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2 Samuel 14:4-7

4And when the womanהָאִשָּׁ֤הha.'i.ShahH802of Tekoahהַתְּקֹעִית֙ha.te.ko.'ItH8621spakeוַ֠תֹּאמֶרVa.to.merH559to the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,she fellוַתִּפֹּ֧לva.ti.PolH5307on her faceאַפֶּ֛יהָ'a.Pei.haH639to the groundאַ֖רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776,and did obeisanceוַתִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּva.tish.Ta.chuH7812,and saidוַתֹּ֖אמֶרva.To.merH559,Helpהוֹשִׁ֥עָהho.Shi.'ahH3467,O kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סha.Me.lekhH4428.

5And the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּֽאמֶר־vai.yo.mer-H559unto her, What aileth thee? And she answeredוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559, I amindeedאֲבָ֛ל'a.ValH61a widowאַלְמָנָ֥ה'al.ma.NahH490womanאִשָּֽׁה־'i.shah-H802,and mine husbandאִישִֽׁי׃'i.ShiH376is deadוַיָּ֥מָתvai.Ya.motH4191.

6And thy handmaidוּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙u.le.shif.cha.te.KhaH8198had twoשְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeiH8147sonsבָנִ֔יםva.NimH1121,and they twoשְׁנֵיהֶם֙she.nei.HemH8147strove togetherוַיִּנָּצ֤וּvai.yi.na.TzuH5327in the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.DehH7704, and there wasnone to partמַצִּ֖ילma.TzilH5337them, but the oneהָאֶחָ֛דha.'e.ChadH259smoteוַיַּכּ֧וֹvai.ya.KoH5221the otherהָאֶחָ֖דha.'e.ChadH259,and slewוַיָּ֥מֶתvai.Ya.metH4191him.

7And, behold, the whole familyהַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֜הha.mish.pa.ChahH4940is risenקָ֨מָהKa.mahH6965against thine handmaidשִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָshif.cha.Te.khaH8198,and they saidוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙vai.yo.me.RuH559,Deliverתְּנִ֣י׀te.NiH5414him that smoteמַכֵּ֣הma.KehH5221his brotherאָחִ֗יו'a.ChivH251,that we may killוּנְמִתֵ֙הוּ֙u.ne.mi.Te.huH4191him, for the lifeבְּנֶ֤פֶשׁbe.Ne.feshH5315of his brotherאָחִיו֙'a.ChivH251whom he slewהָרָ֔גha.RagH2026;and we will destroyוְנַשְׁמִ֖ידָהve.nash.Mi.dahH8045the heirהַיּוֹרֵ֑שׁhai.yo.ReshH3423also: and so they shall quenchוְכִבּ֗וּve.khi.BuH3518my coalגַּֽחַלְתִּי֙ga.chal.TiH1513which is leftשִׂיםsom-H7760,and shall not leaveנִשְׁאָ֔רָהnish.'A.rahH7604to my husbandלְאִישִׁ֛יle.'i.ShiH376neithernameשֵׁ֥םshemH8034nor remainderוּשְׁאֵרִ֖יתu.she.'e.RitH7611uponפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440the earthהָאֲדָמָֽה׃ פha.'a.da.MahH127.

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