H9002–/וְ–v

And he prepared a great repast for them, and they ate and drank; and he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was worth eighty silver-pieces, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung five silver-pieces.

וְהִנֵּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֹ֛בַע (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him saying, Help, my lord O king!

וְאִשָּׁ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, This woman said to me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.

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

And we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she has hidden her son.

וְנֹ֣אכְלֶ֔נּוּ (וְ) ve. “so”

And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his garments; and he was passing by upon the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

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

And he said, God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day!

וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him. And [ergänzt: the king] sent a man before him. Before the messenger came to him, he himself said to the elders, Do ye see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? See, when the messenger comes; shut the door, and keep him off with the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

וֶאֱלִישָׁע֙ (וֶ) ve. “and”וְהַזְּקֵנִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֣וּא׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. And [ergänzt: the king] said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah: why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Elisha said, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah: To-morrow about this time shall the measure of fine flour be at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

וְסָאתַ֧יִם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in the heavens, would this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

וּמִשָּׁ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we abide here until we die?

וְאַרְבָּעָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”

If we say, Let us enter into the city, the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we abide here, we shall die. And now come, let us fall away to the camp of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they put us to death, we shall but die.

וְהָרָעָ֤ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִפְּלָה֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they rose up in the dusk to go to the camp of the Syrians; and they came to the extremity of the camp of the Syrians; and behold, there was no man there.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, a noise of a great host; and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

וַאדֹנָ֞י (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they rose up and fled in the dusk, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

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

And those lepers came to the extremity of the camp; and they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried thence silver and gold, and garments, and went and hid it; and they came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence, and went and hid [ergänzt: it].

וְזָהָב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְגָדִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

And they said one to another, We are not doing right; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, the iniquity will find us out; and now come, let us go and tell the king's household.

וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ (וַ) va. “and”וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָבֹ֔אָה (וְ) ve. “so”וְנַגִּ֖ידָה (וְ) ve. “and”

And they came and called to the porters of the city, and told them saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one there, no sound of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְק֣וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַחֲמ֣וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֹהָלִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king rose up in the night and said to his servants, Let me tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry, and they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

וְנִתְפְּשֵׂ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And one of his servants answered and said, Let some one take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that have perished), and let us send and see.

וְיִקְחוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִשְׁלְחָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִרְאֶֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they took two chariots with their horses; and the king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

וּרְאֽוּ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And they went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the way was full of garments and materials, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֵלִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians; and the measure of fine flour was at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

וְסָאתַ֧יִם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate; and the people trampled upon him in the gate, and he died, according to what the man of God had said, -- what he had said when the king came down to him.

וְהַמֶּלֶךְ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”