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1 Kings 1:1-4

1Now Kingוְהַמֶּ֤לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428Davidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732was oldזָקֵ֔ןza.KenH2204and well alongבָּ֖אba'H935in yearsבַּיָּמִ֑יםbai.ya.MimH3117,and though they covered himוַיְכַסֻּ֙הוּ֙vay.kha.Su.huH3680with blanketsבַּבְּגָדִ֔יםba.be.ga.DimH899,he could notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808keep warmיִחַ֖םyi.ChamH2552.

2So his servantsעֲבָדָ֗יו'a.va.DavH5650saidוַיֹּ֧אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559to him, “Let us search forיְבַקְשׁ֞וּye.vak.ShuH1245a youngנַעֲרָ֣הna.'a.RahH5291virginבְתוּלָ֔הve.tu.LahH1330for our lordלַאדֹנִ֤יla.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428,to attendוְעָֽמְדָה֙ve.'a.me.DahH5975toלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440himהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andוּתְהִי־u.te.hi-H1961careסֹכֶ֑נֶתso.Khe.netH5532for himand lieוְשָׁכְבָ֣הve.sha.khe.VahH7901by his sideבְחֵיקֶ֔ךָve.chei.Ke.chaH2436to keep himלַאדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃la.do.Ni ha.Me.lekhH113 H4428warmוְחַ֖םve.ChamH2552.”

3Then they searchedוַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙vay.vak.ShuH1245throughoutבְּכֹ֖ל גְּב֣וּלbe.Khol ge.VulH3605 H1366Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478for a beautifulיָפָ֔הya.FahH3303girlנַעֲרָ֣הna.'a.RahH5291,and they foundוַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּvai.yim.tze.'UH4672אֶת־'et-H853Abishagאֲבִישַׁג֙'a.vi.ShagH49the Shunammiteהַשּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔יתha.Shu.na.MitH7767and broughtוַיָּבִ֥אוּvai.ya.Vi.'uH935herאֹתָ֖הּ'o.TahH853to the kingלַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃la.Me.lekhH4428.

4The girlוְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֖הve.ha.na.'a.RahH5291was unsurpassedעַד־ מְאֹ֑ד'ad- me.'OdH5704 H3966in beautyיָפָ֣הya.FahH3303;sheוַתְּהִ֨יva.te.HiH1961caredסֹכֶ֙נֶת֙so.Khe.netH5532for the kingלַמֶּ֤לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428and served himוַתְּשָׁ֣רְתֵ֔הוּva.te.Sha.re.Te.huH8334,but heוְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428had noלֹ֥אlo'H3808relations with herיְדָעָֽהּ׃ye.da.'AhH3045.

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