet them, and the sons of Israel encamp before them, like two flocks of goats, and the Aramaeans have filled the land.

וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְכָלְכְּל֔וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲרָ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

And there cometh nigh a man of God, and speaketh unto the king of Israel, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that the Aramaeans have said, God of hills `is' Jehovah, and He `is' not God of valleys -- I have given the whole of this great multitude into thy hand, and ye have known that I `am' Jehovah.'

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And those left flee to Aphek, unto the city, and the wall falleth on twenty and seven chief men who are left, and Ben-Hadad hath fled, and cometh in unto the city, into the innermost part.

וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֶן־ (וּ) u. “and”

And his servants say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel -- that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.'

וַחֲבָלִ֣ים (וַ) va. “and”וְנֵצֵא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they gird sackcloth on their loins, and ropes `are' on their heads, and they come in unto the king of Israel, and say, `Thy servant Ben-Hadad hath said, Let me live, I pray thee;' and he saith, `Is he yet alive? he `is' my brother.'

וַחֲבָלִ֣ים (וַ) va. “and”

And the men observe diligently, and hasten, and catch it from him, and say, `Thy brother Ben-Hadad;' and he saith, `Go ye in, bring him;' and Ben-Hadad cometh out unto him, and he causeth him to come up on the chariot.

וְהָאֲנָשִׁים֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he saith unto him, `The cities that my father took from thy father, I give back, and streets thou dost make for thee in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria;' -- `and I, with a covenant, send thee away;' and he maketh with him a covenant, and sendeth him away.

וְ֠חוּצוֹת (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour by the word of Jehovah, `Smite me, I pray thee;' and the man refuseth to smite him,

וְאִ֨ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he findeth another man, and saith, `Smite me, I pray thee;' and the man smiteth him, smiting and wounding,

וּפָצֹֽעַ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And it cometh to pass -- the king is passing by -- that he hath cried unto the king, and saith, `Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle, and lo, a man hath turned aside and bringeth in unto me a man, and saith, Keep this man; if he be at all missing, then hath thy life been for his life, or a talent of silver thou dost weigh out;

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּֽה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and it cometh to pass, thy servant is working hither and thither, and he is not!' and the king of Israel saith unto him, Right `is' thy judgment; thou hast determined `it'.'

וָהֵ֖נָּה (וָ) va. “and”וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

and he saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, Because thou hast sent away the man I devoted, out of `thy' hand, even thy life hath been for his life, and thy people for his people;'

וְעַמְּךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”