H9002–/וְ–v

and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.

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

`Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel's slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?

וָמָֽיִם׃ (וָ) va. “and”

and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah -- and he hath slain me!'

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he saith, `I have not troubled Israel, but thou and the house of thy father, in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou goest after the Baalim;

וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”

and now, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto the mount of Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the shrine, four hundred -- eating at the table of Jezebel.'

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

and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? -- if Jehovah `is' God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.

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

And Elijah saith unto the people, `I -- I have been left a prophet of Jehovah -- by myself; and the prophets of Baal `are' four hundred and fifty men;

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

and let them give to us two bullocks, and they choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and place `it' on the wood, and place no fire; and I -- I prepare the other bullock, and have put `it' on the wood, and fire I do not place; --

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”

and ye have called in the name of your god, and I -- I call in the name of Jehovah, and it hath been, the god who answereth by fire -- He `is' the God.' And all the people answer and say, `Good `is' the word.'

וַֽאֲנִי֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

And Elijah saith to the prophets of Baal, `Choose for you the one bullock, and prepare first, for ye `are' the multitude, and call ye in the name of your god, and place no fire.'

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

And they take the bullock that `one' gave to them, and prepare, and call in the name of Baal from the morning even till the noon, saying, `O Baal, answer us!' and there is no voice, and there is none answering; and they leap on the altar that one had made.

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

And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he `is' a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'

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

And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, till a flowing of blood `is' on them;

וּבָֽרְמָחִ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”

and it cometh to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets till the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending.

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

And he arrangeth the wood, and cutteth in pieces the bullock, and placeth `it' on the wood, and saith, `Fill ye four pitchers of water, and pour on the burnt-offering, and on the wood;

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

and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water.

וְגַ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And it cometh to pass, at the going up of the `evening-'present, that Elijah the prophet cometh nigh and saith, `Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to-day let it be known that Thou `art' God in Israel, and I Thy servant, that by Thy word I have done the whole of these things;

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

answer me, O Jehovah, answer me, and this people doth know that Thou `art' Jehovah God; and Thou hast turned their heart backward.'

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

And there falleth a fire of Jehovah, and consumeth the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and the water that `is' in the trench it hath licked up.

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

And Elijah saith to Ahab, `Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'

וּשְׁתֵ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”

And Ahab goeth up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah hath gone up unto the top of Carmel, and he stretcheth himself out on the earth, and he placeth his face between his knees,

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

And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, `Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, `Go up, say unto Ahab, `Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.'

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

And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

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

and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.

וְיַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword,

וְאֵ֨ת (וְ) ve. “and”