H9001–/וַ–v

And then the Cushite came and said, I have news for my lord the king: today the Lord has done right in your cause against all those who took up arms against you.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to the Cushite, Is the young man Absalom safe? And the Cushite said in answer, May all the king's haters and those who do evil against the king, be as that young man is!

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

Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!

וַיִּרְגַּ֣ז (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֛עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ (וַ) va “and”

And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.

וַיֻּגַּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the people, The king is in bitter grief for his son.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

And the people made their way back to the town quietly and secretly, as those who are shamed go secretly when they go in flight from the war.

וַיִּתְגַּנֵּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”

But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

וַיִּזְעַ֥ק (וַ) va “and”

And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;

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

So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from

וְרָעָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king got up and took his seat near the town-door. And word was given to all the people that the king was in the public place: and all the people came before the king. Now all the men of Israel had gone back in flight to their tents.

וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”

And through all the tribes of Israel the people were having arguments, saying, The king made us safe from the hands of those who were against us and made us free from the hands of the Philistines; and now he has gone in flight from the land, because of A

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

And the hearts of the men of Judah were moved like one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, Come back, with all your servants.

וַיַּ֛ט (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.

וַיָּ֣שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men of Judah for the purpose of meeting King David;

וַיְמַהֵ֗ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙ (וַ) va “and”

And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,

וְצָלְח֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan,

וְעָבְרָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?

וַיַּ֨עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So the king said to Shimei, You will not be put to death. And the king gave him his oath.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׁ֥בַֽע (וַ) va “and”

Now when he had come from Jerusalem to see the king, the king said to him, Why did you not come with me, Mephibosheth?

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

And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.

וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (וַ) va “and”

He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

וַיְרַגֵּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servant among those whose place is at the king's table. What right then have I to say anything more to the king?

וַתָּ֙שֶׁת֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said, Say nothing more about these things. I say, Let there be a division of the land between Ziba and you.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”