H9002–/וְ–v

And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.

וּמִיכַ֥ל (וּ) u. “and”

And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִיהֽוֹנָתָן֙ (וִ) vi. “and”

And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and if I see aught, I will tell thee.

וַאֲנִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”וַאֲנִ֕י (וַ) va. “and”

And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

וְכִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great victory for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

וְלָ֤מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And an evil spirit from Jehovah was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲנִית֖וֹ (וַ) va. “and”וְדָוִ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

וּבַקִּ֔יר (וּ) u. “and”וְדָוִ֛ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be slain.

וְלַהֲמִית֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' [ergänzt: hair] at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' [ergänzt: hair] at the head thereof.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְבִ֥יר (וּ) u. “and”

Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

וְדָוִ֨ד (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמוּאֵ֔ל (וּ) u. “and”

And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל (וּ) u. “and”

Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.

וְדָוִ֑ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

וּמֶֽה־ (וּ) u. “and”

And he said unto him, Far from it; thou shalt not die: behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַדּוּעַ֩ (וּ) u. “and”

And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found favor in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

וְאוּלָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”

Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ (וְ) ve. “so”

And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

וְאָנֹכִ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”

If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee: but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

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

And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.

וְנֵצֵ֣א (וְ) ve. “so”

And Jonathan said unto David, Jehovah, the God of Israel, [ergänzt: be witness]: when I have sounded my father about this time to-morrow, [ergänzt: or] the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send unto thee, and disclose it unto thee?

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”