TBESH · H9001
/וַ · v · &
Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (futurepast)
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/וַ (v) means “&” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: v STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/וַ · v · &
Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (futurepast)
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On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
Read word by wordThe three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
Read word by wordFor forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.
Read word by wordOne day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
Read word by wordSo David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.
Read word by wordAnd Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
Read word by wordThen David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
Read word by wordAnd as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
Read word by wordWhen all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.
Read word by wordNow the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
Read word by wordDavid asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
Read word by wordThe people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
Read word by wordNow when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
Read word by word“What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”
Read word by wordThen he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.
Read word by wordNow David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.
Read word by wordAnd David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
Read word by wordBut Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
Read word by wordDavid replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
Read word by wordI went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.
Read word by wordYour servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
Read word by wordDavid added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
Read word by wordThen Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
Read word by wordDavid strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
Read word by wordAnd David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
Read word by wordNow the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
Read word by wordWhen the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
Read word by word“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Read word by word“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
Read word by wordBut David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Read word by wordThis day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
Read word by wordAnd all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
Read word by wordAs the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
Read word by wordThen David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
Read word by wordThus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
Read word by wordDavid ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
Read word by wordThen the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
Read word by wordWhen the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
Read word by wordDavid took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
Read word by wordAs Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
Read word by word“Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king.
Read word by wordSo when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
Read word by word“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
Read word by wordAfter David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
Read word by wordAnd from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.
Read word by wordThen Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
Read word by wordAnd Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
Read word by wordSo David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
Read word by wordAs the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
Read word by wordAnd as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
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