H9001–/וַ–v

And after him was Shammah the son of Age the Ararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.

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

But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD wrought a great victory.

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

And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines were 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 water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!'

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

And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

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, O LORD, that I should do this; shall I drink the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?' therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

He was most honourable of the three; therefore he was made their captain; howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

and he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man; and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but 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 more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

וַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And again the anger of the LORD 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 that was with him: 'Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.'

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

And Joab said unto the king: 'Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it; but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

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

And they passed over the Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and unto Jazer;

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

then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Zidon,

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

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

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

So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

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

And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the 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 that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD: 'I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, O LORD, put away, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.'

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

And when David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying:

וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”

'Go and speak unto David: Thus saith the LORD: I lay upon thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.'

וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him: 'Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise thee,

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

And David said unto Gad: 'I am in a great strait; let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for His mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.'

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

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

And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented Him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people: 'It is enough; now stay thy hand.' And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-floor of Araun

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