H9001–/וַ–v

and Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them."

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Samson called to the LORD and said, "O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be avenged upon the Philistines for one of my two eyes."

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

And Samson grasped the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and he leaned his weight upon them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other.

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

And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." Then he bowed with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people that were in it. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain during his life.

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

Then his brothers and all his family came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Esh'ta-ol in the tomb of Mano'ah his father. He had judged Israel twenty years.

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

There was a man of the hill country of E'phraim, whose name was Micah.

וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he said to his mother, "The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the LORD."

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

And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, "I consecrate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it to you."

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

So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into 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 shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.

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

Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”

And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah, to live where he could find a place; and as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of E'phraim to the house of Micah.

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

And Micah said to him, "From where do you come?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place."

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

And Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, and a suit of apparel, and your living."

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

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

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

And Micah installed 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 Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest."

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So the Danites sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Esh'ta-ol, to spy out the land and to explore it; and they said to them, "Go and explore the land." And they came to the hill country of E'phraim, to 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 recognized the voice of the young Levite; and they turned aside and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?"

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

And he said to them, "Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me: he has hired me, and I have become his priest."

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

And they said to him, "Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed."

וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the priest said to them, "Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD."

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the five men departed, and came to La'ish, and saw the people who were there, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sido'nians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth, and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sido'nians and had no dealings with any one.

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

And when they came to their brethren at Zorah and Esh'ta-ol, their brethren said to them, "What do you report?"

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

They said, "Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very fertile. And will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go, and enter in and possess the land.

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”