H9002–/וְ–v

and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, `Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.'

וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day's Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, `Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I `am' not better than my fathers.'

וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, `Rise, eat;'

וְהִנֵּֽה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and he looketh attentively, and lo, at his bolster a cake `baken on' burning stones, and a dish of water, and he eateth, and drinketh, and turneth, and lieth down.

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

and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God -- Horeb.

וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah `is' unto him, and saith to him, `What -- to thee, here, Elijah?'

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant -- Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life -- to take it.'

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And He saith, `Go out, and thou hast stood in the mount before Jehovah.' And lo, Jehovah is passing by, and a wind -- great and strong -- is rending mountains, and shivering rocks before Jehovah: -- not in the wind `is' Jehovah; and after the wind a shaking: -- not in the shaking `is' Jehovah;

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

and after the shaking a fire: -- not in the fire `is' Jehovah; and after the fire a voice still small;

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

and it cometh to pass, at Elijah's hearing `it', that he wrappeth his face in his robe, and goeth out, and standeth at the opening of the cave, and lo, unto him `is' a voice, and it saith, `What -- to thee, here, Elijah?'

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life -- to take it.'

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and Jehu son of Nimshi thou dost anoint for king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat, of Abel-Meholah, thou dost anoint for prophet in thy stead.

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

`And it hath been, him who is escaped from the sword of Hazael, put to death doth Jehu, and him who is escaped from the sword of Jehu put to death doth Elisha;

וְהַנִּמְלָ֛ט (וְ) ve. “and”

and I have left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.'

וְכָ֨ל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he goeth thence, and findeth Elisha son of Shaphat, and he is plowing; twelve yoke `are' before him, and he `is' with the twelfth; and Elijah passeth over unto him, and casteth his robe upon him,

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

and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, `Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.' And he saith to him, `Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?'

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

And he turneth back from after him, and taketh the yoke of oxen, and sacrificeth it, and with instruments of the oxen he hath boiled their flesh, and giveth to the people, and they eat, and he riseth, and goeth after Elijah, and serveth him.

וּבִכְלִ֤י (וּ) u. “and”

And Ben-Hadad king of Aram hath gathered all his force, and thirty and two kings `are' with him, and horse and chariot, and he goeth up and layeth siege against Samaria, and fighteth with it,

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

and saith to him, `Thus said Ben-Hadad, `Thy silver and thy gold are mine, and thy wives and thy sons -- the best -- are mine.'

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

And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `According to thy word, my lord, O king: I `am' thine, and all that I have.'

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the messengers turn back and say, `Thus spake Ben-Hadad, saying, Surely I sent unto thee, saying, Thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy sons, to me thou dost give;

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

for if, at this time to-morrow, I send my servants unto thee then they have searched thy house, and the houses of thy servants, and it hath been, every desirable thing of thine eyes they place in their hand, and have taken away.'

וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king of Israel calleth to all the elders of the land, and saith, `Know, I pray you, and see that evil this `one' is seeking, for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my sons, and for my silver, and for my gold, and I withheld not from him.'

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 say unto him, `Do not hearken, nor consent.'

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

And he saith to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, `Say to my lord the king, All that thou didst send for unto thy servant at the first I do, and this thing I am not able to do;' and the messengers go and take him back word.

וְהַדָּבָ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”