H9001–/וַ–v

And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote among the people, and said, Behold, it is I that have sinned, and it is I that have committed iniquity; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be on me, and on my father's house!

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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

And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as Jehovah had commanded.

וַיַּ֤עַל (וַ) va “and”

And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on towards him; and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

וַיַּשְׁקֵ֣ף (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Araunah said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar to Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

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

And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up that which is good in his sight: see, [ergänzt: here are] oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-sledges and implements of the oxen for wood.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

All these things, O king, doth Araunah give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, Jehovah thy God accept thee.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to Araunah, No; but I will in any case buy [ergänzt: them] of thee at a price: neither will I offer up to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings without cost. And David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

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

And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. And Jehovah was propitious to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

וַיִּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּעָתֵ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּעָצַ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

And king David was old [ergänzt: and] advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he obtained no warmth.

וַיְכַסֻּ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And his servants said to him, Let there be found for my lord the king a young virgin; and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get warm.

וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”וְעָֽמְדָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁכְבָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְחַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And they sought for a fair damsel throughout the territory of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the damsel was very fair; and cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּשָׁ֣רְתֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va. “and”

And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he provided himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they helped Adonijah and followed [ergänzt: him].

וַיִּהְי֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעְזְר֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatted cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and invited all his brethren, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants;

וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֗א (וַ) va “and”

And Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith is king, and David our lord does not know [ergänzt: it]?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Go and get thee in to king David, and say to him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear to thy handmaid saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?

וְאָמַ֤רְתְּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee and confirm thy words.

וּמִלֵּאתִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

And Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber; and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered to the king.

וַתָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va. “and”

And Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

וַתִּקֹּ֣ד (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And she said to him, My lord, thou hast sworn by Jehovah thy God to thy handmaid, [ergänzt: saying,] Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And he has sacrificed oxen and fatted cattle and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the captain of the host; but Solomon thy servant has he not invited.

וַ֠יִּזְבַּח (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיִּקְרָא֙ (וַ) va “and”

Otherwise it shall come to pass when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.

וְהָיָ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיִ֗יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”

And they told the king saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ (וַ) va “and”