H9001–/וַ–v

And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

וַיָּ֙מָת֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׂא֥וּם (וַ) va “and”

For David said, Jehovah the God of Israel has given rest to his people, and he will dwell in Jerusalem for ever;

וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”

and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of Jehovah.

וְשָׁמְר֞וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood.

וַיָּ֨מָת (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְכַהֲנ֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service.

וַיֶּֽחָלְקֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

And there were more head-men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and [ergänzt: thus] were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads of fathers' houses, and eight of the sons of Ithamar according to their fathers' houses.

וַיִּמָּצְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחְלְק֑וּם (וַֽ) va “and”

And they were divided by lot, one with another; for the princes of the sanctuary and the princes of God were of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar.

וַיַּחְלְק֥וּם (וַ) va “and”

And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, [ergänzt: one] of the Levites, inscribed them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites: one father's house was drawn for Eleazar, and one drawn for Ithamar.

וַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֡ם (וַֽ) va “and”

And the first lot came forth for Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah,

וַיֵּצֵ֞א (וַ) va “and”

These likewise cast lots just as their brethren the sons of Aaron before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites, -- the chief fathers just as the youngest of their brethren.

וַיַּפִּילוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

And David and the captains of the host separated for the service those of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun who were to prophesy with harps and lutes and cymbals; and the number of the men employed according to their service was:

וַיַּבְדֵּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

all these were sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt his power; and God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of Jehovah, all of them skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar.

וַיַּפִּ֜ילוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second: he and his brethren and his sons were twelve.

וַיֵּצֵ֞א (וַ) va “and”

-- And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the head, for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the head;

וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

וַיַּפִּ֨ילוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah; and they cast lots for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, and his lot came out northward;

וַיִּפֹּ֧ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the head; (as to the Hebronites, according to their families according to the fathers: in the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jaazer in Gilead;)

וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

and his brethren, men of valour, two thousand seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and the affairs of the king.

וַיַּפְקִידֵ֞ם (וַ) va “and”

Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he did not finish; and there fell wrath for it upon Israel; and the number was not put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the princes of the divisions that ministered to the king, and the captains over thousands, and the captains over hundreds, and the comptrollers of all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the chamberlains, and the mighty men, and all the men of valour, unto Jerusalem.

וַיַּקְהֵ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

And king David stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people! I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and for the footstool of our God, and I have prepared to build.

וַיָּ֨קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַהֲכִינ֖וֹתִי (וַ) va. “and”

And Jehovah the God of Israel chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for he has chosen Judah to be the prince; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;

וַיִּבְחַ֡ר (וַ) va “and”