H9001–/וַ–v

And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? Even thou art Saul.

וַתֵּ֤רֶא (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּזְעַ֖ק (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said to her, Be not afraid; but what didst thou see? And the woman said to Saul, I saw a god ascending out of the earth.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And he said to her, What is his form? And she said, An old man comes up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַיֵּ֤דַע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקֹּ֥ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul said, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets nor by dreams; therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known to me what I shall do.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֶקְרָאֶ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”

And Samuel said, Why then dost thou inquire of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

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

And Jehovah has done for himself as he spoke by me; and Jehovah has rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to thy neighbour, to David.

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֨ע (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Saul fell straightway his full length on the earth, and was sore afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night.

וַיְמַהֵ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֤ל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him, Behold, thy bondmaid has hearkened to thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened to thy words which thou spokest to me.

וַתָּב֤וֹא (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֖רֶא (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וָאָשִׂ֤ים (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֶשְׁמַע֙ (וָֽ) va. “and”

But he refused and said, I will not eat. Then his servants, and the woman also, compelled him, and he hearkened to their voice; and he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.

וַיְמָאֵ֗ן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרְצוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread thereof;

וַתְּמַהֵ֖ר (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּזְבָּחֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקַּח־ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּ֔לָשׁ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּפֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va. “and”

and she brought it near before Saul, and before his servants, and they ate. And they rose up and went away that night.

וַתַּגֵּ֧שׁ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּקֻ֥מוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and Israel encamped by the spring that is in Jizreel.

וַיִּקְבְּצ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the princes of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years, and I have found nothing in him since the day of his falling away [ergänzt: to me] to this day?

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

But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go again to his place where thou hast appointed him, that he go not down with us to the battle, that in the battle he be not an adversary to us; for wherewith should this [ergänzt: fellow] reconcile himself to his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

וַיִּקְצְפ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Achish called David, and said to him, [ergänzt: As] Jehovah liveth, thou art upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the camp is acceptable to me; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming to me to this day; but thou art not acceptable to the lords.

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

And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee to this day, that I should not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנִלְחַ֔מְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art acceptable to me, as an angel of God; nevertheless the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

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

And now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee; and rise ye early in the morning, and when ye have daylight, depart.

וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְא֥וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”

And David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jizreel.

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the south, and upon Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag and burned it with fire;

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and had taken the women captives that were in it; both great and small: they had put none to death, but had carried them off, and went on their way.

וַיִּשְׁבּ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽנְהֲג֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives.

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

וַיִּשָּׂ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ (וַ) va “and”

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was embittered, every man because of his sons and because of his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

וַתֵּ֨צֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, Bring near to me, I pray thee, the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod near to David.

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