H9001–/וַ–v

For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath granted me my petition which I asked of Him;

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

therefore I also have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he is lent to the LORD.' And he worshipped the LORD there.

וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Hannah prayed, and said: my heart exulteth in the LORD, my horn is exalted in the LORD; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in Thy salvation.

וַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va. “and”

The LORD killeth, and maketh alive; He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

וַיָּֽעַל׃ (וַ) va “and”

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dung-hill, to make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory; for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and He hath set the world upon them.

וַיָּ֥שֶׁת (וַ) va “and”

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his band;

וּבָ֨א (וּ) u. “and”

and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did unto all the Israelites that came thither in Shiloh.

וְהִכָּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Yea, before the fat was made to smoke, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed: 'Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.'

וּבָ֣א׀ (וּ) u. “and”וְאָמַר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if the man said unto him: 'Let the fat be made to smoke first of all, and then take as much as thy soul desireth'; then he would say: 'Nay, but thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I will take it by force.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְאָמַ֥ר׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men dealt contemptuously with the offering of the LORD.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

וְהַעַלְתָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say: 'The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to the LORD.' And they would go unto their own home.

וּבֵרַ֨ךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְאָמַר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָלְכ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the LORD remembered Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

וַתַּ֛הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֥לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּגְדַּ֛ל (וַ) va “and”

Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.

וְשָׁמַ֗ע (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said unto them: 'Why do ye such things? for I hear evil reports concerning you from all this people.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him?' But they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.

וּפִֽלְל֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD: Did I reveal Myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh's house?

וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to go up unto Mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before Me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

וָֽאֶתְּנָה֙ (וָֽ) va. “and”

Wherefore kick ye at My sacrifice and at Mine offering, which I have commanded in My habitation; and honourest thy sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel My people?

וַתְּכַבֵּ֤ד (וַ) va. “and”

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

וְגָֽדַעְתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou shalt behold a rival in My habitation, in all the good which shall be done to Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

וְהִבַּטְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will raise Me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in My heart and in My mind; and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before Mine anointed for ever.

וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”וּבָנִ֤יתִי (וּ) u. “and”וְהִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say: Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.'

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place--now his eyes had begun to wax dim, that he could not see--

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”