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2 Samuel 20:1-3

1And there happenedנִקְרָ֜אnik.Ra'H7122to be there a manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376of Belialבְּלִיַּ֗עַלbe.li.Ya.'alH1100,whose nameוּשְׁמ֛וֹu.she.MoH8034wasShebaשֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'H7652,the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Bichriבִּכְרִ֖יbikh.RiH1075,a BenjamiteH1145:and he blewוַיִּתְקַ֣עvai.yit.Ka'H8628a trumpetבַּשֹּׁפָ֗רba.sho.FarH7782,and saidוַ֠יֹּאמֶרVai.yo.merH559,We have no partחֵ֜לֶקChe.lekH2506in Davidבְּדָוִ֗דbe.da.VidH1732,neither have we inheritanceנַֽחֲלָה־na.cha.lah-H5159in the sonבְּבֶן־be.ven-H1121of Jesseיִשַׁ֔יyi.ShaiH3448:everyאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376to his tentsלְאֹהָלָ֖יוle.'o.ha.LavH168,O Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

2So every manאִ֤ישׁ'ishH376of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478went upוַיַּ֜עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927from afterמֵאַחֲרֵ֣יme.'a.cha.ReiH310Davidדָוִ֔דda.VidH1732, andfollowedאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310Shebaשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7652the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Bichriבִּכְרִ֑יbikh.RiH1075:but the menוְאִ֤ישׁve.'IshH376of Judahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063claveדָּבְק֣וּda.ve.KuH1692unto their kingבְמַלְכָּ֔םve.mal.KamH4428,from Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןhai.yar.DenH3383even to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

3And Davidדָוִ֣דda.VidH1732cameוַיָּבֹ֨אvai.ya.Vo'H935to his houseH1004at Jerusalemיְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒ye.ru.sha.LimH3389;and the kingהַמֶּ֡לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428tookוַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.KachH3947the tenעֶֽשֶׂר־'e.ser-H6235womenנָשִׁ֣ים׀na.ShimH802hisconcubinesפִּלַגְשִׁ֡יםpi.lag.ShimH6370,whom he had leftH3240to keepלִשְׁמֹ֨רlish.MorH8104the houseH1004,and putוַֽיִּתְּנֵ֤םvai.yi.te.NemH5414them in wardמִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙mish.Me.retH4931,and fedוַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵ֔םvay.khal.ke.LemH3557them, but went not inבָ֑אVa'H935unto them. So they were shut upצְרֻר֛וֹתtze.ru.RotH6887unto the dayי֥וֹםYomH3117of their deathמֻתָ֖ןmu.TanH4191,livingחַיּֽוּת׃ סchai.YutH2424in widowhoodאַלְמְנ֥וּת'al.me.NutH491.

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