H9001–/וַ–v

And Mephibosheth said to the king, Let him even take all, since my lord the king is come again in peace to his own house.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to Barzillai, Pass thou over with me, and I will maintain thee with me in Jerusalem.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְכִלְכַּלְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which seems good to thee; and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And all the people went over the Jordan; and the king went over; and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשַּׁ֨ק (וַ) va “and”וַיְבָ֣רֲכֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him; and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over the Jordan?

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲבִ֨רוּ (וַ) va “and”

And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to me; and why then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten anything which came from the king, or has he given us any present?

וַיַּעַן֩ (וַ) va “and”

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, I have ten parts in the king and I have also more right in David than thou; and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

וַיַּ֣עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֙קֶשׁ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.

וַיִּתְקַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”

Then all the men of Israel went up from after David, following Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clave to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

וַיַּ֜עַל (וַ) va “and”

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house of confinement and maintained them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֤ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵ֔ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and do thou attend here.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Amasa went to call together [ergänzt: the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֕וֹחֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom. Take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities and escape our sight.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִצִּ֥יל (וְ) ve. “and”

And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

וַיֵּצְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽצְאוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. And Joab was girded with his coat, his dress, and upon it was the girdle of the sword which was fastened on his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.

וַתִּפֹּֽל׃ (וַ) va. “and”

And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֜חֶז (וַ) va. “and”

And Amasa had taken no notice of the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him with it in the belly and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

וַיַּכֵּהוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֨ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹ֑ת (וַ) va “and”

And one of Joab's young men stood by [ergänzt: Amasa] and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by stood still.

וַיַּ֨רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּב֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְ (וַ) va “and”וְעָמָֽד׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

who went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maacah, and all the Berim; and they gathered together, and went also after him.

וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they came and besieged him in Abel-Beth-Maacah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it was raised in the trench; and all the people that were with Joab sapped the wall, to throw it down.

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּצֻ֣רוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד (וַֽ) va. “and”

And a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

וַתִּקְרָ֛א (וַ) va. “and”