H9001–/וַ–v

And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.

וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she hath hid her son.

וַנְּבַשֵּׁ֥ל (וַ) va. “and”וַנֹּֽאכְלֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וָאֹמַ֨ר (וָ) va. “and”וַתַּחְבִּ֖א (וַ) va. “and”

And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes (now he was passing by upon the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣רְא (וַ) va “and”

Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and [ergänzt: the king] sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וּלְחַצְתֶּ֤ם (וּ) u. “and”

And while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Jehovah: thus saith Jehovah, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be [ergänzt: sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

וַיַּ֣עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַר֒ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

וָמַ֣תְנוּ (וָ) va. “and”וָמָ֑תְנוּ (וָ) va. “and”וָמָֽתְנוּ׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.

וַיָּק֣וּמוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”

For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

וַיָּקוּמוּ֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנ֣וּסוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַזְב֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ (וַ) va “and”

And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּטְמִ֑נוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֗בוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּטְמִֽנוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וְחִכִּ֛ינוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְצָאָ֣נוּ (וּ) u. “and”

So they came and called unto the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֮ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ (וַ) va “and”

And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.

וַיִּקְרָ֖א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֕ידוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.

וַיָּ֨קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed); and let us send and see.

וַיַּעַן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

וַיִּקְח֕וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And they went after them unto the Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [ergänzt: sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֕זּוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”

And the king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

וַיִּרְמְסֻ֧הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹ֑ת (וַ) va “and”