H9001–/וַ–v

The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.

וַיֵּצְא֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ (וַ) va “and”

He said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

They killed everyone his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.

וַיַּכּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֣סוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּמָּלֵ֗ט (וַ) va “and”

The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.

וַיֵּצֵא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”וְהִכָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.

וַיִּגַּ֤שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and number you an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. He listened to their voice, and did so.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

It happened at the return of the year, that Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּפְקֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣עַל (וַ) va “and”

The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲנ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Because the Syrians have said, Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

וַיִּגַּ֞שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְ֠נָתַתִּי (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”

They encamped one over against the other seven days. So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed of the Syrians one hundred thousand footmen in one day.

וַֽיַּחֲנ֧וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּקְרַב֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיַּכּ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

וַיָּנֻ֨סוּ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּפֹּל֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”

His servants said to him, See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save your life.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [ergänzt: put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Your servant Ben Hadad says, please let me live. He said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

וַיַּחְגְּרוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to catch whether it were his mind; and they said, Your brother Ben Hadad. Then he said, Go you, bring him. Then Ben Hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

וַֽיְמַהֲר֜וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּחְלְט֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

[ergänzt: Ben Hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. I, [ergänzt: said Ahab], will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְרָת־ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, Please strike me. The man refused to strike him.

וַיְמָאֵ֥ן (וַ) va “and”

Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall kill you. As soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed him.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִכְּךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְצָאֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֵּֽהוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

Then he found another man, and said, Please strike me. The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.

וַיִּמְצָא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֥שׂ (וַ) va “and”

As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֵ֧א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וְהָיְתָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. The king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have decided it.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

וַיְמַהֵ֕ר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙סַר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָיְתָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.

וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

It happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”