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1 Samuel 25:14-17

14But oneאֶחָ֛ד'e.ChadH259of the young menH5288toldהִגִּ֧ידhi.GidH5046Abigailוְלַאֲבִיגַ֙יִל֙ve.la.'a.vi.Ga.yilH26,Nabal’sנָבָ֔לna.ValH5037wifeאֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shetH802,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Behold, Davidדָּוִ֨דda.VidH1732sentשָׁלַח֩sha.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֧ים׀mal.'a.KhimH4397out of the wildernessמֵֽהַמִּדְבָּ֛רme.ha.mid.BarH4057to saluteלְבָרֵ֥ךְle.va.RekhH1288our masterאֲדֹנֵ֖ינוּ'a.do.Nei.nuH113;and he railedוַיָּ֥עַטvai.Ya.'atH5860on them.

15But the menוְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔יםve.Ha.'a.na.ShimH582wereveryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966goodטֹבִ֥יםto.VimH2896unto us, and we were not hurtהָכְלַ֙מְנוּ֙ha.khe.Lam.nuH3637,neither missedפָקַ֣דְנוּfa.Kad.nuH6485we any thingמְא֔וּמָהme.'U.mahH3972,as long asיְמֵי֙ye.MeiH3117we were conversantהִתְהַלַּ֣כְנוּhit.ha.Lakh.nuH1980with them, when we were in the fieldsבַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃ba.sa.DehH7704:

16They were a wallחוֹמָה֙cho.MahH2346unto us both by nightלַ֖יְלָהLay.lahH3915and dayיוֹמָ֑םyo.MamH3119,all the whileיְמֵ֛יye.MeiH3117we were with them keepingרֹעִ֥יםro.'ImH7462the sheepהַצֹּֽאן׃ha.TzonH6629.

17Now therefore knowדְּעִ֤יde.'IH3045and considerוּרְאִי֙u.re.'IH7200what thou wilt doתַּעֲשִׂ֔יta.'a.SiH6213;for evilהָרָעָ֛הha.ra.'AhH7451is determinedכָלְתָ֧הkhal.TahH3615against our masterאֲדֹנֵ֖ינוּ'a.do.Nei.nuH113,and against all his householdבֵּית֑וֹbei.ToH1004: for he is sucha sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Belialבְּלִיַּ֔עַלbe.li.Ya.'alH1100, that a mancannot speakמִדַּבֵּ֖רmi.da.BerH1696to him.

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