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2 Samuel 5:6-12

6Andthekingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andhismenH376wentH935toJerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389againsttheJebusites,theinhabitantsיוֹשֵׁ֣בyo.ShevH3427ofthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,whospake untoDavidלְדָוִ֤דle.da.VidH1732,sayingH559,ExceptthoutakeawayH5493theblindהַעִוְרִ֤יםha.'iv.RimH5787andthelame, thou shaltnotcomeתָב֣וֹאta.Vo'H935inhither;thinking,Davidדָוִ֖דda.VidH1732cannotcomeיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935inhither.

7NeverthelessDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732tookH3920thestrongholdofZionצִיּ֑וֹןtzi.YonH6726;thesameisthecityעִ֥יר'irH5892ofDavidדָּוִֽד׃da.VidH1732.

8AndDavidH1732saidH559onthatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, Whosoever smiteththeJebusites,lethimgetuptothewatercourse,andsmitethelameהַפִּסְחִים֙ha.pis.ChimH6455andtheblindהַ֣עִוְרִ֔יםha.'iv.RimH5787,thatarehatedשְׂנֻאֵ֖יse.novH8130ofDavid’ssoulH5315. WhereforetheysayH559,Therearetheblindעִוֵּ֣ר'i.VerH5787andthelameוּפִסֵּ֔חַu.fi.Se.achH6455;hecannotcomeH935intothehouseהַבָּֽיִת׃ha.Ba.yitH1004.

9AndDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732dweltוַיֵּ֤שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427inthestronghold,andcalledוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121itthecityעִ֣יר'irH5892ofDavidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732.AndDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732builtH1129roundסָבִ֔יבsa.VivH5439aboutfromMilloהַמִּלּ֖וֹאha.mi.Lo'H4407andinward.

10AndDavidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732waxedgreaterH1419andgreaterH1419;forJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,waswithhim.

11AndHiramחִירָ֨םchi.RamH2438kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofTyreצֹ֥רtzorH6865sentH7971messengersמַלְאָכִים֮mal.'a.KhimH4397toDavidדָּוִד֒da.VidH1732,andcedar-trees,andcarpenters,andmasons;andtheybuiltH1129Davidלְדָוִֽד׃le.da.VidH1732ahouseבַ֖יִתVa.yitH1004.

12AndDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732perceivedthatJehovahhadestablishedH3559himkingלְמֶ֖לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428overIsraelH3478,andthathehadexaltedhiskingdomמַמְלַכְתּ֔וֹmam.lakh.ToH4467forhispeopleעַמּ֥וֹa.MoH5971Israel’ssakeבַּעֲב֖וּרba.'a.VurH5668.

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