H9001–/וַ–v

So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

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

And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

וַיִּישַׁ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and we will hear also what he says.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom spoke to him saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we carry out his word? If not, speak thou.

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

And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Hushai said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are of exasperated spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or some such place; and it will come to pass, when some of them fall at the first, whoever heareth it will say, There has been slaughter among the people that follow Absalom,

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

And we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

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

And if he withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the torrent, until there be not one small stone found there.

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

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; and the maid went and told them; and they went and told king David, for they might not be seen to come into the city.

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

But a lad saw them, and told Absalom. Then they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man at Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.

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

And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not known.

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

And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And they sought and could not find [ergänzt: them], and returned to Jerusalem.

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

And it came to pass after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counselled against you.

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

Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan; by the morning light there was not one of them missing that had not gone over the Jordan.

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

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went to his house, to his city, and gave charge to his household, and hanged himself, and he died; and he was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

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 encamped in the land of Gilead.

וַיִּ֤חַן (וַ) va “and”

And as soon as David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”

And David marshalled the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

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

And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

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

But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth, for if we should in any case flee, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us; for *thou* art worth ten thousand of us; and now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”