H9002–/וְ–v

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

וְכִרְא֨וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

וּכְשׁ֣וּב (וּ) u. “and”וְרֹ֥אשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass, when he had ended speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

וְנֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

וְדָוִ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his dress, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

וּמַדָּ֕יו (וּ) u. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David went forth; whithersoever Saul sent him he prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

וְגַ֕ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambours, with joy, and with triangles.

וְהַמְּחֹל֔וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And the women answered [ergänzt: one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

וְדָוִ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and [ergänzt: what] is there more for him but the kingdom?

וְלִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְע֥וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

וָהָֽלְאָה׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And it came to pass the next day that an evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, but David played with his hand, as on other days; and the spear was in Saul's hand.

וְדָוִ֛ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַחֲנִ֖ית (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.

וּבַקִּ֑יר (וּ) u. “and”

And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and had departed from Saul.

וּמֵעִ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”

And David prospered in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.

וַֽיהוָ֖ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִיהוּדָ֔ה (וִ) vi. “and”וָבָ֖א (וָ) va. “and”

And Saul said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. But Saul thought, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.

וְהִלָּחֵ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁא֣וּל (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְהִי־ (וּ) u. “and”

And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, [ergänzt: or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

וּמִ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.

וְהִ֧יא (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.

וּתְהִי־ (וּ) u. “so”וּתְהִי־ (וּ) u. “so”

And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, saying, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

וְאָנֹכִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִקְלֶֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

וְשָׁא֣וּל (וְ) ve. “and”

And his servants told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

when David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they delivered them in full to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.

וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יו (וַ) va. “and”