H9001–/וַ–v

Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖דְנָה (וַֽ) va. “and”

And the one woman said: 'Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

וַתֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וָאֵלֵ֥ד (וָ) va. “and”

And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּ֖לֶד (וַ) va. “and”

And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlay it.

וַיָּ֛מָת (וַ) va “and”

And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

וַתָּקָם֩ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקַּ֧ח (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va. “and”

And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked well at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear.'

וָאָקֻ֥ם (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶתְבּוֹנֵ֤ן (וָ) va. “and”

And the other woman said: 'Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son.' And this said: 'No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son.' Thus they spoke before the king.

וַתֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּדַבֵּ֖רְנָה (וַ) va. “and”

Then said the king: `The one saith: This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead; and the other saith: Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king said: 'Fetch me a sword.' And they brought a sword before the king.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king said: 'Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then spoke the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned upon her son, and she said: 'Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it.' But the other said: 'It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.'

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va. “and”

Then the king answered and said: 'Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.'

וַיַּ֨עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽרְא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And king Solomon was king over all Israel.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

וְכִלְכְּל֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.

וְכִלְכְּלוּ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

וַיִּתֵּן֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

וַתֵּ֙רֶב֙ (וַ) va. “and”

For he was wiser than all men: than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.

וַיֶּחְכַּם֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִֽי־ (וַ) va “and”

And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

וַיְדַבֵּ֕ר (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And he spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spoke also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

וַיְדַבֵּר֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”