H9001–/וַ–v

and Ahab speaketh unto Naboth, saying, `Give to me thy vineyard, and it is to me for a garden of green herbs, for it `is' near by my house, and I give to thee in its stead a better vineyard than it; if good in thine eyes, I give to thee silver -- its price.'

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

And Naboth saith unto Ahab, `Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee;'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and Ahab cometh in unto his house, sulky and wroth, because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite hath spoken unto him when he saith, `I do not give to thee the inheritance of my fathers,' and he lieth down on his bed, and turneth round his face, and hath not eaten bread.

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

And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, `What `is' this? -- thy spirit sulky, and thou art not eating bread!'

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

And he saith unto her, `Because I speak unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and say to him, Give to me thy vineyard for money, or if thou desire, I give to thee a vineyard in its stead; and he saith, I do not give to thee my vineyard.'

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

And Jezebel his wife saith unto him, `Thou now dost execute rule over Israel! rise, eat bread, and let thy heart be glad, -- I do give to thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.'

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And she writeth letters in the name of Ahab, and sealeth with his seal, and sendeth the letters unto the elders, and unto the freemen, who are in his city, those dwelling with Naboth,

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

and she writeth in the letters, saying, `Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

וַתִּכְתֹּ֥ב (וַ) va. “and”

And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath sent unto them, as written in the letters that she sent unto them,

וַיַּעֲשׂוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

וְהֹשִׁ֥יבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;

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 send unto Jezebel, saying, `Naboth was stoned, and is dead.'

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

And it cometh to pass, at Jezebel's hearing that Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead, that Jezebel saith unto Ahab, `Rise, possess the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, that he refused to give to thee for money, for Naboth is not alive but dead.'

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

And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing that Naboth is dead, that Ahab riseth to go down unto the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to possess it.

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

And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Hast thou murdered, and also possessed? and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, do the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.'

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

And Ahab saith unto Elijah, `Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?' and he saith, `I have found -- because of thy selling thyself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

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

lo, I am bringing in unto thee evil, and have taken away thy posterity, and cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,

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

and given up thy house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which thou hast provoked `Me', and dost cause Israel to sin.

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

and he doth very abominably to go after the idols, according to all that the Amorite did whom Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.'

וַיַּתְעֵ֣ב (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently.

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 Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And they sit still three years, there is no war between Aram and Israel,

וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

and it cometh to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah cometh down unto the king of Israel,

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

and the king of Israel saith unto his servants, `Have ye not known that ours `is' Ramoth-Gilead? and we are keeping silent from taking it out of the hand of the king of Aram!'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”