H9001–/וַ–v

And Saul said, Give ear now, O son of Ahitub. And answering he said, Here I am, my lord.

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

And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me a

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?

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

And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסֹּ֞ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְגַּע־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣מֶת׀ (וַ) va “and”

And Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, got away and went in flight after David;

וַיִּמָּלֵ֣ט (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְרַ֖ח (וַ) va “and”

And gave him the news of how Saul had put to death the Lord's priests.

וַיַּגֵּ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Abiathar, I was certain that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would take the news to Saul: I am responsible for the lives of all your father's family.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.

וַיַּגִּ֥דוּ (וַ) va “and”

So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

וַיִּשְׁאַ֨ל (וַ) va “and”וְהִכֵּ֔יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִכִּ֣יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹשַׁעְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hands.

וַיּ֨וֹסֶף (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּנְהַג֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣שַׁע (וַ) va “and”

Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.

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

And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.

וַיְשַׁמַּ֥ע (וַ) va “and”

And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.

וַיֵּ֣דַע (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (וַ) va “and”

And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.

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

Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they were able to go. And Saul, hearing that David had got away from Keilah, did not go there.

וַיָּקָם֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצְאוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְהַלְּכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחְדַּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.

וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיְבַקְשֵׁ֤הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.

וַיַּ֣רְא (וַ) va “and”

And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;

וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק (וַ) va “and”