H9001–/וַ–v

And David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the new moon, and I will not be seated with the king at his table: but let me go to a safe place in the country till the evening.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְשִׁלַּחְתַּ֙נִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִסְתַּרְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And if your father takes note of the fact that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make their offering year by year.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ (וְ) ve. “and”

So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jonathan said to David, Come, let us go out into the country. And the two of them went out together into the open country.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצְא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jonathan said to David, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good, will I not send and give you the news?

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְגָלִ֖יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”

May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.

וְגָלִ֙יתִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֖יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָלַכְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if it comes about that the name of Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David responsible.

וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת (וַ) va “and”וּבִקֵּ֣שׁ (וּ) u. “and”

And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.

וַיּ֤וֹסֶף (וַ) va “and”

Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat.

וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ (וַ) va “and”וְנִפְקַ֕דְתָּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there.

וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָאתָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְיָ֣שַׁבְתָּ֔ (וְ) ve. “and”

So David went to a secret place in the country: and when the new moon came, the king took his place at the feast.

וַיִּסָּתֵ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the king took his seat, as at other times, by the wall: and Jonathan was in front, and Abner was seated by Saul's side, but there was no one in David's seat.

וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפָּקֵ֖ד (וַ) va “and”

And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפָּקֵ֖ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And answering Saul, Jonathan said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem,

וַיַּ֥עַן (וַ) va “and”

Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?

וַיִּֽחַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?

וַיַּ֙עַן֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.

וַיָּ֨טֶל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ (וַ) va “and”

So Jonathan got up from the table, burning with wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him.

וַיָּ֧קָם (וַ) va “and”

Now in the morning, Jonathan went out into the fields at the time he had said to David, and he had a little boy with him.

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

And he said to the boy, Go and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running, he sent an arrow past him.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you?

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.

וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיְלַקֵּ֞ט (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”