H9002–/וְ–v

And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do the gods [ergänzt: to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time!

וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he lay down and slept under the broom-bush. And behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise, eat!

וְהִנֵּֽה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he looked, and behold, at his head was a cake, baked on hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.

וְהִנֵּ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְצַפַּ֣חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And there he went into a cave, and lodged there. And behold, the word of Jehovah [ergänzt: came] to him, and he said to him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Jehovah: Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake: Jehovah was not in the earthquake.

וְהִנֵּ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְר֣וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָזָ֞ק (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְשַׁבֵּ֤ר (וּ) u. “and”וְאַחַ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And after the earthquake, a fire: Jehovah was not in the fire. And after the fire, a soft gentle voice.

וְאַחַ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַחַ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice [ergänzt: came] to him and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint prophet in thy stead.

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

And it shall come to pass, [ergänzt: that] him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

וְהַנִּמְלָ֛ט (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet I have left [ergänzt: myself] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.

וְכָ֨ל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was ploughing [ergänzt: with] twelve yokes before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah went over to him, and cast his mantle on him.

וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and I will follow thee. And he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?

וּלְאִמִּ֔י (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵלְכָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he returned back from him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. And he arose and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.

וּבִכְלִ֤י (וּ) u. “and”

And Ben-Hadad king of Syria assembled all his host; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

וּבֶן־ (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁנַ֥יִם (וּ) u. “and”וְס֣וּס (וְ) ve. “and”וָרָ֑כֶב (וָ) va. “and”

Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, the goodliest, are mine.

וּֽזְהָבְךָ֖ (וּֽ) u. “and”וְנָשֶׁ֧יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנֶ֛יךָ (וּ) u. “and”

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaks Ben-Hadad saying: I sent to thee indeed, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

וּזְהָבְךָ֛ (וּ) u. “and”וְנָשֶׁ֥יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנֶ֖יךָ (וּ) u. “and”

but to-morrow about this time I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thy sight, they shall put in their hand and take away.

וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this [ergänzt: man] seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

וּרְא֔וּ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְבָנַי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְכַסְפִּ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְלִזְהָבִ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, nor consent.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְל֥וֹא (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I cannot do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

וְהַדָּבָ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”