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2 Samuel 12:1-6

1Then the LORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068אֶת־'et-H853sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֧חvai.yish.LachH7971Nathanנָתָ֖ןna.TanH5416toאֶל־'el-H413Davidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732,and when he arrivedוַיָּבֹ֣א אֵלָ֗יוvai.ya.Vo' 'e.LavH935 H413,he saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “There wereהָיוּ֙ha.YuH1961twoשְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeiH8147menאֲנָשִׁ֗ים'a.na.ShimH582in a certainאֶחָ֔ת'e.ChatH259cityבְּעִ֣ירbe.'IrH5892,oneאֶחָ֥ד'e.ChadH259richעָשִׁ֖יר'a.ShirH6223and the otherוְאֶחָ֥דve.'e.ChadH259poorרָֽאשׁ׃RashH7326.

2The richלְעָשִׁ֗ירle.'a.ShirH6223man hadהָיָ֛הha.YahH1961a great number ofהַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃har.Beh me.'OdH7235 H3966sheepצֹ֥אןtzonH6629and cattleוּבָקָ֖רu.va.KarH1241,

3but the poorוְלָרָ֣שׁve.la.RashH7326man had nothingאֵֽין־ כֹּ֗ל'ein- KolH369 H3605exceptכִּי֩ אִם־ki 'im-H3588 H518oneאַחַ֤ת'a.ChatH259smallקְטַנָּה֙ke.ta.NahH6996ewe lambכִּבְשָׂ֨הkiv.SahH3535thatאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834he had boughtקָנָ֔הka.NahH7069.He raised itוַיְחַיֶּ֕הָvay.chai.Ye.haH2421,and it grew upוַתִּגְדַּ֥לva.tig.DalH1431with himH5973and his childrenבָּנָ֖יוba.NavH1121.It sharedיַחְדָּ֑ו תֹאכַ֜לyach.Dav to.KhalH3162 H398his foodמִפִּתּ֨וֹmi.pi.ToH6595and drankתִשְׁתֶּה֙tish.TehH8354from his cupוּמִכֹּס֤וֹu.mi.ko.SoH3563;it sleptתִשְׁכָּ֔בtish.KavH7901in his armsוּבְחֵיק֣וֹu.ve.chei.KoH2436and wasוַתְּהִי־va.te.hi-H1961like a daughterכְּבַֽת׃ke.VatH1323to him.

4Now a travelerהֵלֶךְ֮he.leKhH1982cameוַיָּ֣בֹאvai.Ya.vo'H935to the richהֶֽעָשִׁיר֒ וַיַּחְמֹ֗לhe.'a.Shir vai.yach.MolH6223 H2550manלְאִ֣ישׁle.'IshH376,who refrained from takingלָקַ֤חַתla.Ka.chatH3947one of his own sheepמִצֹּאנוֹ֙mi.tzo.NoH6629or cattleוּמִבְּקָר֔וֹu.mi.be.ka.RoH1241to prepareלַעֲשׂ֕וֹתla.'a.SotH6213for the travelerלָאֹרֵ֖חַla.'o.Re.achH732who had comeהַבָּא־ha.ba'-H935to him.Instead, he tookוַיִּקַּ֗חvai.yi.KachH3947אֶת־'et-H853the poorהָרָ֔אשׁha.RashH7326man’sהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376lambכִּבְשַׂת֙kiv.SatH3535and prepared itוַֽיַּעֲשֶׂ֔הָvai.ya.'a.Se.haH6213for his guestלָאִ֖ישׁ הַבָּ֥א אֵלָֽיו׃la.'Ish ha.Ba' 'e.LavH376 H935 H413.”

5Davidדָּוִ֛דda.VidH1732burnedוַיִּֽחַר־vai.yi.char-H2734with angerאַ֥ף מְאֹ֑ד'af me.'OdH639 H3966against the manבָּאִ֖ישׁba.'IshH376and saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559toאֶל־'el-H413Nathanנָתָ֔ןna.TanH5416: “As surely as the LORDיְהוָ֕ה כִּ֣י בֶן־Yah.weh ki ven-H3068 H3588 H1121livesחַי־chai-H2416,the manהָאִ֖ישׁha.'IshH376who didהָעֹשֶׂ֥הha.'o.SehH6213thisזֹֽאת׃ZotH2063deserves to dieמָ֔וֶתMa.vetH4194!

6וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853Becauseעֵ֗קֶב'E.kevH6118אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834he has doneעָשָׂה֙'a.SahH6213אֶת־'et-H853thisהַזֶּ֔ה וְעַ֖לha.Zeh ve.'AlH2088 H5921אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697and has shown noלֹֽא־lo'-H3808pityחָמָֽל׃cha.MalH2550,he must payיְשַׁלֵּ֣םye.sha.LemH7999for the lambהַכִּבְשָׂ֖הha.kiv.SahH3535four times overאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם'ar.ba'.Ta.yimH706.”

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