Berean Standard Bible

2 Samuel 19:26-29

26“My lordאֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.NiH113the kingH4428,”he repliedH559, “becauseH3588Iעַבְדִּ֣י'av.DiH5650am lameפִסֵּ֖חַfi.Se.achH6455, Iעַבְדְּךָ֜'av.de.KhaH5650saidH559, ‘I will have my donkeyהַחֲמ֨וֹרha.cha.MorH2543saddledאֶחְבְּשָׁה־'ech.be.shah-H2280so that I may rideוְאֶרְכַּ֤בve.'er.KavH7392on itעָלֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Lei.haH5921and goH1980withאֶת־'et-H854the kingH4428.’But my servantעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃'av.De.khaH5650Zibadeceived meרִמָּ֑נִיri.Ma.niH7411H3588,

27and he has slanderedוַיְרַגֵּ֣לvay.ra.GelH7270your servantH5650toאֶל־'el-H413my lordH113the kingH4428.Yet my lordH113the kingH4428islike the angelכְּמַלְאַ֣ךְke.mal.'AkhH4397of Godהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,so doוַעֲשֵׂ֥הva.'a.SehH6213what isgoodהַטּ֖וֹבha.TovH2896in your eyesבְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃be.'ei.Nei.khaH5869.

28Forכִּי֩ לֹ֨א הָיָ֜הki lo' ha.YahH3588 H3808 H1961allכָּל־kol-H3605the houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of my grandfatherאָבִ֗י כִּ֤י אִם־'a.Vi ki 'im-H1 H3588 H518 H376deserves deathמָ֙וֶת֙ma.vetH4194from my lordH113the kingH4428,yet you have setוַתָּ֙שֶׁת֙va.Ta.shetH7896אֶֽת־'et-H853your servantH5650among those who eatבְּאֹכְלֵ֖יbe.'o.khe.LeiH398at your tableשֻׁלְחָנֶ֑ךָshul.cha.Ne.khaH7979.Whatוּמַה־u.mah-H4100furtherעוֹד֙'OdH5750right, thenצְדָקָ֔הtze.da.KahH6666,do I haveיֶּשׁ־yesh-H3426to keepע֖וֹדodH5750appealingוְלִזְעֹ֥קve.liz.'OkH2199toH413the kingH4428?”

29The kingH4428repliedוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “WhyH4100sayתְּדַבֵּ֥רte.da.BerH1696דְּבָרֶ֑יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697any moreH5750?I hereby declareאָמַ֕רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559that youאַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH859and Zibaוְצִיבָ֔אve.tzi.Va'H6717are to divideתַּחְלְק֖וּtach.le.KuH2505H853the landהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704.”

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