H9002–/וְ–v

and he uttereth slander against thy servant unto my lord the king, and my lord the king `is' as a messenger of God; and do thou that which is good in thine eyes,

וַאדֹנִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”וַעֲשֵׂ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”

for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and thou dost set thy servant among those eating at thy table, and what right have I any more -- even to cry any more unto the king?'

וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”וְלִזְעֹ֥ק (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king saith to him, `Why dost thou speak any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba -- share ye the field.'

וְצִיבָ֔א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Barzillai the Gileadite hath gone down from Rogelim, and passeth over the Jordan with the king, to send him away over the Jordan;

וּבַרְזִלַּי֙ (וּ) u. “and”

and Barzillai `is' very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he `is' a very great man;

וּבַרְזִלַּי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

A son of eighty years I `am' to-day; do I know between good and evil? doth thy servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? do I hearken any more to the voice of singers and songstresses? and why is thy servant any more for a burden unto my lord the king?

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁר֑וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָמָּה֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

As a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recompense me this recompense?

וְלָ֙מָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let, I pray thee, thy servant turn back again, and I die in mine own city, near the burying-place of my father and of my mother, -- and lo, thy servant Chimham, let him pass over with my lord the king, and do thou to him that which `is' good in thine eyes.'

וְאָמֻ֣ת (וְ) ve. “so”וְאִמִּ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲשֵׂה־ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king saith, `With me doth Chimham go over, and I do to him that which `is' good in thine eyes, yea, all that thou dost fix on me I do to thee.'

וַאֲנִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְכֹ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the people pass over the Jordan, and the king hath passed over, and the king giveth a kiss to Barzillai, and blesseth him, and he turneth back to his place.

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king passeth over to Gilgal, and Chimham hath passed over with him, and all the people of Judah, and they bring over the king, and also the half of the people of Israel.

וְכִמְהָ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַ֕ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And, lo, all the men of Israel are coming unto the king, and they say unto the king, `Wherefore have they stolen thee -- our brethren, the men of Judah?' (and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him).

וְהִנֵּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the men of Judah answer against the men of Israel, `Because the king `is' near unto us, and why `is' this -- ye are displeased about this matter? have we at all eaten of the king's `substance?' a gift hath he lifted up to us?'

וְלָ֤מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, `Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?' And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name `is' Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and saith, `We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel.'

וְשָׁ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמ֛וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah have cleaved to their king, from the Jordan even unto Jerusalem.

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

And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines -- whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

And the king saith unto Amasa, `Call for me the men of Judah `in' three days, and thou, stand here,'

וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and David saith unto Abishai, `Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself `from' our eye.'

וּרְדֹ֣ף (וּ) u. “and”

And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri;

וְהַכְּרֵתִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפְּלֵתִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

they `are' near the great stone that `is' in Gibeon, and Amasa hath gone before them, and Joab `is' girded; his long robe he hath put on him, and upon it a girdle -- a sword `is' fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and he hath gone out, and it falleth.

וַעֲמָשָׂ֖א (וַ) va. “and”וְיוֹאָ֞ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָלָ֞יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that `is' in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth `rib', and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated `it' to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.

וַעֲמָשָׂ֨א (וַ) va. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹאָב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲבִישַׁ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, `He who hath delight in Joab, and he who `is' for David -- after Joab!'

וְאִישׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And Amasa is rolling himself in blood, in the midst of the highway, and the man seeth that all the people have stood still, and he bringeth round Amasa out of the highway to the field, and casteth over him a garment, when he hath seen that every one who hath come by him -- hath stood still.

וַעֲמָשָׂ֛א (וַ) va. “and”

And he passeth over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maachah, and to all the Berites, and they are assembled, and go in also after him,

וּבֵ֥ית (וּ) u. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”