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1 Samuel 14:25-30

25AndallthepeoplecameH935intotheforestבַיָּ֑עַרvai.Ya.'arH3293;andtherewasH1961honeyדְבַ֖שׁde.VashH1706uponthegroundH776.

26Andwhenthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971werecomeH935untotheforestהַיַּ֔עַרhai.Ya.'arH3293,behold,thehoneyדְּבָ֑שׁde.VashH1706dropped:butnomanputhishandיָדוֹ֙ya.DoH3027tohismouthפִּ֔יוPivH6310;forthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971fearedיָרֵ֥אya.Re'H3372theoathהַשְּׁבֻעָֽה׃ha.she.vu.'AhH7621.

27ButJonathanוְיוֹנָתָ֣ןve.yo.na.TanH3129heardH8085notwhenH834hisfatherאָבִיו֮'a.VivH1chargedthepeopleהָעָם֒ha.'AmH5971withtheoathבְּהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַbe.hash.Bi.a'H7650: whereforeheputforthH7971theendקְצֵ֤הke.TzehH7097oftherodH4294thatwasinhishandבְּיָד֔וֹbe.ya.DoH3027,anddippedH2881itinthehoneycomb,andputhishandיָדוֹ֙ya.DoH3027tohismouthפִּ֔יוPivH6310;andhiseyesעֵינָֽיו׃'ei.NavH5869wereenlightened.

28ThenansweredoneH376ofthepeopleמֵֽהָעָ֜םme.ha.'AmH5971,andsaidH559, Thyfatherאָבִ֤יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1straitly chargedthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971withanoathH7650,sayingH559,CursedH779bethemanH376thateatethfoodלֶ֖חֶםLe.chemH3899thisdayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117.Andthepeopleהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971werefaint.

29ThensaidH559Jonathanיֽוֹנָתָ֔ןyo.na.TanH3129,Myfatherאָבִ֖י'a.ViH1hathtroubledעָכַ֥ר'a.KharH5916thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776:seeרְאוּ־re.'u-H7200,Iprayyou,howmineeyesעֵינַ֔י'ei.NaiH5869havebeenenlightened,becauseItastedH2938alittleמְעַ֖טme.'AtH4592ofthishoneyדְּבַ֥שׁde.VashH1706.

30HowmuchH7235more,ifhaplythepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971hadeatenH398freelyto-dayofthespoilH7998oftheirenemiesאֹיְבָ֖יו'o.ye.VavH341whichtheyfoundH4672?fornowעַתָּ֛ה'a.TahH6258haththerebeennogreatslaughterH4347amongthePhilistinesבַּפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ba.pe.lish.TimH6430.

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