H9001–/וַ–v

then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,

וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖דְנָה (וַֽ) va. “and”

and the one woman saith, `O, my lord, I and this woman are dwelling in one house, and I bring forth with her, in the house;

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

and it cometh to pass on the third day of my bringing forth, that this woman also bringeth forth, and we `are' together, there is no stranger with us in the house, save we two, in the house.

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

And the son of this woman dieth at night, because she hath lain upon it,

וַיָּ֛מָת (וַ) va “and”

and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me -- and thy handmaid is asleep -- and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;

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

and I rise in the morning to suckle my son, and lo, dead; and I consider concerning it in the morning, and lo, it was not my son whom I did bear.'

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

And the other woman saith, `Nay, but my son `is' the living, and thy son the dead;' and this `one' saith, `Nay, but thy son `is' the dead, and my son the living.' And they speak before the king.

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

And the king saith, `This `one' saith, This `is' my son, the living, and thy son `is' the dead; and that `one' saith, Nay, but thy son `is' the dead, and my son the living.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king saith, `Take for me a sword;' and they bring the sword before the king,

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

and the king saith, `Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the woman whose son `is' the living one saith unto the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), yea, she saith, `O, my lord, give to her the living child, and put it not at all to death;' and this `one' saith, `Let it be neither mine or thine -- cut `it'.'

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

And the king answereth and saith, `Give ye to her the living child, and put it not at all to death; she `is' its mother.'

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

And all Israel hear of the judgment that the king hath judged, and fear because of the king, for they have seen that the wisdom of God `is' in his heart, to do judgment.

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

And king Solomon is king over all Israel,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Solomon hath twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household -- a month in the year is on each one for sustenance;

וְכִלְכְּל֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the provision of Solomon for one day is thirty cors of flour, and sixty cors of meal;

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And Judah dwelleth -- and Israel -- in confidence, each under his vine, and under his fig-tree, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, all the days of Solomon.

וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

And these officers have sustained king Solomon and every one drawing near unto the table of king Solomon, each `in' his month; they let nothing be lacking.

וְכִלְכְּלוּ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

And God giveth wisdom to Solomon, and understanding, very much, and breadth of heart, as the sand that `is' on the edge of the sea;

וַיִּתֵּן֩ (וַ) va “and”

and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt;

וַתֵּ֙רֶב֙ (וַ) va. “and”

and he is wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol, and his name is in all the nations round about.

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

And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs `are' five, and the chief one;

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

and he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that `is' in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,

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

and there come out of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have heard of his wisdom.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”