New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Samuel 18:25-27

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.

26When his servantsעֲבָדָ֤יו'a.va.DavH5650toldוַיַּגִּ֨דוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046Davidלְדָוִד֙le.da.VidH1732theseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsH1697,it pleasedוַיִּשַׁ֤ר בְּעֵינֵ֣יvai.yi.Shar be.'ei.NeiH3474 H5869Davidדָוִ֔דda.VidH1732to becomeH2859the king’sבַּמֶּ֑לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428son-in-lawH2859.Before the daysהַיָּמִֽים׃hai.ya.MimH3117had expiredמָלְא֖וּmal.'UH4390

27Davidדָּוִ֜דda.VidH1732roseוַיָּ֨קָםvai.Ya.komH6965up and wentוַיֵּ֣לֶךְ׀vai.Ye.lekhH1980,he and his menאִישׁ֒'ishH376,and struckH5221downוַיַּ֣ךְvai.YakhH5221two hundredמָאתַ֣יִםma.Ta.yimH3967menH376among the Philistinesבַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים֮ba.pe.lish.TimH6430. ThenDavidדָוִד֙da.VidH1732broughtוַיָּבֵ֤אvai.ya.Ve'H935their foreskinsעָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם'a.re.Lo.tei.HemH6190,and they gaveH4390them in fullוַיְמַלְא֣וּםvay.mal.'UmH4390number to the kingלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428,that he might becomeH2859the king’sבַּמֶּ֑לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428son-in-lawH2859.So Saulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586gaveוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414him Michalמִיכַ֥לmi.KhalH4324his daughterבִּתּ֖וֹbi.ToH1323for a wifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃ סle.'i.ShahH802.

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