H9001–/וַ–v

And after him `is' Shammah son of Agee the Hararite, and the Philistines are gathered into a company, and there is there a portion of the field full of lentiles, and the people hath fled from the presence of the Philistines,

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

and he stationeth himself in the midst of the portion, and delivereth it, and smiteth the Philistines, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation.

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

And three of the thirty heads go down and come unto the harvest, unto David, unto the cave of Adullam, and the company of the Philistines are encamping in the valley of Rephaim,

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

and David longeth and saith, `Who doth give me a drink of the water of the well of Beth-Lehem, which `is' by the gate?'

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

And the three mighty ones cleave through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water out of the well of Beth-Lehem, which `is' by the gate, and take `it' up, and bring in unto David; and he was not willing to drink it, and poureth 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 saith, `Far be it from me, O Jehovah, to do this; is it the blood of the men who are going with their lives?' and he was not willing to drink it; these `things' did the three mighty ones.

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Of the three is he not the honoured? and he becometh their head; and unto the `first' three he hath not come.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And he hath smitten the Egyptian man, a man of appearance, and in the hand of the Egyptian `is' a spear, and he goeth down unto him with a rod, and taketh violently away the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slayeth him with his own spear.

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

Of the thirty he is honoured, and unto the three he came not; and David setteth him over his guard.

וַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the anger of Jehovah addeth to burn against Israel, and `an adversary' moveth David about them, saying, `Go, number Israel and Judah.'

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

And the king saith unto Joab, head of the host that `is' with him, `Go to and fro, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and inspect ye the people -- and I have known the number of the people.'

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

And Joab saith unto the king, `Yea, Jehovah thy God doth add unto the people, as they are, a hundred times, and the eyes of my lord the king are seeing; and my lord the king, why is he desirous of this thing?'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the word of the king is severe towards Joab, and against the heads of the force, and Joab goeth out, and the heads of the force, `from' before the king to inspect the people, even Israel;

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

and they pass over the Jordan, and encamp in Aroer, on the right of the city that `is' in the midst of the brook of Gad, and unto Jazer,

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

and they come in to Gilead, and unto the land of Tahtim-Hodshi, and they come in to Dan-Jaan, and round about unto Zidon,

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

and they come in to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivite, and of the Canaanite, and go out unto the south of Judah, to Beer-Sheba.

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

And they go to and fro through all the land, and come in at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem,

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

and Joab giveth the account of the inspection of the people unto the king, and Israel is eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing sword, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand men.

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

And the heart of David smiteth him, after that he hath numbered the people, and David saith unto Jehovah, `I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Jehovah, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'

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

And David riseth in the morning, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying,

וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”

`Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, Thus said Jehovah: Three -- I am lifting up for thee, choose thee one of them, and I do `it' to thee.'

וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gad cometh in unto David, and declareth to him, and saith to him, `Do seven years of famine come in to thee in thy land? or three months art thou fleeing before thine adversary -- and he pursuing thee? or are three days' pestilence in thy land? now, know and see what word I take back to Him sending me.'

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

And David saith unto Gad, `I have great distress, let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for many `are' His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah giveth a pestilence on Israel from the morning even unto the time appointed, and there die of the people, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, seventy thousand men,

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

and the messenger putteth forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people, `Enough, now, cease thy hand;' and the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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