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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And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
Read word by wordAnd from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
Read word by wordThe next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,
Read word by wordand he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
Read word by wordSo Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
Read word by wordTherefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
Read word by wordand he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
Read word by wordWhen Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.
Read word by wordThen Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
Read word by wordAnd David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
Read word by wordSo when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
Read word by wordNow Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
Read word by word“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
Read word by wordThen Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
Read word by wordBut when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
Read word by wordAnd the servants told Saul what David had said.
Read word by wordSaul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
Read word by wordWhen the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
Read word by wordDavid and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
Read word by wordWhen Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
Read word by wordhe grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
Read word by wordEvery time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
Read word by wordThen Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
Read word by wordso he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
Read word by wordI will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.”
Read word by wordThen Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
Read word by wordHe took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
Read word by wordSaul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
Read word by wordSo Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.
Read word by wordWhen war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.
Read word by wordBut as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
Read word by wordSaul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
Read word by wordThen Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
Read word by wordSo Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
Read word by wordThen Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.
Read word by wordWhen Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
Read word by wordBut Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”
Read word by wordAnd when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the goat hair on its head.
Read word by wordAnd Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
Read word by wordSo David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
Read word by wordWhen Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,
Read word by wordhe sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
Read word by wordWhen this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.
Read word by wordFinally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.
Read word by wordSo Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
Read word by wordThen Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
Read word by wordThen David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”
Read word by word“Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”
Read word by wordBut David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
Read word by wordThen Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”
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