H9001–/וַ–v

And Elijah saith to all the people, `Come nigh unto me;' and all the people come nigh unto him, and he repaireth the altar of Jehovah that is broken down;

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגְּשׁ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְרַפֵּ֛א (וַ) va “and”

and Elijah taketh twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah was, saying, `Israel is thy name;'

וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

and he buildeth with the stones an altar, in the name of Jehovah, and maketh a trench, as about the space of two measures of seed, round about the altar.

וַיִּבְנֶ֧ה (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And he arrangeth the wood, and cutteth in pieces the bullock, and placeth `it' on the wood, and saith, `Fill ye four pitchers of water, and pour on the burnt-offering, and on the wood;

וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְנַתַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and he saith, `Do `it' a second time;' and they do `it' a second time; and he saith, `Do `it' a third time;' and they do `it' a third time;

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁנ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלֵּֽשׁוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water.

וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, at the going up of the `evening-'present, that Elijah the prophet cometh nigh and saith, `Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to-day let it be known that Thou `art' God in Israel, and I Thy servant, that by Thy word I have done the whole of these things;

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגַּ֞שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַר֒ (וַ) va “and”

And there falleth a fire of Jehovah, and consumeth the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and the water that `is' in the trench it hath licked up.

וַתִּפֹּ֣ל (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֤אכַל (וַ) va. “and”

And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, `Jehovah, He `is' the God, Jehovah, He `is' the God.'

וַיַּרְא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Elijah saith to them, `Catch ye the prophets of Baal; let not a man escape of them;' and they catch them, and Elijah bringeth them down unto the stream Kishon, and doth slaughter them there.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֑וּם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיּוֹרִדֵ֤ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖ם (וַ) va “and”

And Elijah saith to Ahab, `Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Ahab goeth up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah hath gone up unto the top of Carmel, and he stretcheth himself out on the earth, and he placeth his face between his knees,

וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגְהַ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

and saith unto his young man, `Go up, I pray thee, look attentively the way of the sea;' and he goeth up and looketh attentively, and saith, `There is nothing;' and he saith, `Turn back,' seven times.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֙עַל֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּבֵּ֔ט (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, `Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, `Go up, say unto Ahab, `Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.'

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

And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.

וַיְשַׁנֵּ֖ס (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙רָץ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword,

וַיַּגֵּ֤ד (וַ) va “and”

and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, `Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.'

וַתִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va. “and”

And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that `is' Judah's, and leaveth his young man there,

וַיַּ֗רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֕א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנַּ֥ח (וַ) va “and”

and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day's Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, `Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I `am' not better than my fathers.'

וַיָּבֹ֕א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֕שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”

And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, `Rise, eat;'

וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּישַׁ֔ן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and he looketh attentively, and lo, at his bolster a cake `baken on' burning stones, and a dish of water, and he eateth, and drinketh, and turneth, and lieth down.

וַיַּבֵּ֕ט (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אכַל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ (וַ) va “and”

And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, `Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;'

וַיָּשָׁב֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגַּע־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God -- Horeb.

וַיָּ֖קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אכַל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah `is' unto him, and saith to him, `What -- to thee, here, Elijah?'

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