H9002–/וְ–v

He prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. The bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

There was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty [ergänzt: pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five [ergänzt: pieces] of silver.

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

As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

וְאִשָּׁ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The king said to her, What ails you? She answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

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 your son, that we may eat him; and she has hid her son.

וְנֹ֣אכְלֶ֔נּוּ (וְ) ve. “so”

It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within on his flesh.

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

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

וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and [ergänzt: the king] sent a man from before him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: isn't the sound of his master's feet behind him?

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

While he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Yahweh; why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Elisha said, Hear you the word of Yahweh: thus says Yahweh, Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be [ergänzt: sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

וְסָאתַ֧יִם (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? He said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.

וּמִשָּׁ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

Now 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 host 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”

They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the 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 on us.

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

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

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

When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried there also, and went and hid it.

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

Then they said one to another, We aren't doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we hold our peace: if we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore 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”

So they came and called to the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.

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

One of his servants answered, Please let some take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are consumed); and let us send and see.

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

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

וּרְאֽוּ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

They went after them to the Jordan: and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.

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

The people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [ergänzt: sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Yahweh.

וְסָאתַ֧יִם (וְ) ve. “and”

The king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod on 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”