H9001–/וַ–v

And David saith unto Michal, `-- Before Jehovah, who fixed on me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me leader over the people of Jehovah, and over Israel, -- yea, I played before Jehovah;

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

and I have been more vile than this, and have been low in mine eyes, and with the handmaids whom thou hast spoken of, with them I am honoured.'

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

And it cometh to pass, when the king sat in his house, and Jehovah hath given rest to him round about, from all his enemies,

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”

that the king saith unto Nathan the prophet, `See, I pray thee, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of God is dwelling in the midst of the curtain.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Nathan saith unto the king, `All that `is' in thine heart -- go, do, for Jehovah `is' with thee.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass in that night, that the word of Jehovah is unto Nathan, saying,

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

`Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?

וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

for I have not dwelt in a house even from the day of My bringing up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even unto this day, and am walking up and down in a tent and in a tabernacle.

וָאֶֽהְיֶה֙ (וָ) va. “and”

and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a great name, as the name of the great ones who `are' in the earth,

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

and I have appointed a place for My people, for Israel, and have planted it, and it hath tabernacled in its place, and it is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness do not add to afflict it any more, as in the beginning,

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

even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I have given rest to thee from all thine enemies, and Jehovah hath declared to thee that Jehovah doth make for thee a house.

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

`When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom;

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

He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.

וְכֹנַנְתִּ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”

I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

וְהֹֽכַחְתִּיו֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

and stedfast `is' thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'

וְנֶאְמַ֨ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And king David cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, `Who `am' I, Lord Jehovah? and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto?

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

And yet this `is' little in Thine eyes, Lord Jehovah, and Thou dost speak also concerning the house of Thy servant afar off; and this `is' the law of the Man, Lord Jehovah.

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

Yea, Thou dost establish to Thee Thy people Israel, to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, Jehovah, hast been to them for God.

וַתְּכ֣וֹנֵֽן (וַ) va. “and”

And now, Lord Jehovah, Thou `art' God Himself, and Thy words are truth, and Thou speakest unto Thy servant this goodness,

וַתְּדַבֵּר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And it cometh to pass afterwards that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and David taketh the bridle of the metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines.

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

And he smiteth Moab, and measureth them with a line, causing them to lie down on the earth, and he measureth two lines to put to death, and the fulness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are to David for servants, bearers of a present.

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

And David smiteth Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, in his going to bring back his power by the River `Euphrates;'

וַיַּ֣ךְ (וַ) va “and”

and David captureth from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly the whole of the charioteers, only he leaveth of them a hundred charioteers.

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

And Aram of Damascus cometh to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth of Aram twenty and two thousand men;

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

and David putteth garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram is to David for a servant, bearing a present; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone;

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