New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Samuel 13:28-30

28Then Absalomאַבְשָׁל֨וֹם'av.sha.LomH53commandedוַיְצַו֩vay.TzavH6680his servantsנְעָרָ֜יוne.'a.RavH5288,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, “Seeרְא֣וּre.'UH7200nowנָ֠אna'H4994,when Amnon’sאַמְנ֤וֹן'am.NonH550heartלֵב־lev-H3820is cheerfulכְּט֨וֹבke.TovH2895with wineבַּיַּ֙יִן֙bai.Ya.yinH3196,and I sayוְאָמַרְתִּ֣יve.'a.mar.TiH559to you, ‘Strikeהַכּ֧וּha.KuH5221Amnonאַמְנ֛וֹן'am.NonH550,’then putH4191him toH4191deathH4191.Do not fearתִּירָ֑אוּti.Ra.'uH3372;have I not commandedצִוִּ֣יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680you myselfאָֽנֹכִי֙'a.no.KhiH595?BeH2388courageousH2388and bevaliantלִבְנֵי־ חָֽיִל׃liv.nei- Cha.yilH1121 H2428.”

29And the servantsנַעֲרֵ֤יna.'a.ReiH5288of Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙'av.sha.lOmH53didוַֽיַּעֲשׂ֞וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213to Amnonלְאַמְנ֔וֹןle.'am.NonH550justH3512asH3512Absalomאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם'av.sha.LomH53had commandedצִוָּ֖הtzi.VahH6680.Then allכָּל־kol-H3605the king’sהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121gotH6965upH6965and eachאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376mountedוַֽיִּרְכְּב֛וּvai.yir.ke.VuH7392his muleפִּרְדּ֖וֹpir.DoH6505and fledוַיָּנֻֽסוּ׃vai.ya.Nu.suH5127.

30Now it was while they were on the wayבַדֶּ֔רֶךְva.De.rekhH1870that the reportוְהַשְּׁמֻעָ֣הve.ha.she.mu.'AhH8052cameבָ֔אָהVa.'ahH935to Davidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, “Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙'av.sha.lOmH53has struckH5221andH5221killedH5221allכָּל־kol-H3605the king’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121,and not oneאֶחָֽד׃ ס'e.ChadH259of them is leftנוֹתַ֥רno.TarH3498.”

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