H9001–/וַ–v

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

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

Naboth said to Ahab, Yahweh forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. He laid him down on 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 your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?

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

He said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it please you, I will give you [ergänzt: another] vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.

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

Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you 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 who were in his city, [ergänzt: and] who lived with Naboth.

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

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

וַתִּכְתֹּ֥ב (וַ) va. “and”

The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according 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”

The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

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”

It happened, 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 you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

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

It happened, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

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

The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh, Have you killed and also taken possession? You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours.

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

Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, my enemy? He answered, I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh.

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

Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel:

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

and I will make your 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 you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.

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

He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.)

וַיַּתְעֵ֣ב (וַ) va “and”

It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on 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”

The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.

וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

It happened 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”

The king of Israel said to his servants, "You know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we are still, and don't take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”