H9001–/וַ–v

And Samson saith unto the young man who is keeping hold on his hand, `Let me alone, and let me feel the pillars on which the house is established, and I lean upon them.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Samson calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this time, O God; and I am avenged -- vengeance at once -- because of my two eyes, on the Philistines.'

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

And Samson turneth aside `to' the two middle pillars, on which the house is established, and on which it is supported, `to' the one with his right hand, and one with his left;

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

and Samson saith, `Let me die with the Philistines,' and he inclineth himself powerfully, and the house falleth on the princes, and on all the people who `are' in it, and the dead whom he hath put to death in his death are more than those whom he put to death in his life.

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

And his brethren come down, and all the house of his father, and lift him up, and bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of Manoah his father; and he hath judged Israel twenty years.

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

And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name `is' Micah,

וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”

and he saith to his mother, `The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and `of which' thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver `is' with me, I have taken it;' and his mother saith, `Blessed `is' my son of Jehovah.'

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

And he giveth back the eleven hundred silverlings to his mother, and his mother saith, `I had certainly sanctified the silver to Jehovah, from my hand, for my son, to make a graven image, and a molten image; and now, I give it back to thee.'

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

And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is 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”

As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;

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

And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he `is' a Levite, and he `is' a sojourner there.

וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”

And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way.

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

And Micah saith to him, `Whence comest thou?' and he saith unto him, `A Levite `am' I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.'

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

And Micah saith to him, `Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I give to thee ten silverlings for the days, and a suit of garments, and thy sustenance;' and the Levite goeth `in'.

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

And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.

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

And Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah,

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

and Micah saith, `Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, `Go, search the land;' and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge there.

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

They `are' with the household of Micah, and they have discerned the voice of the young man, the Levite, and turn aside there, and say to him, `Who hath brought thee hither? and what art thou doing in this `place?' and what to thee here?'

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

And he saith unto them, `Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a priest.'

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

And they say to him, `Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.'

וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the priest saith to them, `Go in peace; over-against Jehovah `is' your way in which ye go.'

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the five men go, and come in to Laish, and see the people which `is' in its midst, dwelling confidently, according to the custom of Zidonians, quiet and confident; and there is none putting to shame in the land in `any' thing, possessing restraint, and they `are' far off from the Zidonians, and have no word with `any' man.

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

And they come in unto their brethren, at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren say to them, `What -- ye?'

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

And they say, `Rise, and we go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo, very good; and ye are keeping silent! be not slothful to go -- to enter to possess the land.

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”