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2 Samuel 24:10-17

10And David’sדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732heartלֵב־lev-H3820smoteוַיַּ֤ךְvai.YakhH5221him afterאַחֲרֵי־'a.cha.rei-H310that he had numberedסָפַ֣רsa.FarH5608the peopleהָעָ֑ם סha.'AmH5971.And Davidדָּוִ֜דda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,I have sinnedחָטָ֤אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398greatlyמְאֹד֙me.'OdH3966in that I have doneעָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213:and now, I beseech thee, O Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,take awayהַֽעֲבֶר־ha.'a.ver-H5674the iniquityעֲוֹ֣ן'a.VonH5771of thy servantעַבְדְּךָ֔'av.de.KhaH5650;for I have done veryמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966foolishlyנִסְכַּ֖לְתִּיnis.Kal.tiH5528.

11For when Davidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732was upוַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komH6965in the morningבַּבֹּ֑קֶר פba.Bo.kerH1242,the wordוּדְבַר־u.de.var-H1697of the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068came unto the prophetהַנָּבִ֔יאha.na.Vi'H5030Gadגָּ֣דgadH1410,David’sדָוִ֖דda.VidH1732seerחֹזֵ֥הcho.ZehH2374,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

12Goהָל֞וֹךְha.LokhH1980and sayאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559unto Davidדָּוִ֗דda.VidH1732,Thus saithוְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ve.di.bar.TaH1696the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,I offerנוֹטֵ֣לno.TelH5190thee threeשָׁלֹ֕שׁsha.LoshH7969things;chooseבְּחַר־be.char-H977thee oneאַֽחַת־'a.chat-H259of them, that I may do itunto theeוְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ve.'e.'e.seh-H6213.

13So Gadגָ֥דgadH1410cameוַיָּבֹא־vai.ya.vo'-H935to Davidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732,and toldוַיַּגֶּד־vai.ya.ged-H5046him, and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, Shall sevenשֶֽׁבַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִ֣ים׀sha.NimH8141of famineרָעָ֣ב׀ra.'AvH7458comeהֲתָב֣וֹאha.ta.Vo'H935unto thee in thy landבְּאַרְצֶ֡ךָbe.'ar.Tze.khaH776?or wilt thou fleeנֻסְךָ֨nus.KhaH5127threeשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הshe.lo.ShahH7969monthsחֳ֠דָשִׁיםCho.da.shimH2320beforeלִפְנֵֽי־lif.nei-H6440thine enemiesצָרֶ֜יךָtza.Rei.khaH6862,while they pursueרֹדְפֶ֗ךָro.de.Fe.khaH7291thee? or that there be threeשְׁלֹ֨שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969days’יָמִ֥יםya.MimH3117pestilenceדֶּ֙בֶר֙de.verH1698in thy landבְּאַרְצֶ֔ךָbe.'ar.Tze.khaH776?now adviseדַּ֣עda'H3045,and seeוּרְאֵ֔הu.re.'EhH7200what answerדָּבָֽר׃ סda.VarH1697I shall returnאָשִׁ֥יב'a.ShivH7725to him that sentשֹׁלְחִ֖יsho.le.ChiH7971me.

14And Davidדָּוִ֛דda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Gadגָּ֖דgadH1410,I am in a greatמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966straitH6887:let us fallנִפְּלָה־ni.pe.lah-H5307now into the handבְיַד־ve.yad-H3027of the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068;for his merciesרַֽחֲמָ֔יוra.cha.moH7356aregreatרַבִּ֣יםra.BimH7227:and let me not fallאֶפֹּֽלָה׃'e.Po.lahH5307into the handוּבְיַד־u.ve.yad-H3027of manאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120.

15So the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068sentוַיִּתֵּ֨ןvai.yi.TenH5414a pestilenceדֶּ֙בֶר֙de.verH1698upon Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478from the morningמֵהַבֹּ֖קֶרme.ha.Bo.kerH1242even to the timeעֵ֣ת'etH6256appointedמוֹעֵ֑דmo.'EdH4150:and there diedוַיָּ֣מָתvai.Ya.motH4191of the peopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971from Danמִדָּן֙mi.DanH1835even to Beer–shebaH884seventyשִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImH7657thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

16And when the angelהַמַּלְאָ֥ךְ׀ha.mal.'AkhH4397stretched outוַיִּשְׁלַח֩vai.yish.LachH7971his handיָד֨וֹya.DoH3027upon Jerusalemיְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֮ye.ru.sha.LimH3389to destroyלְשַׁחֲתָהּ֒le.sha.cha.TahH7843it, the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068repentedוַיִּנָּ֤חֶםvai.yi.Na.chemH5162him of the evilהָ֣רָעָ֔הha.ra.'AhH7451,and saidוַ֠יֹּאמֶרVai.yo.merH559to the angelלַמַּלְאָ֞ךְla.mal.'AkhH4397that destroyedהַמַּשְׁחִ֤יתha.mash.ChitH7843the peopleבָּעָם֙ba.'AmH5971,It is enoughרַ֔בRavH7227:stayהֶ֣רֶףHe.refH7503now thine handיָדֶ֑ךָya.De.khaH3027.And the angelוּמַלְאַ֤ךְu.mal.'AkhH4397of the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068was by the threshingplaceגֹּ֖רֶןGo.renH1637of Araunahהָאֲרַ֥וְנָהha.'Or.nahH728the Jebusiteהַיְבֻסִֽי׃ סhay.vu.SiH2983.

17And Davidדָּוִ֨דda.VidH1732spakeוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559unto the Lordיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068when he sawבִּרְאֹת֣וֹ׀bir.'o.ToH7200the angelהַמַּלְאָ֣ךְ׀ha.mal.'AkhH4397that smoteהַמַּכֶּ֣הha.ma.KehH5221the peopleבָעָ֗םva.'AmH5971,and saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559,Lo, I have sinnedחָטָ֙אתִי֙cha.Ta.tiH2398,and I have done wickedlyהֶעֱוֵ֔יתִיhe.'e.Vei.tiH5753:but these sheepהַצֹּ֖אןha.TzonH6629,what have they doneעָשׂ֑וּ'a.SuH6213?let thine handיָדְךָ֛ya.de.KhaH3027,I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’sאָבִֽי׃ פ'a.ViH1houseוּבְבֵ֥יתu.ve.VeitH1004.

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