H9001–/וַ–v

He said to him, I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [ergänzt: But] he lied to him.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

וַיָּ֣שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אכַל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שְׁתְּ (וַ) va “and”

It happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of Yahweh came to the prophet who brought him back;

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have been disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you,

וַיִּקְרָ֞א (וַ) va “and”

but came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water; your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.

וַתָּ֗שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֤אכַל (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣שְׁתְּ (וַ) va. “and”

It happened, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey, [ergänzt: to wit], for the prophet whom he had brought back.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲבָשׁ־ (וַ) va “and”

When he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him: and his body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it; the lion also stood by the body.

וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְצָאֵ֧הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”

Behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.

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

When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh: therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to him.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנֵ֨הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְמִתֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”

He spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the donkey. They saddled it.

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲבֹֽשׁוּ׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

He went and found his body cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the donkey.

וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְצָ֤א (וַ) va “and”

The prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him.

וַיִּשָּׂ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנִּחֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְשִׁיבֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֗א (וַ) va “and”

He laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, [ergänzt: saying], Alas, my brother!

וַיַּנַּ֥ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסְפְּד֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

It happened, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

וַיְהִי֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּקְבַרְתֶּ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”

After this thing Jeroboam didn't return from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

וַ֠יָּשָׁב (וַ֠) va “and”וַיַּ֜עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

Jeroboam said to his wife, Please get up and disguise yourself, that you not be known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get you to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spoke concerning me that I should be king over this people.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔ית (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָלַ֣כְתְּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Take with you ten loaves, and cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him: he will tell you what shall become of the child.

וְלָקַ֣חַתְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָ֣את (וּ) u. “and”

Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

וַתַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va. “and”

It was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, you wife of Jeroboam; why feign you yourself to be another? for I am sent to you with heavy news.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,

וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֣ (וָ) va. “and”

and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,

וָאֶקְרַ֤ע (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶתְּנֶ֖הָ (וָ) va. “and”

but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made you other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back:

וַתָּ֣רַע (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־ (וַ) va. “and”

therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung, until it be all gone.

וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִֽעַרְתִּי֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Arise you therefore, get you to your house: [ergänzt: and] when your feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

וּמֵ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”