H9001–/וַ–v

And Jonathan giveth his weapons unto the youth whom he hath, and saith to him, `Go, carry into the city.'

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

The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the earth, and boweth himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep one with another, till David exerted himself;

וַיִּפֹּ֨ל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְּׁק֣וּ׀ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּבְכּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

and Jonathan saith to David, `Go in peace, in that we have sworn -- we two -- in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah is between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed -- unto the age;' and he riseth and goeth; and Jonathan hath gone in to the city.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, `Wherefore `art' thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?'

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחֱרַ֨ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David saith to Ahimelech the priest, `The king hath commanded me a matter, and he saith unto me, Let no man know anything of the matter about which I am sending thee, and which I have commanded thee; and the young men I have caused to know at such and such a place;

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

And the priest answereth David, and saith, `There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the youths have been kept only from women.'

וַיַּ֨עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David answereth the priest, and saith to him, `Surely, if women have been restrained from us as heretofore in my going out, then the vessels of the young men are holy, and it `is' a common way: and also, surely to-day it is sanctified in the vessel.'

וַיַּעַן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the priest giveth to him the holy thing, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which is turned aside from the presence of Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away.

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

And David saith to Ahimelech, `And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for neither my sword nor my vessels have I taken in my hand, for the matter of the king was urgent.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the priest saith, `The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the valley of Elah, lo, it is wrapt in a garment behind the ephod, if it thou dost take to thyself, take; for there is none other save it in this `place'.' And David saith, `There is none like it -- give it to me.'

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

And David riseth and fleeth on that day from the face of Saul, and cometh in unto Achish king of Gath;

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְרַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֕א (וַ) va “and”

and the servants of Achish say unto him, `Is not this David king of the land? is it not of this one they sing in dances, saying, `Saul smote among his thousands, and David among his myriads?'

וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (וַ) va “and”

And David layeth these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath,

וַיָּ֧שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרָ֣א (וַ) va “and”

and changeth his behaviour before their eyes, and feigneth himself mad in their hand, and scribbleth on the doors of the gate, and letteth down his spittle unto his beard.

וַיְשַׁנּ֤וֹ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְהֹלֵ֖ל (וַ) va “and”וַיְתָיו֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֥וֹרֶד (וַ) va “and”

And Achish saith unto his servants, `Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David goeth thence, and is escaped unto the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and all the house of his father, and go down unto him thither;

וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּרְד֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and gather themselves unto him do every man in distress, and every man who hath an exactor, and every man bitter in soul, and he is over them for head, and there are with him about four hundred men.

וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And David goeth thence to Mizpeh of Moab, and saith unto the king of Moab, `Let, I pray thee, my father and my mother go out with you, till that I know what God doth for me;'

וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”

and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress.

וַיַּנְחֵ֕ם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Gad the prophet saith unto David, `Thou dost not abide in a fortress, go, and thou hast entered for thee the land of Judah;' and David goeth and entereth the forest of Hareth.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וּבָֽאתָ־ (וּ) u. “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

And Saul heareth that David hath become known, and the men who `are' with him, and Saul is abiding in Gibeah, under the grove in Ramah, and his spear `is' in his hand, and all his servants standing by him.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”

And Saul saith to his servants who are standing by him, `Hear, I pray you, ye Benjamites; also to all of you doth the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards! all of you he doth appoint heads of thousands and heads of hundreds!

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And answer doth Doeg the Edomite, who is set over the servants of Saul, and saith, `I have seen the son of Jesse coming in to Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub,

וַיַּ֜עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

and he asketh for him at Jehovah, and provision hath given to him, and the sword of Goliath the Philistine hath given to him.

וַיִּשְׁאַל־ (וַ) va “and”

And the king sendeth to call Ahimelech son of Ahitub, the priest, and all the house of his father, the priests, who `are' in Nob, and they come all of them unto the king;

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”