H9002–/וְ–v

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers; now thy shepherds who were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there aught missed by them, all the while they were in Carmel.

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

Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee. Therefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, what thy hand may find to thy servants, and to thy son David.

וְיַגִּ֣ידוּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְיִמְצְא֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְבִנְךָ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.

וּמִ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And shall I take my bread, and my water, and my flesh which I have killed for my shearers, and give [ergänzt: it] to men whom I know not whence they are?

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

And David said to his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword; and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.

וּמָאתַ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

And one of [ergänzt: Nabal's] young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our master; and he has insulted them.

וְלַאֲבִיגַ֙יִל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we companied with them, when we were in the fields.

וְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And now know and consider what thou wilt do, for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household; and he is such a son of Belial, that one cannot speak to him.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּרְאִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְעַ֣ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skin-bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched [ergänzt: corn], and a hundred raisin-cakes, and two hundred fig-cakes, and laid them on asses.

וּשְׁנַ֣יִם (וּ) u. “and”וְחָמֵ֨שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמָאתַ֣יִם (וּ) u. “and”

And she said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

וּלְאִישָׁ֥הּ (וּ) u. “and”

And as she was riding on the ass, and coming down by the covert of the hill, behold, David and his men came down opposite to her; and she met them.

וְהָיָ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֹרֶ֙דֶת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנָשָׁ֔יו (וַ) va. “and”

Now David had said, Surely, in vain have I kept all that this [ergänzt: man] had in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his; and he has requited me evil for good.

וְדָוִ֣ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So and more also do God to the enemies of David, if I leave of all that is his by the morning light any male.

וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, [ergänzt: upon] me let the iniquity be; but let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear the words of thy handmaid.

וּֽתְדַבֶּר־ (וּֽ) u. “and”וּשְׁמַ֕ע (וּ) u. “and”

Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; and I thy handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

וּנְבָלָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וַֽאֲנִי֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

And now, my lord, [ergänzt: as] Jehovah liveth, and [ergänzt: as] thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah has restrained thee from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֵֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And now this blessing which thy bondmaid has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men that follow my lord.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

I pray thee, forgive the transgression of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a lasting house; because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah, and evil has not been found in thee all thy days.

וְרָעָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And if a man is risen up to pursue thee and to seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out from the hollow of the sling.

וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֨ת (וְ) ve. “and”

that this shall be no stumbling-block to thee, nor offence of heart for my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall deal well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְמִכְשׁ֨וֹל (וּ) u. “and”וְלִשְׁפָּךְ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ (וּ) u. “and”

And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

וּבָר֥וּךְ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְרוּכָ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וְהֹשֵׁ֥עַ (וְ) ve. “and”

But indeed, as Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, who has restrained me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any male.

וְאוּלָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

So David received of her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

וְלָ֣הּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֵ֤ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגָד֖וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became [ergänzt: as] a stone.

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”