H9002–/וְ–v

In the thirty-first year of Asa, king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and he was king for twelve years; for six years he was ruling in Tirzah.

וְאַחַ֜ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Copying all the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and all the sins he did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish ways.

וּבְחַטָּאת֔וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Now the rest of the acts which Omri did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

וְיֶ֨תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וּגְבוּרָת֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

In the thirty-eighth year that Asa was king of Judah, Ahab, the son of Omri, became king over Israel; and Ahab was king in Samaria for twenty-two years.

וְאַחְאָ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמֹנֶה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

In his days Hiel made Jericho; he put its base in position at the price of Abiram, his oldest son, and he put its doors in place at the price of his youngest son Segub; even as the Lord had said by Joshua, the son of Nun.

וּבִשְׂג֤וּב (וּ) u. “and”

And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

וּמָטָ֑ר (וּ) u. “and”

The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.

וְהָעֹרְבִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָשָׂר֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֶ֥חֶם (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָשָׂ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink?

וְהִנֵּֽה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶשְׁתֶּֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “so”

Then she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal b

וּמְעַט־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהִנְנִ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִבְנִ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.

וְלָ֣ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִבְנֵ֔ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth.

וְצַפַּ֥חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time.

וָה֛וּא (וָ) va. “and”וּבֵיתָ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah.

וְצַפַּ֥חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

וָלָ֖ךְ (וָ) va. “and”וּלְהָמִ֥ית (וּ) u. “and”

Then the woman said to Elijah, Now I am certain that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is true.

וּדְבַר־ (וּ) u. “and”

Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth.

וּדְבַר־ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “so”

So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

וְהָרָעָ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And Ahab sent for Obadiah, the controller of the king's house. (Now Obadiah had the fear of the Lord before him greatly;

וְעֹבַדְיָ֗הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

For when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and kept them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.)

וָמָֽיִם׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And Ahab said to Obadiah, Come, let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers, and see if there is any grass to be had for the horses and the transport beasts, so that we may be able to keep some of the beasts from d

וְאֶ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְחַיֶּה֙ (וּ) u. “so”וָפֶ֔רֶד (וָ) va. “and”וְל֥וֹא (וְ) ve. “and”

So they went through all the country, covering it between them; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another by himself.

וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And while Obadiah was on his way, he came face to face with Elijah; and seeing who it was, he went down on his face and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah?

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.

וּמַמְלָכָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And now you say, Go, say to your lord, Elijah is here.

וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”