H9001–/וַ–v

And now, behold, I know well that thou wilt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in thy hand.

וְקָ֙מָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men repaired to the hold.

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites assembled, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבְצ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖רֶד (וַ) va “and”

And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע (וַ) va “and”

And David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּבָאתֶ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁאֶלְתֶּם־ (וּ) u. “and”

And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be to all that thou hast.

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֥ם (וַ) va. “and”

And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal in the name of David, according to all these words, and ceased.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבְּר֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֽוּחוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants in these days that break away every man from his master.

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

Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men, whom I know not whence they are?

וְלָקַחְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all these sayings.

וַיַּהַפְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֔אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ (וַ) va “and”

And David said to his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the goods.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחְגְּרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּחְגֹּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ׀ (וַֽ) va “and”

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.

וַיָּ֥עַט (וַ) va “and”

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

וַתְּמַהֵ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקַּח֩ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּ֖שֶׂם (וַ) va. “and”

And she said to her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and behold, David and his men came down over against her; and she met them.

וַתִּפְגֹּ֖שׁ (וַ) va. “and”

(Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this man hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

וַיָּֽשֶׁב־ (וַ) va “and”

And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

וַתֵּ֤רֶא (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּמַהֵ֕ר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֖רֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּפֹּ֞ל (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (וַ) va. “and”

And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thy audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid.

וַתִּפֹּל֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And now this blessing which thy handmaid hath brought to my lord, let it even be given to the young men that follow my lord.

וְנִתְּנָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet a man hath risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thy enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the middle of a sling.

וַיָּ֤קָם (וַ) va “and”וְֽהָיְתָה֩ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

And it will come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְצִוְּךָ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”

That this will be no grief to thee, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.

וְהֵיטִ֤ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְזָכַרְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, who hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any male person.

וַתָּבֹאת֙ (וַ) va. “and”