H9001–/וַ–v

So David received of her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וָאֶשָּׂ֖א (וָ) va. “and”

And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

וַתָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va. “and”

And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became [ergänzt: as] a stone.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַתַּגֶּד־ (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּ֤מָת (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass in about ten days that Jehovah smote Nabal, and he died.

וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגֹּ֧ף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (וַ) va “and”

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; but Jehovah has returned Nabal's evil upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her as his wife.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

And the servants of David came to Abigail to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee as his wife.

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבְּר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And she arose and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thy handmaid be a bondwoman to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

וַתָּ֕קָם (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

וַתְּמַהֵ֞ר (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּ֣קָם (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּרְכַּב֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֗לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּהִי־ (וַ) va. “and”

David had also taken Ahinoam of Jizreel; and they became, even both of them, his wives.

וַתִּהְיֶ֛יןָ (וַ) va. “and”

And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, facing the waste?

וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which faces the waste, by the way side. And David abode in the wilderness; and when he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,

וַיִּ֨חַן (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֕רְא (וַ) va “and”

David sent out spies, and learned that Saul was certainly come.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֕דַע (וַ) va “and”

And David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host; and Saul lay within the wagon-defence, and the people were encamped round about him.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹא֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣רְא (וַ) va “and”

And David spake and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

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

And David and Abishai came to the people by night, and behold, Saul lay sleeping within the wagon-defence, and his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

וַיָּבֹא֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Abishai said to David, God has delivered thine enemy into thy hand this day; and now let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear, even to the ground once, and I will not do it the second time.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can stretch forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed, and be guiltless?

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנִקָּֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David said, [ergänzt: As] Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will surely smite him; either his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and perish.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָמֵ֔ת (וָ) va. “and”וְנִסְפָּֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head; and they went away, and no man saw [ergänzt: it], and none knew [ergänzt: it], and none awaked, for they were all asleep; for a deep sleep from Jehovah had fallen upon them.

וַיִּקַּח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off; a great space [ergänzt: being] between them.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?

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

And David said to Abner, Art not thou a man? and who is like to thee in Israel? and why hast thou not guarded thy lord the king? for one of the people came in to destroy the king thy lord.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

וַיַּכֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”