H9001–/וַ–v

Then David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go after this band? will I be able to overtake them? And in answer he said, Go after them, for you will certainly overtake them, and get back everything.

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

So David went, and his six hundred men went with him, and they came to the stream Besor.

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And David, with four hundred men, went on: but two hundred of them were overcome with weariness, and not able to go across the stream.

וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And in the fields they saw an Egyptian whom they took to David, and they gave him bread, and he had a meal, and they gave him water for drink;

וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְח֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֔אכַל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁקֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they gave him part of a cake of figs and some dry grapes; and after the food, his spirit came back to him, for he had had no food or drink for three days and nights.

וַיִּתְּנוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֔אכַל (וַ) va “and”וַתָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”

And David said to him, Whose man are you and where do you come from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master went on without me because three days back I became ill.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַזְבֵ֧נִי (וַ) va “and”

And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.

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

And when he had taken him down, they saw them all, seated about on all sides, feasting and drinking among all the mass of goods which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

וַיֹּ֣רִדֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And David went on fighting them from evening till the evening of the day after; and not one of them got away but only four hundred young men who went in flight on camels.

וַיַּכֵּ֥ם (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻֽסוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And David got back everything the Amalekites had taken; and he got back his two wives.

וַיַּצֵּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

And they took all the flocks and herds, and driving them in front of him, said, These are David's.

וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And David came to the two hundred men, who because of weariness had not gone with him, but were waiting at the stream Besor: and they went out, meeting David and the people who were with him; and when they came near them, they said, How are you?

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּֽשִׁיבֻם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽצְאוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגַּ֤שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאַ֥ל (וַ) va “and”

Then the bad and good-for-nothing men among those who went with David said, Because they did not go with us, we will give them nothing of the goods which we have got back, but only to every man his wife and children, so that he may take them and go.

וַיַּ֜עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then David said, You are not to do this, my brothers, after what the Lord has given us, who has kept us safe and given up the band which came against us into our hands.

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

And so he made it a rule and an order for Israel from that day till now.

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”וַיְשִׂמֶ֜הָ (וַ) va “and”

And when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the goods to the responsible men of Judah, and to his friends, saying, Here is an offering for you from the goods of those who were fighting against the Lord;

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלַּ֧ח (וַ) va “and”

Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel: and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

וַיָּנֻ֜סוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְּל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

וַיַּדְבְּק֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

וַתִּכְבַּ֤ד (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּמְצָאֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥חֶל (וַ) va “and”

Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and fall

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּדְקָרֻ֙נִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.

וַיַּ֥רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥מָת (וַ) va “and”

So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.

וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”

And when the men of Israel across the valley and on the other side of Jordan saw that the army of Israel was in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they came out of their towns and went in flight; and the Philistines came and took them for thems

וַיִּרְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַזְב֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֔סוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now on the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his three sons dead on the earth in Mount Gilboa.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And cutting off his head and taking away his war-dress, they sent word into the land of the Philistines round about, to take the news to their gods and to the people.

וַֽיִּכְרְתוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּפְשִׁ֖יטוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלְּח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”