H9001–/וַ–v

And behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, May the enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

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

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! O that I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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

And it was told to Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

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

And the victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people: for the people heard it said that day how the king was grieved for his son.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

And the people withdrew by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

וַיִּתְגַּנֵּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”

But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, 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, thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

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

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably to thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou shalt not go forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse to thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.

וְרָעָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king rose, and sat in the gate. And they told to all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

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

And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us from the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us from the hand of the Philistines; and now he hath fled out of the land for Absalom.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word to the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

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

So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

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

And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjaminite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

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

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

וְצָלְח֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there went over a ferry-boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he came over Jordan;

וְעָבְרָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?

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

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries to me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Therefore the king said to Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king swore to him.

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

And it came to pass, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?

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

And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride on it, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (וַ) va “and”

And he hath slandered thy servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thy eyes.

וַיְרַגֵּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that ate at thy own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more to the king?

וַתָּ֙שֶׁת֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”