New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Samuel 29:8-9

8However, Davidדָּוִ֜דda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Achishאָכִ֗ישׁ'a.KhishH397, “But whatמֶ֤הmehH4100have I doneעָשִׂ֙יתִי֙'a.Si.tiH6213?And whatוּמַה־u.mah-H4100have you foundמָּצָ֣אתָma.Tza.taH4672in your servantבְעַבְדְּךָ֔ve.'av.de.KhaH5650sinceH4480the dayמִיּוֹם֙mi.yOmH3117that I cameהָיִ֣יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961beforeלְפָנֶ֔יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440you, to thisהַזֶּ֑הha.ZehH2088dayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117,that I cannot goאָבוֹא֙'a.Vo'H935and fightוְנִלְחַ֔מְתִּיve.nil.Cham.tiH3898against the enemiesH340of my lordאֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428?”

9But Achishאָכִישׁ֮'a.KhishH397repliedוַיַּ֣עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030to Davidדָּוִד֒da.VidH1732, “I knowיָדַ֕עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that you are pleasingט֥וֹבTovH2896in my sightבְּעֵינַ֖יbe.'ei.NaiH5869,like an angelכְּמַלְאַ֣ךְke.mal.'AkhH4397of Godאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimH430;neverthelessאַ֣ךְ'akhH389the commandersשָׂרֵ֤יsa.ReiH8269of the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּים֙fe.lish.TimH6430have saidH559, ‘He must not goיַעֲלֶ֥הya.'a.LehH5927upH5927with us into the battleבַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ba.mil.cha.MahH4421.’

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