H9001–/וַ–v

and Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house resteth, that I may lean upon them.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Samson called unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and leaned upon them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.

וַיִּלְפֹּ֨ת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסָּמֵ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣ט (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֤ל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

וַיֵּרְד֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ׀ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred [ergänzt: pieces] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And he restored the eleven hundred [ergänzt: pieces] of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

וַיָּ֛שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred [ergänzt: pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.

וַיָּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַתִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”

And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמַלֵּ֗א (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”

And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”

And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find [ergänzt: a place], and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֧א (וַ) va “and”

And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [ergänzt: a place].

וַיֹּאמֶר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [ergänzt: pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

וַיּ֥וֹאֶל (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

וַיְמַלֵּ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”

Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there.

וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ (וַ) va “and”

When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

וַיָּס֣וּרוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִי (וַ) va “and”וָאֱהִי־ (וָ) va. “and”

And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way wherein ye go.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put [ergänzt: them] to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.

וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What [ergänzt: say] ye?

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”