H9001–/וַ–v

that Jehovah called Samuel; and he said, Here am I.

וַיִּקְרָ֧א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

וַיָּ֣רָץ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

וַיֹּ֣סֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֤קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah had called the child.

וַיֹּ֨סֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣בֶן (וַ) va “and”

Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Jehovah; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָיָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְיַצַּ֔ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.

וְהִגַּ֣דְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח (וַ) va “and”

Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.

וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said, What is the thing that [ergänzt: Jehovah] hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that he spake unto thee.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what seemeth him good.

וַיַּגֶּד־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Jehovah.

וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah appeared again in Shiloh; for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Jehovah.

וַיֹּ֥סֶף (וַ) va “and”

And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines; and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

וַיַּעַרְכ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּטֹּשׁ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh unto us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of hosts, who sitteth [ergänzt: above] the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּרִ֥עוּ (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּהֹ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Jehovah was come into the camp.

וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

וַיִּֽרְאוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם (וִ) vi “and”וְנִלְחַמְתֶּֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּנָּ֤גֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּפֹּל֙ (וַ) va “and”

And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

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