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 missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel.

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

Ask thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the young men find favor in thy eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatever cometh to thy hand, 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 in these days that break away every man from his master.

וּמִ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give 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 goods.

וּמָאתַ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.

וְלַאֲבִיגַ֙יִל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

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

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do: for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

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

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, 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 servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

וּלְאִישָׁ֥הּ (וּ) u. “and”

And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and behold, David and his men came down over against 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 man hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him: and he hath 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 pertain to him by the morning light any male person.)

וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thy audience, 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, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

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

Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withheld thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thy own hand, now let thy 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 handmaid hath brought to my lord, let it even be given to the young men that follow my lord.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thy handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

וְרָעָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet a man hath risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thy enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the middle of a sling.

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

That this will be no grief to thee, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt 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 advice, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

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

For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, who hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any male person.

וְאוּלָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

So David received from her hand that which she had brought him, and said to her, Return 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 very drunken: Therefore 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”

But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine had left Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”