H9001–/וַ–v

And Ahab said to Naboth, Give me your vine-garden so that I may have it for a garden of sweet plants, for it is near my house; and let me give you a better vine-garden in exchange, or, if it seems good to you, let me give you its value in money.

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. And stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would take no food.

וַיָּבֹא֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”

But Jezebel, his wife, came to him and said, Why is your spirit so bitter that you have no desire for food?

וַתָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”

And he said to her, Because I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, and I said to him, Let me have your vine-garden for a price, or, if it is pleasing to you, I will give you another vine-garden for it: and he said, I will not give you my vine-garden.

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וָאֹ֣מַר (וָ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Jezebel, his wife, said, Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, take food, and let your heart be glad; I will give you the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth.

וַתִּכְתֹּ֤ב (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּחְתֹּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va. “and”

And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;

וַתִּכְתֹּ֥ב (וַ) va. “and”

So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them.

וַיַּעֲשׂוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people.

וְהֹשִׁ֥יבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.

וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְעִדֻהוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּצִאֻ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסְקְלֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (וַ) va “and”

And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.

וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (וַ) va “and”

Then Jezebel, hearing that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, said to Ahab, Get up and take as your heritage the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he would not give you for money, for Naboth is no longer living but is dead.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּמֹ֑ת (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

So Ahab, hearing that Naboth was dead, went down to the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite to take it as his heritage.

וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”

And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs.

וְדִבַּרְתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדִבַּרְתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O my hater? And he said, I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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

See, I will send evil on you and put an end to you completely, cutting off from Ahab every male child, him who is shut up and him who goes free in Israel;

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

And I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and like the family of Baasha, the son of Ahijah, because you have made me angry, and have made Israel do evil.

וְנָתַתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽתַּחֲטִ֖א (וַֽ) va. “and”

He did a very disgusting thing in going after false gods, doing all the things the Amorites did, whom the Lord sent out before the children of Israel.)

וַיַּתְעֵ֣ב (וַ) va “and”

Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleeping in haircloth, and going about quietly.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּֽשֶׂם־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּצ֑וֹם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב (וַ) va “and”וַיְהַלֵּ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”

Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Now for three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.

וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And it came about in the third year, that Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, came down to the king of Israel.

וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֛רֶד (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said to his servants, Do you not see that Ramoth-gilead is ours? and we are doing nothing to get it back from the hands of the king of Aram.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”