H9001–/וַ–v

and David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `I pursue after this troop -- do I overtake it?' And He saith to him, `Pursue, for thou dost certainly overtake, and dost certainly deliver.'

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

And David goeth on, he and six hundred men who `are' with him, and they come in unto the brook of Besor, and those left have stood still,

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

and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor),

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

and they find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and take him unto David, and give to him bread, and he eateth, and they cause him to drink water,

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

and give to him a piece of a bunch of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins, and he eateth, and his spirit returneth unto him, for he hath not eaten bread nor drunk water three days and three nights.

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

And David saith to him, `Whose `art' thou? and whence `art' thou?' And he saith, `An Egyptian youth I `am', servant to a man, an Amalekite, and my lord forsaketh me, for I have been sick three days,

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

And David saith unto him, `Dost thou bring me down unto this troop?' and he saith, `Swear to me by God -- thou dost not put me to death, nor dost thou shut me up into the hand of my lord -- and I bring thee down unto this troop.'

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

And he bringeth him down, and lo, they are spread out over the face of all the earth, eating, and drinking, and feasting, with all the great spoil which they have taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

וַיֹּ֣רִדֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And David smiteth them from the twilight even unto the evening of the morrow, and there hath not escaped of them a man, except four hundred young men who have ridden on the camels, and are fled.

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

And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered.

וַיַּצֵּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

and David taketh the whole of the flock, and of the herd, they have led on before these cattle, and they say, `This `is' David's spoil.'

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

And David cometh in unto the two hundred men who were too faint to go after David, and whom they cause to abide at the brook of Besor, and they go out to meet David, and to meet the people who `are' with him, and David approacheth the people, and asketh of them of welfare.

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

And every bad and worthless man, of the men who have gone with David, answereth, yea, they say, `Because that they have not gone with us we do not give to them of the spoil which we have delivered, except each his wife and his children, and they lead away and go.

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

And David saith, `Ye do not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah hath given to us, and He doth preserve us, and doth give the troop which cometh against us into our hand;

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

And it cometh to pass from that day and forward, that he appointeth it for a statute and for an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

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

And David cometh in unto Ziklag, and sendeth of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, (saying, `Lo, for you a blessing, of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah),'

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

And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,

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

and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul.

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

And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him -- men with bow -- and he is pained greatly by the archers;

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

and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come -- these uncircumcised -- and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;' and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.

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

And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul `is' dead, and he falleth -- he also -- on his sword, and dieth with him;

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

and Saul dieth, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, on that day together.

וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”

And they see -- the men of Israel, who `are' beyond the valley, and who `are' beyond the Jordan -- that the men of Israel have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake the cities and flee, and Philistines come in, and dwell in them.

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

And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa,

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

and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings `in' the house of their idols, and `among' the people;

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