H9001–/וַ–v

Mephibosheth said to the king, yes, let him take all, because my lord the king is come in peace to his own house.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

The king said to Barzillai, Come you over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.

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

The king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you: and whatever you shall require of me, that will I do for you.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “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”

So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him: and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

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

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

All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is a close relative to us: why then are you angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king's cost? or has he given us any gift?

וַיַּעַן֩ (וַ) va “and”

The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [ergänzt: right] in David than you: why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

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

There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the 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”

So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

וַיַּ֜עַל (וַ) va “and”

David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn't go in to them. So they were shut up to 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”

Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

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

David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִצִּ֥יל (וְ) ve. “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 to meet them. Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a sash with a sword fastened on his loins in the sheath of it; and as he went forth it fell out.

וַתִּפֹּֽל׃ (וַ) va. “and”

Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with you, my brother? Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

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

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he struck him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn't strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

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

There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.

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

He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

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

They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

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

Then cried a wise woman out of the city, "Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'"

וַתִּקְרָ֛א (וַ) va. “and”