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1 Samuel 17:12-14

12Now Davidוְדָוִד֩ve.da.VidH1732wasthe sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of that Ephrathiteאִ֨ישׁ אֶפְרָתִ֜י'ish 'ef.ra.TiH673 H376of Beth–lehem–judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063 H1035,whose nameוּשְׁמ֣וֹu.she.MoH8034wasJesseיִשַׁ֔יyi.ShaiH3448;and he had eightשְׁמֹנָ֣הshe.mo.NahH8083sonsבָנִ֑יםva.NimH1121:and the manוְהָאִישׁ֙ve.ha.'IshH376wentבָּ֥אba'H935among menבַאֲנָשִֽׁים׃va.'a.na.ShimH582foran old manזָקֵ֖ןza.KenH2204in the daysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of Saulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586.

13And the threeשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969eldestהַגְּדֹלִ֔יםha.ge.do.LimH1419sonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121of Jesseיִשַׁי֙yi.ShaiH3448wentH3212andfollowedאַחֲרֵי־'a.cha.rei-H310Saulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586to the battleלַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.MahH4421:and the namesוְשֵׁ֣ם׀ve.ShemH8034of his threeשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969sonsבָּנָ֗יוba.NavH1121that wentH1980to the battleבַּמִּלְחָמָ֔הba.mil.cha.MahH4421wereEliabאֱלִיאָ֣ב'e.li.'AvH446the firstbornהַבְּכ֗וֹרha.be.KhorH1060,and nextוּמִשְׁנֵ֙הוּ֙u.mish.Ne.huH4932unto him Abinadabאֲבִ֣ינָדָ֔ב'a.Vi.na.DavH41,and the thirdוְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֖יve.ha.she.li.ShiH7992Shammahשַׁמָּֽה׃sha.MahH8048.

14And Davidוְדָוִ֖דve.da.VidH1732wasthe youngestהַקָּטָ֑ןha.ka.TanH6996:and the threeוּשְׁלֹשָׁה֙u.she.lo.ShahH7969eldestהַגְּדֹלִ֔יםha.ge.do.LimH1419followedהָלְכ֖וּ אַחֲרֵ֥יha.le.Khu 'a.cha.ReiH310 H1980Saulשָׁאֽוּל׃ סsha.'UlH7586.

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