H9001–/וַ–v

And they begin among the aged men who `are' before the house, and He saith unto them, `Defile the house, and fill the courts with the wounded, go forth.' And they have gone forth and have smitten in the city.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְיָצְא֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִכּ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it cometh to pass, as they are smiting, and I -- I am left -- that I fall on my face, and cry, and say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, art Thou destroying all the remnant of Israel, in Thy pouring out Thy wrath on Jerusalem?'

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וָאֶפְּלָ֨ה (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶזְעַ֗ק (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֹמַר֙ (וָֽ) va. “and”

And He saith unto me, `The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah `is' very very great, and the land is full of blood, and the city hath been full of perverseness, for they have said: Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah is not seeing.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתִּמָּלֵ֤א (וַ) va. “and”

And I look, and lo, on the expanse that `is' above the head of the cherubs, as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, He hath been seen over them.

וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה (וָ) va. “and”

And He speaketh unto the man clothed with linen, and saith, `Go in unto the midst of the wheel, unto the place of the cherub, and fill thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter over the city.' And he goeth in before mine eyes.

וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

and become high doth the honour of Jehovah above the cherub, over the threshold of the house, and the house is filled with the cloud, and the court hath been filled with the brightness of the honour of Jehovah.

וַיָּ֤רָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמָּלֵ֤א (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, in His commanding the man clothed with linen, saying, `Take fire from between the wheel, from between the cherubs,' and he goeth in and standeth near the wheel,

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֔ד (וַֽ) va “and”

that the `one' cherub putteth forth his hand from between the cherubs unto the fire that `is' between the cherubs, and lifteth up, and giveth into the hands of him who is clothed with linen, and he receiveth, and cometh forth.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׂא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֔ן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֖ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵֽא׃ (וַ) va “and”

And there appeareth in the cherubs the form of a hand of man under their wings,

וַיֵּרָ֖א (וַ) va “and”

and I look, and lo, four wheels near the cherubs, one wheel near the one cherub, and another wheel near the other cherub, and the appearance of the wheels `is' as the colour of a beryl stone.

וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה (וָ) va. “and”

And the cherubs are lifted up, it `is' the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

וַיֵּרֹ֖מּוּ (וַ) va “and”

And go forth doth the honour of Jehovah from off the threshold of the house, and standeth over the cherubs,

וַיֵּצֵא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד (וַֽ) va “and”

and the cherubs lift up their wings, and are lifted up from the earth before mine eyes; in their going forth, the wheels also `are' over-against them, and he standeth at the opening of the east gate of the house of Jehovah, and the honour of the God of Israel `is' over them from above.

וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּר֨וֹמּוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד (וַֽ) va “and”

It `is' the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I know that they are cherubs.

וָאֵדַ֕ע (וָ) va. “and”

And lift me up doth a spirit, and it bringeth me in unto the east gate of the house of Jehovah, that is facing the east, and lo, at the opening of the gate twenty and five men, and I see in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, heads of the people.

וַתִּשָּׂ֨א (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּבֵ֣א (וַ) va. “and”וָאֶרְאֶ֨ה (וָ) va. “and”

And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these `are' the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city;

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And fall upon me doth the Spirit of Jehovah, and He saith unto me, `Say: Thus said Jehovah: Rightly ye have said, O house of Israel, And the steps of your spirit I have known.

וַתִּפֹּ֣ל (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Ye multiplied your wounded in this city, And filled its out-places with the wounded.

וּמִלֵּאתֶ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”

And I have brought you out of its midst, And given you into the hand of strangers, And I have done among you judgments.

וְהוֹצֵאתִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשִׂ֛יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”

By the sword ye do fall, On the border of Israel I do judge you, And ye have known that I `am' Jehovah.

וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And ye have known that I `am' Jehovah, For in My statutes ye have not walked, And My Judgments ye have not done, And according to the judgments of the nations Who are round about you -- ye have done!'

וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And it cometh to pass, at my prophesying, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah is dying, and I fall on my face, and cry -- a loud voice -- and say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, an end Thou art making of the remnant of Israel.'

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וָאֶפֹּ֨ל (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶזְעַ֣ק (וָ) va. “and”וָאֹמַר֙ (וָ) va. “and”

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

it `is' ours, the land hath been given for an inheritance; therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because I put them afar off among nations, And because I scattered them through lands, I also am to them for a little sanctuary, In lands whither they have gone in.

וָאֱהִ֤י (וָ) va. “and”

Therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I have assembled you from the peoples, And I have gathered you from the lands, Into which ye have been scattered, And I have given to you the ground of Israel.

וְקִבַּצְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”