H9001–/וַ–v

And after him, Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite: the Philistines were gathered into a troop, and there was there a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people had fled before the Philistines;

וַיֵּאָסְפ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִי־ (וַ) va. “and”

and he stood in the midst of the plot and delivered it, and smote the Philistines, and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance.

וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצִּילֶ֔הָ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And three of the thirty chiefs went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, when the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

וַיֵּרְד֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!

וַיִּתְאַוֶּ֥ה (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; however he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

וַיִּבְקְעוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he said, Be it far from me, Jehovah, that I should do this thing! is it not the blood of the men that went at the risk of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Was he not most honourable of three? and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [ergänzt: first] three.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

He also smote the Egyptian, an imposing man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

וַיֵּ֥רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגְזֹ֤ל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּהַרְגֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

He was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the [ergänzt: first] three. And David set him in his council.

וַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

וַיֹּ֙סֶף֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨סֶת (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְיָ֣דַעְתִּ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joab said to the king, May Jehovah thy God even add to the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see [ergänzt: it]; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.

וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”

And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, and toward Jaazer.

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

And they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and came to Dan-jaan, and to the environs of Sidon;

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

and they came to the fortified city of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites; and went out to the south of Judah, to Beer-sheba.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽצְא֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they went through all the land, and came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

וַיָּשֻׁ֖טוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king; and there were of Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; and now, I beseech thee, Jehovah, put away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

וַיַּ֤ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And when David arose in the morning, the word of Jehovah came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”

Go and say to David, Thus saith Jehovah: I impose on thee three [ergänzt: things]; choose one of them that I may do it unto thee.

וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine adversaries while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? Now be aware and consider what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

וַיָּבֹא־ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֶּד־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the set time; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”

And the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it; but Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed among the people, It is enough: withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּנָּ֤חֶם (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”