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2 Samuel 14:4-7

4Andwhenthewomanהָאִשָּׁ֤הha.'i.ShahH802ofTekoaspaketothekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, shefellH5307onherfaceאַפֶּ֛יהָ'a.Pei.haH639tothegroundאַ֖רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776,anddidobeisance,andsaidH559,Help, Okingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סha.Me.lekhH4428.

5Andthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidH559untoher,Whataileth thee?Andsheanswered,OfatruthIamawidowאַלְמָנָ֥ה'al.ma.NahH490,andmyhusbandאִישִֽׁי׃'i.ShiH376isdeadH4191.

6Andthy handmaidhadtwoשְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeiH8147sonsבָנִ֔יםva.NimH1121,andtheytwoשְׁנֵיהֶם֙she.nei.HemH8147strovetogetherinthefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.DehH7704,andtherewasnonetopartthem,buttheoneH259smotetheother,andkilledhim.

7And,behold,thewholefamilyH4940isrisenH6965againstthy handmaid,andtheysayH559,Deliverhimthatsmotehisbrotherאָחִ֗יו'a.ChivH251,thatwemaykillהָרָ֔גha.RagH2026himforthelifeבְּנֶ֤פֶשׁbe.Ne.feshH5315ofhisbrotherאָחִיו֙'a.ChivH251whomheslewH2026,andsodestroyוְנַשְׁמִ֖ידָהve.nash.Mi.dahH8045theheiralsoגַּ֣םgamH1571.ThuswilltheyquenchH3518mycoalגַּֽחַלְתִּי֙ga.chal.TiH1513whichisleftH7604,andwillleaveH7604tomyhusbandלְאִישִׁ֛יle.'i.ShiH376neithernameשֵׁ֥םshemH8034norremainderuponthefaceH6440oftheearthH127.

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