H9001–/וַ–v

And the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, and she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, Save, O king!

וַ֠תֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va. “and”וַתִּפֹּ֧ל (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּ֥מָת (וַ) va “and”

And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.

וַיִּנָּצ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֧וֹ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥מֶת (וַ) va “and”

And behold, the whole family is risen against thy bondmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may put him to death, for the life of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the heir also: so they will quench my coal which is left, and will not leave to my husband a name or remnant on the earth.

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וְכִבּ֗וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, Upon me, my lord, O king, be the iniquity, and upon my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.

וַתֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said, Whoever speaks to thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַֽהֲבֵאת֣וֹ (וַֽ) va. “and”

Then she said, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they cut off my son. And he said, [ergänzt: As] Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

וַתֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the woman said, Let thy bondmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against God's people? and the king in saying this thing, is as one guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and God has not taken away his life, but devises means that the banished one be not expelled from him.

וְחָשַׁב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And now that I am come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid; and thy bondmaid said, I will now speak to the king; perhaps the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And thy bondmaid said, Let the word of my lord the king now be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and Jehovah thy God will be with thee.

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king answered and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

וַיַּ֣עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [ergänzt: As] thy soul liveth, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words into the mouth of thy bondmaid:

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתַּ֣עַן (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: so go, bring back the young man Absalom.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself, and blessed the king; and Joab said, To-day thy servant knows that I have found favour in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.

וַיִּפֹּל֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. And Absalom withdrew to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

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

And when he shaved his head (for it was at every year's end that he shaved it, because it was heavy on him, therefore he shaved it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

וְֽ֠הָיָה (וְֽ֠) Ve. “and”וְגִלְּח֑וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁקַל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful countenance.

וַיִּֽוָּלְד֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king's face.

וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him; and he sent again the second time, but he would not come.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”

Then he said to his servants, See, Joab's allotment is near mine and he has barley there: go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the allotment on fire.

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

Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to [ergänzt: his] house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my allotment on fire?

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”