H9001–/וַ–v

they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he lived among the people.

וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before you in that day.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֡ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָי֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But I will deliver you in that day, says Yahweh; and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.

וְהִצַּלְתִּ֥יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”

For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but your life shall be for a prey to you; because you have put your trust in me, says Yahweh.

וְהָיְתָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;

וַיִּקַּ֥ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and Yahweh has brought it, and done according as he spoke: because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come on you.

וַיָּבֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֛עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וְהָיָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, [ergänzt: said he], to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.

וַיָּבֹ֧א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon;

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, [ergänzt: to wit], Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”

Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don't be afraid to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע (וַ) va “and”

then all the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּאַסְפ֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

and said to him, Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn't believe them.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

וְנָפֹ֙צוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָבְדָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and [ergänzt: one of] the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אכְלוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

וַיָּקָם֩ (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יַּכּוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיָּ֣מֶת (וַ) va “and”

It happened the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”

that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Yahweh.

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”

Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it happened, as he met them, he said to them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

וַ֠יֵּצֵא (וַ֠) Va “and”וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

It was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, [ergänzt: and cast them] into the midst of the pit, he, and the men who were with him.

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֞ם (וַ) va “and”

But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, Don't kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he stopped, and didn't kill them among their brothers.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל (וַ) va “and”

Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people who were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.

וַיִּ֣שְׁבְּ׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁבֵּם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

וַיִּשְׁמַע֙ (וַ) va “and”

then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְצְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”