H9002–/וְ–v

He will keep the feet of His holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for not by strength shall man prevail.

וּרְשָׁעִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

They that strive with the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them will He thunder in heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth; and He will give strength unto His king, and exalt the horn of His anointed.

וְיִתֶּן־ (וְ) ve. “so”וְיָרֵ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

וְהַנַּ֗עַר (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not the LORD.

וּבְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his band;

וּמִשְׁפַּ֥ט (וּ) u. “and”וְהַמַּזְלֵ֛ג (וְ) ve. “and”

Yea, before the fat was made to smoke, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed: 'Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.'

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if the man said unto him: 'Let the fat be made to smoke first of all, and then take as much as thy soul desireth'; then he would say: 'Nay, but thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I will take it by force.'

וְקַ֨ח־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל (וּ) u. “and”

Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

וּמְעִ֤יל (וּ) u. “and”

And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say: 'The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to the LORD.' And they would go unto their own home.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the LORD remembered Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

וּשְׁתֵּ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.

וְעֵלִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”

If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him?' But they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.

וְאִ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.

וְהַנַּ֣עַר (וְ) ve. “and”וְגָדֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וָט֑וֹב (וָ) va. “and”וְגַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “<and>”

And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to go up unto Mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before Me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

וּבָחֹ֣ר (וּ) u. “and”

Wherefore kick ye at My sacrifice and at Mine offering, which I have commanded in My habitation; and honourest thy sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel My people?

וּבְמִנְחָתִ֔י (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, saith: I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before Me for ever; but now the LORD saith: Be it far from Me: for them that honour Me I will honour, and they that despise Me shall be l

וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”וְעַתָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֹזַ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou shalt behold a rival in My habitation, in all the good which shall be done to Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet will I not cut off every man of thine from Mine altar, to make thine eyes to fail, and thy heart to languish; and all the increase of thy house shall die young men.

וְאִ֗ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַאֲדִ֣יב (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And this shall be the sign unto thee, that which shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.

וְזֶה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפִֽינְחָ֑ס (וּ) u. “and”

And I will raise Me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in My heart and in My mind; and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before Mine anointed for ever.

וּבְנַפְשִׁ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say: Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.'

וְכִכַּר־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

וְהַנַּ֧עַר (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְבַר־ (וּ) u. “and”

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place--now his eyes had begun to wax dim, that he could not see--

וְעֵלִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֵינָיו֙ (וְ) ve. “and”