H9001–/וַ–v

and didst find his heart stedfast before Thee, so as to make with him the covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give `it' to his seed. `And Thou dost establish Thy words, for Thou `art' righteous,

וּמָצָ֣אתָ (וּ) u. “and”וַתָּ֙קֶם֙ (וַ) va. “and”

and dost see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry hast heard by the sea of Suph,

וַתֵּ֛רֶא (וַ) va. “and”

and dost give signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for Thou hast known that they have acted proudly against them, and Thou makest to Thee a name as `at' this day.

וַ֠תִּתֵּן (וַ֠) Va. “and”וַתַּֽעַשׂ־ (וַ) va. “and”

And the sea Thou hast cleaved before them, and they pass over into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and their pursuers Thou hast cast into the depths, as a stone, into the strong waters.

וַיַּֽעַבְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

`And on mount Sinai Thou hast come down, even to speak with them from the heavens, and Thou dost give to them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commands.

וַתִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va. “and”

and bread from the heavens Thou hast given to them for their hunger, and water from a rock hast brought out to them for their thirst, and dost say to them to go in to possess the land that Thou hast lifted up Thy hand to give to them.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

`And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou `art' a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

`Also, when they have made to themselves a molten calf, and say, this `is' thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt, and do great despisings,

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

`And Thou givest to them kingdoms, and peoples, and dost apportion them to the corner, and they possess the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

וַתִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va. “and”וַֽתַּחְלְקֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va. “and”וַיִּֽירְשׁ֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

And their sons Thou hast multiplied as the stars of the heavens, and bringest them in unto the land that Thou hast said to their fathers to go in to possess.

וַתְּבִיאֵם֙ (וַ) va. “and”

`And the sons come in, and possess the land, and Thou humblest before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and givest them into their hand, and their kings, and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure.

וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתַּכְנַ֨ע (וַ) va. “and”וַֽתִּתְּנֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va. “and”

And they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Thy great goodness.

וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּֽירְשׁ֡וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאכְל֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׂבְּעוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְעַדְּנ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

`And they are disobedient, and rebel against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and Thy prophets they have slain, who testified against them, to bring them back unto Thee, and they do great despisings,

וַיַּמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּמְרְד֜וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֤כוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

and Thou givest them into the hand of their adversaries, and they distress them, and in the time of their distress they cry unto Thee, and Thou, from the heavens, dost hear, and, according to Thine abundant mercies, dost give to them saviours, and they save them out of the hand of their adversaries.

וַֽתִּתְּנֵם֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וַיָּצֵ֖רוּ (וַ) va “and”

`And when they have rest, they turn back to do evil before Thee, and Thou dost leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they rule over them; and they turn back, and call Thee, and Thou from the heavens dost hear, and dost deliver them, according to Thy mercies, many times,

וַתַּֽעַזְבֵ֞ם (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּרְדּ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְעָק֔וּךָ (וַ) va “and”

and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they -- they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, -- which man doth and hath lived in them -- and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.

וַתָּ֨עַד (וַ) va. “and”וְחָיָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

`And Thou drawest over them many years, and testifiest against them by Thy Spirit, by the hand of Thy prophets, and they have not given ear, and Thou dost give them into the hand of peoples of the lands,

וַתִּמְשֹׁ֤ךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּ֨עַד (וַ) va. “and”וַֽתִּתְּנֵ֔ם (וַֽ) va. “and”

And we have appointed for ourselves commands, to put on ourselves the third of a shekel in a year, for the service of the house of our God,

וְהֶעֱמַ֤דְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

and the priest, son of Aaron, hath been with the Levites in the tithing of the Levites, and the Levites bring up the tithe of the tithe to the house of our God unto the chambers, to the treasure-house;

וְהָיָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the heads of the people dwell in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people have caused to fall lots to bring in one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the cities,

וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and the people give a blessing to all the men who are offering themselves willingly to dwell in Jerusalem.

וַֽיְבָרֲכ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its small towns; and they encamp from Beer-Sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

וַיַּחֲנ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and sons of the singers are gathered together even from the circuit round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,

וַיֵּאָ֣סְפ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall.

וַיִּֽטַּהֲר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְטַהֲרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”