Revised Literal Translation

1 Chronicles 21:1-3

1And Satanשָׂטָ֖ןsa.TanH7854stood upוַיַּֽעֲמֹ֥דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975against Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,and provokedוַיָּ֙סֶת֙vai.Ya.setH5496Davidדָּוִ֔ידda.VidH1732to numberלִמְנ֖וֹתlim.NotH4487Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

2And Davidדָּוִ֤ידda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Joabיוֹאָב֙yo.'AvH3097and to the rulersשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269of the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,GoH3212,numberסִפְרוּ֙sif.RuH5608Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478from Beer–shebaH884even to Danדָּ֑ןDanH1835;and bringוְהָבִ֣יאוּve.ha.Vi.'uH935the numberמִסְפָּרָֽם׃mis.pa.RamH4557of them to me, that I may knowוְאֵדְעָ֖הve.'e.de.'AhH3045it.

3And Joabיוֹאָ֗בyo.'AvH3097answeredוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Yhwhיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068make his peopleעַמּ֤וֹ׀a.MoH5971an hundredמֵאָ֣הme.'AhH3967timesפְעָמִ֔יםfe.'a.MimH6471so many moreיוֹסֵף֩yo.SefH3254as theyH1992be:but, my lordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, arethey not all my lord’sלַאדֹנִ֖יla.do.NiH113servantsלַעֲבָדִ֑יםla.'a.va.DimH5650?why then doth my lordאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113requireיְבַקֵּ֥שׁye.va.KeshH1245this thing? why will he be a cause of trespassלְאַשְׁמָ֖הle.'ash.MahH819to Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478?

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