H9001–/וַ–v

And Saul built an altar to Jehovah: this was the first altar he built to Jehovah.

וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and plunder them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever is good in thy sight. Then said the priest, Let us come near hither to God.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Saul inquired of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou give them into the hand of Israel? But he did not answer him that day.

וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל (וַ) va “and”

And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the heads of the people; and know and see wherein this sin has been this day.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then said he to all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do what is good in thy sight.

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

And Saul said to Jehovah the God of Israel, Give a perfect [ergänzt: testimony]! And Jonathan and Saul were taken, and the people escaped.

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

And Saul said, Cast [ergänzt: lots] between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

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

And Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him and said, With the end of the staff which is in my hand I tasted a little honey, [ergänzt: and] behold, I must die!

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֶּד־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Saul said, God do so [ergänzt: to me] and more also; thou shalt certainly die, Jonathan.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far be it! [ergänzt: as] Jehovah liveth, there shall not a hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has wrought with God this day. So the people delivered Jonathan, that he died not.

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

And Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

וַיַּ֣עַל (וַ) va “and”

And Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies round about, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines; and whithersoever he turned himself, he discomfited [ergänzt: them].

וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם (וַ) va “and”

And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of their spoilers.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצֵּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”

And the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Jishvi, and Malchi-shua. And the names of his two daughters: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal.

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him to himself.

וַתְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”וְרָאָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּאַסְפֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said to Saul, Jehovah sent *me* to anoint thee king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken to the voice of the words of Jehovah.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now go and smite Amalek, and destroy utterly all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

וְהִכִּֽיתָ֜ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵמַתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

וַיְשַׁמַּ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Saul came to the city of the Amalekites, and set an ambush in the valley.

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

And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, and go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. And the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

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

And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt.

וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

וַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂ (וַ) va “and”

And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and oxen, and beasts of the second bearing, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction; but everything that was mean and weak, that they destroyed utterly.

וַיַּחְמֹל֩ (וַ) va “and”

And the word of Jehovah came to Samuel, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned away from following me, and hath not fulfilled my words. And Samuel was much grieved; and he cried to Jehovah all night.

וַיִּ֙חַר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְעַ֥ק (וַ) va “and”