H9001–/וַ–v

He went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus says Yahweh, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying.

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

So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

וַיֵּרָפ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

He went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead.

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

He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them.

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

He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

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

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered to the king of Israel the wool of one hundred thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand rams.

וְהֵשִׁ֤יב (וְ) ve. “and”

But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

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

King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.

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

He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against Moab to battle? He said, I will go up: I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

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

He said, Which way shall we go up? He answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

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

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the animals that followed them.

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

The king of Israel said, Alas! for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the king of Israel's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.

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

Jehoshaphat said, The word of Yahweh 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”

Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. The king of Israel said to him, No; for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

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

Elisha said, As Yahweh of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But now bring me a minstrel. It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came on him.

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

He said, Thus says Yahweh, Make this valley full of trenches.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For thus says Yahweh, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.

וּשְׁתִיתֶ֛ם (וּ) u. “and”

This is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

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

You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.

וְהִכִּיתֶ֞ם (וְ) ve. “and”

It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

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

Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.

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