H9001–/וַ–v

Then he went out to the spring from which the water came, and put salt in it, and said, The Lord says, Now I have made this water sweet; no longer will it be death-giving or unfertile.

וַיֵּצֵא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the water was made sweet again to this day, as Elisha said.

וַיֵּרָפ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then from there he went up to Beth-el; and on his way, some little boys came out from the town and made sport of him, crying, Go up, old no-hair! go up, old no-hair!

וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְקַלְּסוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

And turning back, he saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the wood and put forty-two of the children to death.

וַיִּ֤פֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְאֵ֔ם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְקַלְלֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּבַקַּ֣עְנָה (וַ) va. “and”

From there he went to Mount Carmel, and came back from there to Samaria.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; and he was king for twelve years.

וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the stone pillar of Baal which his father had made.

וַיַּעֲשֶׂ֤ה (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙סַר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Now Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep-farmer; and he gave regularly to the king of Israel the wool from a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand sheep.

וְהֵשִׁ֤יב (וְ) ve. “and”

But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of the king of Israel.

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

At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.

וַיֵּצֵ֞א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְקֹ֖ד (וַ) va “and”

And he sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has got free from my authority: will you go with me to make war on Moab? And he said, I will go with you: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.

וַיֵּ֡לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.

וַיֵּלֶךְ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּסֹ֕בּוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Israel said, Here is trouble: for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them into the hands of Moab.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may get directions from the Lord? And one of the king of Israel's men said in answer, Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who was servant to Elijah.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יַּעַן (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּרְד֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

But Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father and your mother. And the king of Israel said, No; for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them up into the hands of Moab.

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

Then Elisha said, By the life of the Lord of armies whose servant I am, if it was not for the respect I have for Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, I would not give a look at you, or see you.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you the word of the Lord: and they got a player of music, and while the man was playing, the hand of the Lord wa

וְהָיָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַתְּהִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For the Lord says, Though you see no wind or rain, the valley will be full of water, and you and your armies and your beasts will have drink.

וּשְׁתִיתֶ֛ם (וּ) u. “and”

And this will be only a small thing to the Lord: in addition he will give the Moabites into your hands.

וְנָקַ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And you are to put every walled town to destruction, cutting down every good tree, and stopping up every water-spring, and making all the good land rough with stones.

וְהִכִּיתֶ֞ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Now in the morning, about the time when the offering was made, they saw water flowing from the direction of Edom till the country was full of water.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

Now all Moab, hearing that the kings had come to make war against them, got together all who were able to take up arms and went forward to the edge of the country.

וַיִּצָּעֲק֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַמְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”