H9001–/וַ–v

So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Thus Solomon finished the house of Yahweh, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of Yahweh, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

וַיְכַ֧ל (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.

וַיֵּרָ֧א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּבָחַ֜רְתִּי (וּ) u. “and”

For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

וְהָי֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I covenanted with David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.

וַהֲקִ֣ימוֹתִ֔י (וַ) va. “and”

But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

וַעֲזַבְתֶּם֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם (וַ) va. “and”וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

וּנְתַשְׁתִּ֗ים (וּ) u. “and”

This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?

וְאָמַ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”

They shall answer, Because they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has he brought all this evil on them.

וְאָמְר֗וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיַּחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּם (וַ) va “and”

It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of Yahweh, and his own house,

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”

that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

וַיּ֥וֹשֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחֱזַ֖ק (וַ) va “and”

He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.

וַיִּ֥בֶן (וַ) va “and”

Also he built Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

וַיִּ֜בֶן (וַ) va “and”

of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn't consume, of them did Solomon raise a levy [ergänzt: of bondservants] to this day.

וַיַּעֲלֵ֤ם (וַ) va “and”

He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

וַיַּעֲמֵ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of the foundation of the house of Yahweh, and until it was finished. [ergänzt: So] the house of Yahweh was completed.

וַתִּכֹּן֙ (וַ) va. “and”

Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants who had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

וַיִּֽשְׁלַֽח־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְח֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֖יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.

וַתָּב֣וֹא (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּבוֹא֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”

Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not anything hid from Solomon which he didn't tell her.

וַיַּגֶּד־ (וַ) va “and”

When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ (וַ) va. “and”

She said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

However I didn't believe their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me: you exceed the fame that I heard.

וַתִּרְאֶ֣ינָה (וַ) va. “and”

Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.

וַיִּתֶּנְךָ֤ (וַ) va “and”