H9001–/וַ–v

for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread f

וַֽיִּתְּנֵהוּ֮ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְרַ֤ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂ (וַ) va “and”

and he said: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like Thee, in the heaven, or in the earth; who keepest covenant and mercy with Thy servants, that walk before Thee with all their heart;

וַיֹּאמַ֗ר (וַ) va “and”

who hast kept with Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst promise him; yea, Thou spokest with Thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with Thy hand, as it is this day.

וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

Yet have Thou respect unto the prayer of Thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which Thy servant prayeth before Thee;

וּפָנִ֜יתָ (וּ) u. “and”

And hearken Thou to the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place; yea, hear Thou from Thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when Thou hearest, forgive.

וְשָׁ֨מַעְתָּ֜ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”וְסָלָֽחְתָּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be exacted of him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before Thine altar in this house;

וְנָֽשָׁא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָ֗א (וּ) u. “and”

then hear Thou from heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁפַטְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if Thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, when they sin against Thee, and shall turn again and confess Thy name, and pray and make supplication before Thee in this house;

וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹד֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֧וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

then hear Thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy people Israel, and bring them back unto the land which Thou gavest to them and to their fathers.

וְסָ֣לַחְתָּ֔ (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲשֵׁיבוֹתָם֙ (וַ) va. “and”

When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, when they sin against Thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy name, turning from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;

וְהִֽתְפַּלְל֞וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹד֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, when Thou dost direct them on the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.

וְסָ֨לַחְתָּ֜ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַתָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all Thy people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own pain, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house;

וּפָרַ֥שׂ (וּ) u. “and”

then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest--for Thou, even Thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men--

וְסָ֣לַחְתָּ֔ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַתָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Moreover concerning the stranger, that is not of Thy people Israel, when be shall come out of a far country for Thy great name's sake, and Thy mighty hand, and Thine outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house;

וּבָ֣א׀ (וּ) u. “and”וּבָ֥אוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְהִֽתְפַּלְל֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

then hear Thou from heaven, even from Thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to Thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, and fear Thee, as doth Thy people Israel, and that they may know that Thy name i

וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

If Thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way Thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Thee toward this city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy name;

וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

then hear Thou from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

If they sin against Thee--for there is no man that sinneth not--and Thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near;

וְאָנַפְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְתַתָּ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וְשָׁב֧וּם (וְ) ve. “and”

yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying: We have sinned, we have done iniquitously, and have dealt wickedly;

וְהֵשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֣בוּ׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and towar

וְשָׁ֣בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

then hear Thou from heaven, even from Thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause; and forgive Thy people who have sinned against Thee.

וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְסָלַחְתָּ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

וַתֹּ֥אכַל (וַ) va. “and”

And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and prostrated themselves, and gave thanks unto the LORD; 'for He

וַיִּכְרְעוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽשְׁתַּֽחֲו֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

וַיִּזְבַּ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings; because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offer

וַיְקַדֵּ֣שׁ (וַ) va “and”