H9001–/וַ–v

And the woman seeth Samuel, and crieth with a loud voice, and the woman speaketh unto Saul, saying, `Why hast thou deceived me -- and thou Saul?'

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

And the king saith to her, `Do not fear; for what hast thou seen?' and the woman saith unto Saul, `Gods I have seen coming up out of the earth.'

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

And he saith to her, `What `is' his form?' and she saith, `An aged man is coming up, and he `is' covered with an upper robe;' and Saul knoweth that he `is' Samuel, and boweth -- face to thee earth -- and doth obeisance.

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

And Samuel saith unto Saul, `Why hast thou troubled me, to bring me up?' And Saul saith, `I have great distress, and the Philistines are fighting against me, God hath turned aside from me, and hath not answered me any more, either by the hand of the prophets, or by dreams; and I call for thee to let me know what I do.'

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

And Samuel saith, `And why dost thou ask me, and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee, and is thine enemy?

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

And Jehovah doth for Himself as He hath spoken by my hand, and Jehovah rendeth the kingdom out of thy hand, and giveth it to thy neighbour -- to David.

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

And Saul hasteth and falleth -- the fulness of his stature -- to the earth, and feareth greatly because of the words of Samuel; also power was not in him, for he had not eaten bread all the day, and all the night.

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

And the woman cometh in unto Saul, and seeth that he hath been greatly troubled, and saith unto him, `Lo, thy maid-servant hath hearkened to thy voice, and I put my soul in my hand, and I obey thy words which thou hast spoken unto me;

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

And he refuseth, and saith, `I do not eat;' and his servants urge on him, and also the woman, and he hearkeneth to their voice, and riseth from the earth, and sitteth 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 hath a calf of the stall in the house, and she hasteth and slaughtereth it, and taketh flour, and kneadeth, and baketh it unleavened things,

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

and bringeth nigh before Saul, and before his servants, and they eat, and rise, and go on, during that night.

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

And the Philistines gather all their camps to Aphek, and the Israelites are encamping at a fountain which `is' in Jezreel,

וַיִּקְבְּצ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the heads of the Philistines say, `What `are' these Hebrews?' and Achish saith unto the heads of the Philistines, `Is not this David servant of Saul king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have not found in him anything `wrong' from the day of his falling away till this day.'

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

And the heads of the Philistines are wroth against him, and the heads of the Philistines say to him, `Send back the man, and he doth turn back unto his place whither thou hast appointed him, and doth not go down with us into battle, and is not to us for an adversary in battle; and wherewith doth this one reconcile himself unto his lord -- is it not with the heads of those men?'

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

And Achish calleth unto David, and saith unto him, `Jehovah liveth, surely thou `art' upright, and good in mine eyes is thy going out, and thy coming in, with me in the camp, for I have not found in thee evil from the day of thy coming in unto me till this day; and in the eyes of the princes thou art not good;

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

And David saith unto Achish, `But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the day that I have been before thee till this day -- that I go not in and have fought against the enemies of my lord the king?'

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

And Achish answereth and saith unto David, `I have known that thou `art' good in mine eyes as a messenger of God; only, the princes of the Philistines have said, He doth not go up with us into battle;

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

and now, rise thou early in the morning, and the servants of thy lord who have come with thee, when ye have risen early in the morning, and have light, then go ye.'

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

And David riseth early, he and his men, to go in the morning, to turn back unto the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone up to Jezreel.

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, in the coming in of David and his men to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites have pushed unto the south, and unto Ziklag, and smite Ziklag, and burn it with fire,

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

and they take captive the women who `are' in it; from small unto great they have not put any one to death, and they lead away, and go on their way.

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

And David cometh in -- and his men -- unto the city, and lo, burnt with fire, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters have been taken captive!

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”

And David lifteth up -- and the people who `are' with him -- their voice and weep, till that they have no power to weep.

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

and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.

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

And David saith unto Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, `Bring nigh, I pray thee, to me the ephod;' and Abiathar bringeth nigh the ephod unto David,

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