H9001–/וַ–v

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

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

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

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

And thy handmaid 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 thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

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

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

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.

וַתֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

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

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

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

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

Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

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

And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

וְחָשַׁב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

Then the king answered and said unto 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 not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

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

And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

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

So 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. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

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

And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled 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 unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

וַיִּֽוָּלְד֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

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

Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

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

Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

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