H9002–/וְ–v

And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drank, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So 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 sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

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

And 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 answered, 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”

So 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 hath hid her son.

וְנֹ֣אכְלֶ֔נּוּ (וְ) ve. “so”

And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed 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”

Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at 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 he said, Behold, this evil is from the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

וְסָאתַ֧יִם (וְ) ve. “and”

Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat of it.

וּמִשָּׁ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

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

וְאַרְבָּעָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall to the army of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, 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 in the twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they had come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, 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, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath 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”

Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

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

And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

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

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

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

So they came and called to the porter of the city: and they told him, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and 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 arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp, to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take 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 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, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

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

They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

וּרְאֽוּ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And they went after them to Jordan: and lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, 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 tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

וְסָאתַ֧יִם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

וְהַמֶּלֶךְ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”