New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Samuel 17:6-9

6WhenH3512Hushaiחוּשַׁי֮chu.ShaiH2365had comeוַיָּבֹ֣אvai.ya.Vo'H935to Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹם֒'av.sha.lOmH53,Absalomאַבְשָׁל֨וֹם'av.sha.LomH53saidH559tohim, “Ahithophelאֲחִיתֹ֔פֶל'a.chi.To.felH302has spokenדִּבֶּ֣רdi.BerH1696thusכַּדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ka.da.Var ha.ZehH1697 H2088. Shall wecarryהֲנַעֲשֶׂ֖הha.na.'a.SehH6213out his planדְּבָר֑וֹde.va.RoH1697?Ifאִם־'im-H518not, you speakדַבֵּֽר׃ סda.BerH1696.”

7So Hushaiחוּשַׁ֖יchu.ShaiH2365saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Absalomאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם'av.sha.LomH53, “ThisH2088timeבַּפַּ֥עַםba.Pa.'amH6471the adviceהָעֵצָ֛הha.'e.TzahH6098that Ahithophelאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל'a.chi.To.felH302hasgivenיָעַ֥ץya.'AtzH3289is not goodטוֹבָ֧הto.VahH2896.”

8Moreover, Hushaiחוּשַׁ֗יchu.ShaiH2365saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “You knowיָ֠דַעְתָּYa.da'.taH3045your fatherאָבִ֨יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1and his menאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376,that they are mightyH1368menH1368and they arefierceוּמָרֵ֥י נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙u.ma.Rei ne.feshH4751 H5315,like a bearכְּדֹ֥בke.DoH1677robbedH7909of her cubsשַׁכּ֖וּלsha.KulH7909in the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֑הba.sa.DehH7704.And your fatherוְאָבִ֙יךָ֙ve.'a.Vi.khaH1is anexpertH376in warfareמִלְחָמָ֔הmil.cha.MahH4421,and will not spendH3885the nightיָלִ֖יןya.LinH3885with the peopleהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971.

9Beholdהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009,he has nowעַתָּ֤ה'a.TahH6258hiddenנֶחְבָּא֙nech.Ba'H2244himselfהֽוּא־hu'-H1931in oneבְּאַחַ֣תbe.'a.ChatH259of thecavesהַפְּחָתִ֔יםha.pe.cha.TimH6354orא֖וֹ'oH176in anotherבְּאַחַ֣דbe.'a.ChadH259placeהַמְּקוֹמֹ֑תha.me.ko.MotH4725; and it will bewhenH3512he fallsכִּנְפֹ֤לkin.FolH5307on them at the firstבַּתְּחִלָּ֔הba.te.chi.LahH8462attack, that whoever hearsH8085itwill sayוְאָמַ֔רve.'a.MarH559, ‘There has beenH1961a slaughterמַגֵּפָ֔הma.ge.FahH4046among the peopleבָּעָ֕םba.'AmH5971whoאֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834followאַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiH310Absalomאַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃'av.sha.LomH53.’

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