H9002–/וְ–v

And Saul said, Bring hither to me the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings. And he offered up the burnt-offering.

וְהַשְּׁלָמִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass, as soon as he had ended offering up the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou didst not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines were assembled at Michmash,

וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to Jehovah; and I forced myself, and offered up the burnt-offering.

וּפְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah has sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah has appointed him ruler over his people; for thou hast not kept what Jehovah commanded thee.

וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.

וְיֶתֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin; and the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

וְשָׁא֞וּל (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹנָתָ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָעָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and the other company turned the way to the district that looks over the ravine of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

וְהָרֹ֤אשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָרֹ֨אשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now there was no smith found throughout the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears.

וְחָרָשׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.

וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׁלֹ֥שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”וּלְהַצִּ֖יב (וּ) u. “and”

And it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and with Jonathan his son there was found.

וְלֹ֨א (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲנִית֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְיוֹנָתָ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”

Now it came to pass one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that bore his armour, Come and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison which is on the other side. But he did not tell his father.

וְנַעְבְּרָה֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וּלְאָבִ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

And Saul abode at the extreme end of Gibeah under the pomegranate-tree which [ergänzt: was] in Migron; and the people that were with him were about six hundred men.

וְשָׁא֗וּל (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָעָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

(And Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, Jehovah's priest in Shiloh, wore the ephod.) And the people did not know that Jonathan was gone.

וַאֲחִיָּ֣ה (וַ) va. “and”וְהָעָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now between the passes by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison there was a sharp rock on the one side and a sharp rock on the other side; and the name of the one [ergänzt: was] Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”וְשֵׁן־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

The one crag [ergänzt: formed] a pillar on the north opposite to Michmash, and the other on the south opposite to Geba.

וְהָאֶחָ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: perhaps Jehovah will work for us; for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.

וְנַעְבְּרָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “so”

If they say thus to us, Stand still until we come to you, then we will stay in our place, and will not go up to them.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And if they say thus, Come up to us, then we will go up; for Jehovah has given them into our hand; and this shall be the sign to us.

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

And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armour-bearer and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you something. And Jonathan said to his armour-bearer, Come up after me; for Jehovah has delivered them into the hand of Israel.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנוֹדִ֥יעָה (וְ) ve. “so”

And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour-bearer after him; and they fell before Jonathan; and his armour-bearer slew after him.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֹשֵׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֹשֵׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his armour-bearer wrought was about twenty men, as it were on the half-furrow of an acre of land.

וְנֹשֵׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And there was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the ravagers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked; for it was a trembling [ergänzt: from] God.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַמַּשְׁחִ֔ית (וְ) ve. “and”

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on slaying one another.

וְהִנֵּ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲלֹֽם׃ (וַ) va. “and”