H9001–/וַ–v

And Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars upon which the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And 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 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 stood, and on which it was supported, of the one with his right hand, and of 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 in it. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which 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 mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst curse, and speak of also in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.

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

And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated 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 thee.

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

Yet he restored the money to his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it a graven image and a molten image: and they were 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 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 from Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

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

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

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

And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels 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 to 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 I know that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for my priest.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their borders, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to explore the land, and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they 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 in thither, and said to him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

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

And he said to them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

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

And they said to 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 to them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way in which ye go.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were in it, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.

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

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

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

And they said, Arise, that we may 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 to possess the land.

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”