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1 Samuel 18:23-25

23But when Saul’sשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586servantsעַבְדֵ֤י'av.DeiH5650relayedוַֽיְדַבְּר֞וּ בְּאָזְנֵ֣יvay.da.be.Ru be.'a.ze.NeiH1696 H241theseהָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.RimH1697to Davidדָוִ֔דda.VidH1732אֶת־'et-H853,heדָּוִ֗דda.VidH1732repliedוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Does it seem trivialהַֽנְקַלָּ֤הhan.ka.LahH7043in your sightבְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ve.'ei.nei.KhemH5869to be the son-in-lawהִתְחַתֵּ֣ןhit.cha.TenH2859of the kingבַּמֶּ֔לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428?Iוְאָנֹכִ֖יve.'a.no.KhiH595am a poorרָ֥שׁrashH7326manאִֽישׁ־'ish-H376and lightly esteemedוְנִקְלֶֽה׃ve.nik.LehH7034.”

24And the servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650toldוַיַּגִּ֜דוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046Saulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586לֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559whatכַּדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּהka.de.va.Rim ha.'E.lehH428 H1697Davidדָּוִֽד׃ פda.VidH1732had saidדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696.

25Saulשָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlH7586repliedוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Sayתֹאמְר֣וּto.me.RuH559כֹּֽה־koh-H3541to Davidלְדָוִ֗דle.da.VidH1732, ‘The kingלַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙la.Me.lekhH4428desiresחֵ֤פֶץChe.fetzH2656noאֵֽין־'ein-H369other dowryבְּמֹ֔הַרbe.Mo.harH4119butכִּ֗יKiH3588a hundredבְּמֵאָה֙be.me.'AhH3967Philistineפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430foreskinsעָרְל֣וֹתa.re.LotH6190as revengeלְהִנָּקֵ֖םle.hi.na.KemH5358on hisהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428enemiesבְּאֹיְבֵ֣יbe.'o.ye.VeiH341.’”But Saulוְשָׁא֣וּלve.sha.'UlH7586intendedחָשַׁ֔בcha.ShavH2803to cause David’sדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732deathלְהַפִּ֥ילle.ha.PilH5307אֶת־'et-H853at the handsבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃pe.lish.TimH6430.

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