H9001–/וַ–v

And David said to Michal, I was dancing before the Lord, who put me over your father and all his sons, to make me a ruler over the people of the Lord, over his people Israel: and I will go on playing before the Lord;

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will do even worse than this, and make myself even lower in your eyes: but the servant-girls of whom you were talking will give me honour.

וּנְקַלֹּ֤תִי (וּ) u. “and”וְהָיִ֥יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side;

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”

The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.

וָאֶֽהְיֶה֙ (וָ) va. “and”

And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

וָאֶהְיֶ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”וָאַכְרִ֥תָה (וָ) va. “and”וְעָשִׂ֤תִֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,

וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְטַעְתִּיו֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְשָׁכַ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”

From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.

וַהֲנִיחֹ֥תִי (וַ) va. “and”וְהִגִּ֤יד (וְ) ve. “and”

And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.

וְשָֽׁכַבְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲקִימֹתִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”וַהֲכִינֹתִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

וְכֹנַנְתִּ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”

I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;

וְהֹֽכַחְתִּיו֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.

וְנֶאְמַ֨ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

וַתִּקְטַן֩ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּדַבֵּ֛ר (וַ) va. “and”

But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

וַתְּכ֣וֹנֵֽן (וַ) va. “and”

And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing;

וַתְּדַבֵּר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them; and David took the authority of the mother-town from the hands of the Philistines.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכְנִיעֵ֑ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֥ח (וַ) va “and”

And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.

וַיַּ֣ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְמַדְּדֵ֤ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְמַדֵּ֤ד (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”

And David overcame Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to make his power seen by the River.

וַיַּ֣ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And David took from him one thousand, seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and David had the leg-muscles of the horses cut, only keeping enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

וַיִּלְכֹּ֨ד (וַ) va “and”וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand of the Aramaeans.

וַתָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיַּ֤ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And David put armed forces in Aram of Damascus: and the Aramaeans became servants to David and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

וַיָּ֨שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֤שַׁע (וַ) va “and”