New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Samuel 14:31-33

31Then Joabיוֹאָ֔בyo.'AvH3097gotH6965upH6965,cameוַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'H935to Absalomאַבְשָׁל֖וֹם'av.sha.LomH53at his houseהַבָּ֑יְתָהha.Ba.ye.tahH1004,and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, “Whyלָ֣מָּהLa.mahH4100have your servantsעֲבָדֶ֛ךָ'a.va.De.khaH5650setהִצִּ֧יתוּhi.Tzi.tuH3341my plotהַחֶלְקָ֥הha.chel.KahH2513on fireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784?”

32Absalomאַבְשָׁל֣וֹם'av.sha.LomH53answeredוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Joabיוֹאָ֡בyo.'AvH3097, “Beholdהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009,I sentשָׁלַ֣חְתִּיsha.Lach.tiH7971for you, sayingלֵאמֹ֡רle.MorH559, ‘Comeבֹּ֣אbo'H935hereהֵ֠נָּהHe.nahH2008,so that I may sendוְאֶשְׁלְחָה֩ve.'esh.le.ChahH7971you to the kingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,to sayלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, “Whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100have I comeבָּ֙אתִי֙ba.tiH935from Geshurמִגְּשׁ֔וּרmi.ge.ShurH1650?It would be betterט֥וֹבTovH2896for me stillעֹ֣ד'odH5750to be thereשָׁ֑םShamH8033.”’Nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258then, let me seeאֶרְאֶה֙'er.'EhH7200the king’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428faceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440,and ifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518thereH3426isH3426guiltעָוֹ֖ן'a.VonH5771in me, he can have me executedוֶהֱמִתָֽנִי׃ve.he.mi.Ta.niH4191.”

33So when Joabיוֹאָ֣בyo.'AvH3097cameוַיָּבֹ֨אvai.ya.Vo'H935to the kingהַמֶּלֶךְ֮ha.me.leKhH4428and toldוַיַּגֶּד־vai.ya.ged-H5046him, he summonedוַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙'av.sha.lOmH53. Then Absalomcameוַיָּבֹ֣אvai.ya.Vo'H935to the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428and prostratedH2331himselfwith his faceאַפָּ֛יו'a.PavH639to the groundאַ֖רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428; andthe kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428kissedוַיִּשַּׁ֥קvai.yi.ShakH5401Absalomלְאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ פle.'av.sha.LomH53.

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