H9001–/וַ–v

and all the people say unto Samuel, `Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, and we do not die, for we have added to all our sins evil to ask for us a king.'

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel saith unto the people, `Fear not; ye have done all this evil; only, turn not aside from after Jehovah -- and ye have served Jehovah with all your heart,

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥ם (וַ) va. “and”

`I, also, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;

וְהוֹרֵיתִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;

וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥ם (וַ) va. “and”

and Saul chooseth for himself three thousand `men' out of Israel; and two thousand are with Saul in Michmash, and in the hill-country of Beth-El; and a thousand have been with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the remnant of the people he hath sent each to his tents.

וַיִּבְחַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jonathan smiteth the garrison of the Philistines which `is' in Geba, and the Philistines hear, and Saul hath blown with a trumpet through all the land, saying, `Let the Hebrews hear.'

וַיַּ֣ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And all Israel have heard, saying, `Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines,' and also, `Israel hath been abhorred by the Philistines;' and the people are called after Saul to Gilgal.

וַיִּצָּעֲק֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Philistines have been gathered to fight with Israel; thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a people as the sand which `is' on the sea-shore for multitude; and they come up and encamp in Michmash, east of Beth-Aven.

וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the men of Israel have seen that they are distressed, that the people hath been oppressed, and the people hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

וַיִּֽתְחַבְּא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he waiteth seven days, according to the appointment with Samuel, and Samuel hath not come to Gilgal, and the people are scattered from off him.

וַיּ֣וֹחֶל (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥פֶץ (וַ) va “and”

And Saul saith, `Bring nigh unto me the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings;' and he causeth the burnt-offering to ascend.

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

And it cometh to pass at his completing to cause the burnt-offering to ascend, that lo, Samuel hath come, and Saul goeth out to meet him, to bless him;

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

and Samuel saith, `What hast thou done?' And Saul saith, `Because I saw that the people were scattered from off me, and thou hadst not come at the appointment of the days, and the Philistines are gathered to Michmash,

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

and I say, Now do the Philistines come down unto me to Gilgal, and the face of Jehovah I have not appeased; and I force myself, and cause the burnt-offering to ascend.'

וָאֹמַ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֶתְאַפַּ֔ק (וָֽ) va. “and”וָאַעֲלֶ֖ה (וָ) va. “and”

And Samuel saith unto Saul, `Thou hast been foolish; thou hast not kept the command of Jehovah thy God, which He commanded thee, for now had Jehovah established thy kingdom over Israel unto the age;

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and, now, thy kingdom doth not stand, Jehovah hath sought for Himself a man according to His own heart, and Jehovah chargeth him for leader over His people, for thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee.'

וַיְצַוֵּ֨הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel riseth, and goeth up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin; and Saul inspecteth the people who are found with him, about six hundred men,

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֛עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹאוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

And the destroyer goeth out from the camp of the Philistines -- three detachments; the one detachment turneth unto the way of Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;

וַיֵּצֵ֧א (וַ) va “and”

and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

וַיֵּרְד֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up the goads.

וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה (וְֽ) ve. “and”

And it hath been, in the day of battle, that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who `are' with Saul and with Jonathan -- and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son.

וְהָיָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַתִּמָּצֵ֣א (וַ) va. “and”

And the station of the Philistines goeth out unto the passage of Michmash.

וַיֵּצֵא֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the day cometh that Jonathan son of Saul saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of the Philistines, which `is' on the other side of this;' and to his father he hath not declared `it'.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jonathan saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of these uncircumcised; it may be Jehovah doth work for us, for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the bearer of his weapons saith to him, `Do all that `is' in thy heart; turn for thee; lo, I `am' with thee, as thine own heart.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”