H9001–/וַ–v

Now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.

וְקָ֙מָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

David swore to Saul. Saul went home; but David and his men got them up to the stronghold.

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

Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. 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”

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”

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

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע (וַ) va “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 you tell him who lives [ergänzt: in prosperity], Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֥ם (וַ) va. “and”

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

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

Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days who 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 meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come from?

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

So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

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

David said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword. 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 baggage.

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 out of the wilderness to Greet 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 grain, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.

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

She said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she didn't tell her husband, Nabal.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

וַתִּפְגֹּ֖שׁ (וַ) va. “and”

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

וַיָּֽשֶׁב־ (וַ) va “and”

When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, 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”

She fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.

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

Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

וְנִתְּנָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Though men be risen up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God; and the souls of your enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.

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

It shall come to pass, when Yahweh shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince over Israel,

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

that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.

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

David said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For in very deed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, except you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.

וַתָּבֹאת֙ (וַ) va. “and”