H9001–/וַ–v

And Saul said, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have acted foolishly, and have erred exceedingly.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וָאֶשְׁגֶּ֖ה (וָ) va. “and”

And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear, and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.

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

And Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt certainly do [ergänzt: great things], and shalt certainly prevail. And David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

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

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנוֹאַ֨שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִמְלַטְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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

And David abode with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household; David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ (וַ) va “and”

And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; and he sought no more for him.

וַיֻּגַּ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide in the royal city with thee?

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.

וַיַּ֤עַל (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

וְהִכָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָקַח֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”

So Achish said, Have ye not made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

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

And Achish trusted David, saying, He has made himself utterly odious among his people Israel; and he shall be my servant for ever.

וַיַּאֲמֵ֥ן (וַ) va “and”וְהָ֥יָה (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered together their armies for warfare to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Know thou assuredly that thou shalt go out with me to the camp, thou and thy men.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּצ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Achish, Thereby thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my person for ever.

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

(Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and they had buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away the necromancers and the soothsayers out of the land.)

וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And when Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

וַיַּ֥רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרָ֕א (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And Saul inquired of Jehovah; but Jehovah did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.

וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל (וַ) va “and”

Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman that has a spirit of Python, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a spirit of Python at En-dor.

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

And Saul disguised himself, and put on other garments, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, I pray thee, divine to me by the spirit of Python, and bring me [ergänzt: him] up whom I shall name to thee.

וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְבַּשׁ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the woman said to him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul has done, how he has cut off the necromancers and the soothsayers out of the land; and why layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And Saul swore unto her by Jehovah, saying, [ergänzt: As] Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

וַיִּשָּׁ֤בַֽע (וַ) va “and”

Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up to thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”