H9001–/וַ–v

And David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against 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 the LORD 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 the LORD commanded.

וַיַּ֤עַל (וַ) va “and”

And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming towards him: And Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon 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 the LORD, 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 what seemeth good to him: behold, here are oxen for burnt-sacrifice, and threshing-instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

All these things did Araunah, as a king, give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to Araunah, No; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt-offerings to the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So 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 the LORD, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. So the LORD was entreated for 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”

Now king David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat.

וַיְכַסֻּ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Wherefore his servants said to him, Let there be sought 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 heat.

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

So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunamite, 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”

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him 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 following Adonijah, helped him.

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

And Adonijah slew sheep, and oxen, and fat cattle, by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called 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”

Wherefore Nathan spoke to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

וְאָמַ֤רְתְּ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וּמִלֵּאתִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

And Bath-sheba went to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunamite ministered to the king.

וַתָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va. “and”

And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldst thou?

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

And she said to him, My lord, thou didst swear by the LORD thy God to thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And he hath slain oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.

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 shall be counted offenders.

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

And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he had 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”