H9002–/וְ–v

And David is the youngest, and the three eldest have gone after Saul,

וְדָוִ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁלֹשָׁה֙ (וּ) u. “and”

and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem.

וְדָוִ֛ד (וְ) ve. “and”וָשָׁ֖ב (וָ) va. “and”

And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days.

וְהַעֲרֵ֑ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jesse saith to David his son, `Take, I pray thee, to thy brethren, an ephah of this roasted `corn', and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

וַעֲשָׂרָ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”וְהָרֵ֥ץ (וְ) ve. “and”

and these ten cuttings of the cheese thou dost take in to the head of the thousand, and thy brethren thou dost inspect for welfare, and their pledge dost receive.'

וְ֠אֵת (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel `are' in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

וְשָׁא֤וּל (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David riseth early in the morning, and leaveth the flock to a keeper, and lifteth up, and goeth, as Jesse commanded him, and he cometh in to the path, and to the force which is going out unto the rank, and they have shouted for battle;

וְהַחַ֗יִל (וְ) ve. “and”

and Israel and the Philistines set in array rank to meet rank.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

And he is speaking with them, and lo, a man of the duellists is coming up, Goliath the Philistine `is' his name, of Gath, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and he speaketh according to those words, and David heareth;

וְה֣וּא׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and all the men of Israel when they see the man flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid.

וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of Israel say, `Have ye seen this man who is coming up? for, to reproach Israel he is coming up, and it hath been -- the man who smiteth him, the king doth enrich him with great riches, and his daughter he doth give to him, and his father's house doth make free in Israel.'

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

And Eliab, his eldest brother, heareth when he speaketh unto the men, and the anger of Eliab burneth against David, and he saith, `Why `is' this -- thou hast come down! and to whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known thy pride, and the evil of thy heart -- for, to see the battle thou hast come down.'

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

And Saul saith unto David, `Thou art not able to go unto this Philistine, to fight with him, for a youth thou `art', and he a man of war from his youth.'

וְה֛וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And David saith unto Saul, `A shepherd hath thy servant been to his father among the sheep, and the lion hath come -- and the bear -- and hath taken away a sheep out of the drove,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David saith, `Jehovah, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He doth deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.' And Saul saith unto David, `Go, and Jehovah is with thee.'

וּמִיַּ֣ד (וּ) u. “and”וַֽיהוָ֖ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

And he taketh his staff in his hand, and chooseth for him five smooth stones from the brook, and putteth them in the shepherds' habiliments that he hath, even in the scrip, and his sling `is' in his hand, and he draweth nigh unto the Philistine.

וּבַיַּלְק֖וּט (וּ) u. “and”וְקַלְּע֣וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistine goeth on, going and drawing near unto David, and the man bearing the buckler `is' before him,

וְקָרֵ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאִ֛ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

and the Philistine looketh attentively, and seeth David, and despiseth him, for he was a youth, and ruddy, with a fair appearance.

וְאַדְמֹנִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

and the Philistine saith unto David, `Come unto me, and I give thy flesh to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the field.'

וְאֶתְּנָה֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”

And David saith unto the Philistine, `Thou art coming unto me with sword, and with spear, and with buckler, and I am coming unto thee in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, God of the ranks of Israel, which thou hast reproached.

וּבַחֲנִ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכִיד֑וֹן (וּ) u. “and”וְאָנֹכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

This day doth Jehovah shut thee up into my hand -- and I have smitten thee, and turned aside thy head from off thee, and given the carcase of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and all the earth do know that God is for Israel.

וּלְחַיַּ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “so”

and all this assembly do know that not by sword and by spear doth Jehovah save, that the battle `is' Jehovah's, and He hath given you into our hand.'

וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וּבַחֲנִ֖ית (וּ) u. “and”

And David is stronger than the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smiteth the Philistine, and putteth him to death, and there is no sword in the hand of David,

וּבָאֶ֔בֶן (וּ) u. “and”וְחֶ֖רֶב (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of Israel rise -- also Judah -- and shout, and pursue the Philistines till thou enter the valley, and unto the gates of Ekron, and the wounded of the Philistines fall in the way of Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron,

וִיהוּדָ֜ה (וִ) vi. “and”וְעַ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David taketh the head of the Philistine, and bringeth it in to Jerusalem, and his weapons he hath put in his own tent.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”