H9002–/וְ–v

He went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead.

וְה֣וּא׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְעָרִ֤ים (וּ) u. “and”

He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them.

וּשְׁנֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

וּמִשָּׁ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

וִיהוֹרָ֣ם (וִ) vi. “and”

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

וּכְאִמּ֑וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered to the king of Israel the wool of one hundred thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand rams.

וּמֵישַׁ֥ע (וּ) u. “and”וּמֵ֥אָה (וּ) u. “and”

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the animals that followed them.

וּמֶֽלֶך־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַבְּהֵמָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the king of Israel's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.

וְנִדְרְשָׁ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Jehoshaphat said, The word of Yahweh is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט (וִ) vi. “and”וּמֶ֥לֶךְ (וּ) u. “and”

Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. The king of Israel said to him, No; for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

וָלָ֔ךְ (וָ) va. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Elisha said, As Yahweh of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But now bring me a minstrel. It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came on him.

וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For thus says Yahweh, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנַּ֥חַל (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִקְנֵיכֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וּֽבְהֶמְתְּכֶֽם׃ (וּֽ) U. “and”

You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.

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

It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָמַ֔עְלָה (וָ) va. “and”

They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood:

וְהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

וְעַתָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.

וְהַכּ֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth [ergänzt: only] they left the stones of it; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.

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

When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant did fear Yahweh: and the creditor is come to take to him my two children to be bondservants.

וְאִשָּׁ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַ֨נֹּשֶׁ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

You shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and you shall set aside that which is full.

וּבְעַד־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַמָּלֵ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons; they brought [ergänzt: the vessels] to her, and she poured out.

וּבְעַ֣ד (וּ) u. “and”וְהִ֥יא (וְ) ve. “and”

Then she came and told the man of God. He said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and live you and your sons of the rest.

וְשַׁלְּמִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַ֣תְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנַ֔יִךְ (וּ) ve. “and”