H9002–/וְ–v

In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, -- twelve years; he reigned six years in Tirzah.

וְאַחַ֜ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, provoking Jehovah the God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

וּבְחַטָּאת֔וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And the rest of the acts of Omri, what he did, and his might which he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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

And Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

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

In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundation in Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates in Segub his youngest, according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke through Joshua the son of Nun.

וּבִשְׂג֤וּב (וּ) u. “and”

And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except by my word.

וּמָטָ֑ר (וּ) u. “and”

And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the torrent; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.

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

And he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

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

And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

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

And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go, do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first; and bring it to me; and afterwards make for thee and for thy son.

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

For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: The meal in the barrel shall not waste, neither shall the oil in the cruse fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the face of the earth!

וְצַפַּ֥חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

And she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate a whole year.

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

The meal in the barrel did not waste, neither did the oil in the cruse fail, according to the word of Jehovah which he had spoken through Elijah.

וְצַפַּ֥חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come to me to call mine iniquity to remembrance, and to slay my son?

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

And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth.

וּדְבַר־ (וּ) u. “and”

And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.

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

And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

וְהָרָעָ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the steward of his house (now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly;

וְעֹבַדְיָ֗הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water);

וָמָֽיִם׃ (וָ) va. “and”

and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of [ergänzt: our] beasts.

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

And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it indeed thou, my lord Elijah?

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord has not sent to seek thee; and when they said, He is not [ergänzt: here], he took an oath of the kingdom or nation that they found thee not.

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

And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!

וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”