New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Samuel 18:23-25

23So Saul’sשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586servantsעַבְדֵ֤י'av.DeiH5650spokeוַֽיְדַבְּר֞וּvay.da.be.RuH1696theseהָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.RimH1697to Davidדָוִ֔דda.VidH1732.But Davidדָּוִ֗דda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Is it trivialהַֽנְקַלָּ֤הhan.ka.LahH7043in your sightבְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ve.'ei.nei.KhemH5869to becomeH2859the king’sבַּמֶּ֔לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428son-in-lawH2859,since I amH7326a poorרָ֥שׁrashH7326manאִֽישׁ־'ish-H376and lightlyוְנִקְלֶֽה׃ve.nik.LehH7034esteemedH7034?”

24The servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650of Saulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586reportedוַיַּגִּ֜דוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046to himaccording to theseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsכַּדְּבָרִ֥יםka.de.va.RimH1697whichDavidדָּוִֽד׃ פda.VidH1732spokeדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696.

25Saulשָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlH7586then saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541you shall sayתֹאמְר֣וּto.me.RuH559to Davidלְדָוִ֗דle.da.VidH1732, ‘The kingלַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙la.Me.lekhH4428does not desireחֵ֤פֶץChe.fetzH2656anydowryבְּמֹ֔הַרbe.Mo.harH4119exceptכִּ֗יKiH3588a hundredבְּמֵאָה֙be.me.'AhH3967foreskinsעָרְל֣וֹתa.re.LotH6190of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430,to takeH5358vengeanceH5358on the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428enemiesH340.’” NowSaulוְשָׁא֣וּלve.sha.'UlH7586plannedחָשַׁ֔בcha.ShavH2803to make Davidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732fallלְהַפִּ֥ילle.ha.PilH5307by the handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃pe.lish.TimH6430.

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