H9002–/וְ–v

It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me: but I your servant fear Yahweh from my youth.

וְר֨וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַבְדְּךָ֛ (וְ) ve. “and”

Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

וָמָֽיִם׃ (וָ) va. “and”

Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [ergänzt: is here]; and he will kill me.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

He answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of Yahweh, and you have followed the Baals.

וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”

Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲמִשִּׁ֗ים (וַ) va. “and”וּנְבִיאֵ֤י (וּ) u. “and”

Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him not a word.

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

Then Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet of Yahweh; but Baal's prophets are four hundred fifty men.

וּנְבִיאֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”

Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.

וְיִתְּנוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִבְחֲר֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽינַתְּחֻ֗הוּ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְיָשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֞י (וַ) va. “and”וְאֵ֖שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh; and the God who answers by fire, let him be God." All the people answered, "It is well said."

וַֽאֲנִי֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."

וַעֲשׂ֣וּ (וַ) va. “and”וְקִרְאוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any who answered. They leaped about the altar which was made.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”

It happened at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleeps and must be awakened.

וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִקָֽץ׃ (וְ) ve. “so”

They cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.

וּבָֽרְמָחִ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”

It was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the [ergänzt: evening] offering; but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any who regarded.

וְאֵֽין־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵין־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.

וְיִֽצְק֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

וְגַ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

It happened at the time of the offering of the [ergänzt: evening] offering, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.

וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”וּבִדְבָרְךָ֣ (וּ) u. “and”

Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and [ergänzt: that] you have turned their heart back again.

וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וְאַתָּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

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

Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.

וּשְׁתֵ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

וְלִשְׁתּ֑וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, Go up, tell Ahab, Make ready [ergänzt: your chariot], and get you down, that the rain not stop you.

וָרֵ֔ד (וָ) va. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְר֔וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

and the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

וְיַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

וְאֵ֨ת (וְ) ve. “and”