New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Samuel 24:20-24

20And Araunahאֲרַ֗וְנָה'a.Rav.nahH728lookedH8259downוַיַּשְׁקֵ֣ףvai.yash.KefH8259and sawוַיַּ֤רְאvai.Yar'H7200the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428and his servantsעֲבָדָ֔יו'a.va.DavH5650crossingH5674overH5674towardעָלָ֑יו'a.LavH5921him; so Araunahאֲרַ֔וְנָה'a.Rav.nahH728wentH3318outH3318and bowedH2331his faceאַפָּ֖יו'a.PavH639to the groundאָֽרְצָה׃'A.re.tzahH776before the kingלַמֶּ֛לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428.

21Then Araunahאֲרַ֔וְנָה'a.Rav.nahH728saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Whyמַדּ֛וּעַma.Du.a'H4069has my lordאֲדֹנִֽי־'a.do.ni-H113the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428comeבָּ֥אba'H935to his servantעַבְדּ֑וֹav.DoH5650?”And Davidדָּוִ֜דda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “To buyלִקְנ֧וֹתlik.NotH7069the threshingהַגֹּ֗רֶןha.Go.renH1637floorH1637from you, in order to buildלִבְנ֤וֹתliv.NotH1129an altarמִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙miz.Be.achH4196to the Lordלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068,so that the plagueהַמַּגֵּפָ֖הha.ma.ge.FahH4046may bewithdrawnוְתֵעָצַ֥רve.te.'a.TzarH6113from the peopleהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971.”

22Araunahאֲרַ֙וְנָה֙'a.Rav.nahH728then saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Davidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732, “Let my lordאֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428takeיִקַּ֥חyi.KachH3947and offerוְיַ֛עַלve.Ya.'alH5927upH5927whatH2896isH2896goodהַטּ֣וֹבha.TovH2896in his sightבְּעֵינָ֑יוbe.'ay.noH5869.Lookרְאֵה֙re.'EhH7200, here arethe oxenהַבָּקָ֣רha.ba.KarH1241for the burntלָעֹלָ֔הla.'o.LahH5930offeringH5930,the threshingH4173sledgesH4173and the yokesוּכְלֵ֥יu.khe.LeiH3627of the oxenהַבָּקָ֖רha.ba.KarH1241for the woodלָעֵצִֽים׃la.'e.TzimH6086.

23Everythingהַכֹּ֗לha.KolH3605,O kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,Araunahאֲרַ֥וְנָה'a.Rav.nahH728givesנָתַ֛ןna.TanH5414to the kingלַמֶּ֑לֶךְ סla.Me.lekhH4428.”And Araunahאֲרַ֙וְנָה֙'a.Rav.nahH728saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, “May the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430beH7521favorableH7521to you.”

24However, the kingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Araunahאֲרַ֗וְנָה'a.Rav.nahH728, “NoH3808,but I will certainlyקָנ֨וֹka.NoH7069buyאֶקְנֶ֤ה'ek.NehH7069itfrom you for a priceבִּמְחִ֔ירbim.ChirH4242; forI will not offerאַעֲלֶ֛ה'a.'a.LehH5927burntעֹל֣וֹתo.LotH5930offeringsH5930to the Lordלַיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068my Godאֱלֹהַ֖י'e.lo.HaiH430thatH2600costH2600me nothingH2600.” SoDavidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732boughtוַיִּ֨קֶןvai.Yi.kenH7069the threshingהַגֹּ֙רֶן֙ha.Go.renH1637floorH1637and the oxenהַבָּקָ֔רha.ba.KarH1241for fiftyחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃cha.mi.ShimH2572shekelsשְׁקָלִ֥יםshe.ka.LimH8255of silverבְּכֶ֖סֶףbe.Khe.sefH3701.

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