H9001–/וַ–v

So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.

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

Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:

וְהַֽחֲרַדְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָ֖ס (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.

וַיִּישַׁ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And when Hushai came, Absalom said to him, This is what Ahithophel has said: are we to do as he says? if not, what is your suggestion?

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Hushai said to Absalom, Ahithophel's idea is not a good one at this time.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Hushai said further, You have knowledge of your father and his men, that they are men of war, and that their feelings are bitter, like those of a bear in the field whose young ones have been taken from her: and your father is a man of war, and will not t

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But he will certainly have taken cover now in some hole or secret place; and if some of our people, at the first attack, are overcome, then any hearing of it will say, There is destruction among the people who are on Absalom's side.

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁמַ֤ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Then we will come on him in some place, wherever he may be, falling on him as the dew comes on the earth: and of him and all the men who are with him not one will get away with his life.

וּבָ֣אנוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְנַ֣חְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if he has gone into some town, then let all Israel take strong cords to that town, and we will have it pulled into the valley, till not one small stone is to be seen there.

וְהִשִּׂ֧יאוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְסָחַ֤בְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, This is the suggestion made by Ahithophel to Absalom and the responsible men of Israel, and this is what I said to them.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting by En-rogel; and a servant-girl went from time to time and gave them news and they went with the news to King David, for it was not wise for them to let themselves be seen coming into the town.

וְהָלְכָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִגִּ֣ידָה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִגִּ֖ידוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But a boy saw them, and gave word of it to Absalom: so the two of them went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim who had a water-hole in his garden, and they went down into it.

וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥רְדוּ (וַ) va “and”

And a woman put a cover over the hole, and put crushed grain on top of it, and no one had any knowledge of it.

וַתִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּפְרֹ֤שׂ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשְׁטַ֥ח (וַ) va. “and”

And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then after the servants had gone away, they came up out of the water-hole and went to give King David the news; and they said, Get up and go quickly over the water, for such and such are Ahithophel's designs against you.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

So David and all the people who were with him went up over Jordan: when dawn came, every one of them had gone over Jordan.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in th

וַיַּחֲבֹ֣שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֜קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַ֥ו (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֕מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר (וַ) va “and”

And Israel and Absalom put up their tents in the land of Gilead.

וַיִּ֤חַן (וַ) va “and”

Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi, the son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”

And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And David sent the people out, a third of them under the orders of Joab, and a third under the orders of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, And I myself will certainly go out wit

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

But the people said, It is better for you not to go out: for if we are put to flight, they will not give a thought to us, and if death overtakes half of us, it will be nothing to them: but you are of more value than ten thousand of us: so it is better fo

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”