H9001–/וַ–v

And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or if it seemeth good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased, because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid himself down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

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 to him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

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

And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it pleaseth thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

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

And Jezebel his wife said to him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

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

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

וַתִּכְתֹּ֥ב (וַ) va. “and”

And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.

וַיַּעֲשׂוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

וְהֹשִׁ֥יבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

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

Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

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

And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

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

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

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

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

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

And thou shalt speak to him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak to him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

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

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

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

Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab the males, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,

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

And will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

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

And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

וַיַּתְעֵ֣ב (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

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

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

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.

וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the 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, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we are still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”