New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Samuel 26:17-19

17Then Saulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586recognizedוַיַּכֵּ֤רvai.ya.KerH5234David’sדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732voiceק֣וֹלKolH6963and saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Is thisזֶ֖הzehH2088your voiceהֲקוֹלְךָ֥ha.kol.ChaH6963,my sonבְּנִ֣יbe.NiH1121Davidדָוִ֑דda.VidH1732?”And Davidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “It is my voiceקוֹלִ֖יko.LiH6963,my lordאֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.”

18He also saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Whyלָ֥מָּהLa.mahH4100thenזֶּ֛הzehH2088is my lordאֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.NiH113pursuingרֹדֵ֖ףro.DefH7291his servantעַבְדּ֑וֹav.DoH5650?For whatמֶ֣הmehH4100have I doneעָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213?Or whatוּמַה־u.mah-H4100evilH7463is in my handבְּיָדִ֖יbe.ya.DiH3027?

19Nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258therefore, pleaseנָא֙na'H4994let my lordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428listenיִֽשְׁמַֽע־yish.ma'-H8085to the wordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of his servantעַבְדּ֑וֹav.DoH5650.Ifאִם־'im-H518the Lordיְהוָ֞הYah.wehH3068has stirredהֱסִֽיתְךָ֥he.si.te.KhaH5496you up against me, let HimacceptH7381an offeringמִנְחָ֔הmin.ChahH4503; butifוְאִ֣ם׀ve.'ImH518it ismenבְּנֵ֣י הָאָדָ֗םbe.Nei ha.'a.DamH1121 H120,cursedאֲרוּרִ֥ים'a.ru.RimH779are they beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, forthey have drivenגֵרְשׁ֣וּנִיge.re.Shu.niH1644me out todayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117soH4480that I would have noH4480attachmentמֵהִסְתַּפֵּ֜חַme.his.ta.Pe.achH5596with the inheritanceבְּנַחֲלַ֤תbe.na.cha.LatH5159of the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, ‘Goלֵ֥ךְlekhH1980,serveעֲבֹ֖ד'a.VodH5647otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430.’

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