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1 Chronicles 21:7-17

7And Godהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430was displeasedבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869 H3415with this thingהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697;therefore he smoteוַיַּ֖ךְvai.YakhH5221Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478.

8And Davidדָּוִיד֙da.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Godהָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,I have sinnedחָטָ֣אתִֽיcha.Ta.tiH2398greatlyמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966,because I have doneעָשִׂ֖יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213this thingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697:but now, I beseech thee, do awayהַֽעֲבֶר־ha.'a.ver-H5674the iniquityעֲו֣וֹןa.VonH5771of thy servantעַבְדְּךָ֔'av.de.KhaH5650;for I have done veryמְאֹֽד׃ פme.'OdH3966foolishlyנִסְכַּ֖לְתִּיnis.Kal.tiH5528.

9And Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068spakeוַיְדַבֵּ֤רvay.da.BerH1696unto Gadגָּ֔דGadH1410,David’sדָוִ֖ידda.VidH1732seerחֹזֵ֥הcho.ZehH2374,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

10GoH3212and tellוְדִבַּרְתָּ֨ve.di.bar.TaH1696Davidדָּוִ֜ידda.VidH1732,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,I offerנֹטֶ֣הno.TehH5186thee threeשָׁל֕וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969things:chooseבְּחַר־be.char-H977thee oneאַחַ֥ת'a.ChatH259of themH2007,that I may doוְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ve.'e.'e.seh-H6213it unto thee.

11So Gadגָ֖דgadH1410cameוַיָּ֥בֹאvai.Ya.vo'H935to Davidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732,and saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, Thus saithאָמַ֥ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,Chooseקַבֶּל־ka.bel-H6901thee

12Either threeשָׁל֨וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969years’שָׁנִ֜יםsha.NimH8141famineרָעָ֗בra.'AvH7458;or threeשְׁלֹשָׁ֨הshe.lo.ShahH7969monthsחֳדָשִׁ֜יםcho.da.ShimH2320to be destroyedנִסְפֶּ֥הnis.PehH5595beforeמִפְּנֵי־mi.pe.nei-H6440thy foesצָרֶיךָ֮tza.rei.KhaH6862,while that the swordוְחֶ֣רֶבve.Che.revH2719of thine enemiesאוֹיְבֶ֣ךָ׀'oy.Ve.khaH341overtakethלְמַשֶּׂגֶת֒le.ma.se.GetH5381thee;orH518else threeשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָ֠מִיםYa.mimH3117the swordחֶ֣רֶבChe.revH2719of Yhwhיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068,even the pestilenceוְדֶ֙בֶר֙ve.De.verH1698,in the landבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776,and the angelוּמַלְאַ֣ךְu.mal.'AkhH4397of Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068destroyingמַשְׁחִ֖יתmash.ChitH7843throughout all the coastsגְּב֣וּלge.VulH1366of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478.Now therefore adviseרְאֵ֔הre.'EhH7200thyself what wordדָּבָֽר׃ פda.VarH1697I shall bring againאָשִׁ֥יב'a.ShivH7725to him that sentשֹׁלְחִ֖יsho.le.ChiH7971me.

13And Davidדָּוִ֛ידda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Gadגָּ֖דgadH1410,I am in a greatמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966straitH6887:let me fallאֶפְּלָה־'e.pe.lah-H5307now into the handבְיַד־ve.yad-H3027of Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068;for veryמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966greatרַבִּ֤יםra.BimH7227arehis merciesרַחֲמָיו֙ra.cha.MavH7356:but let me not fallאֶפֹּֽל׃'e.PolH5307into the handוּבְיַד־u.ve.yad-H3027of manאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120.

14So Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068sentוַיִּתֵּ֧ןvai.yi.TenH5414pestilenceדֶּ֖בֶרDe.verH1698upon Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478:and there fellוַיִּפֹּל֙vai.yi.PolH5307of Israelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478seventyשִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImH7657thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

15And Godהָאֱלֹהִ֨ים׀ha.'E.lo.HimH430sentוַיִּשְׁלַח֩vai.yish.LachH7971an angelמַלְאָ֥ךְ׀mal.'AkhH4397unto Jerusalemלִֽירוּשָׁלִַם֮li.ru.sha.LimH3389to destroyלְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ֒le.hash.chi.TahH7843it: and as he was destroyingוּכְהַשְׁחִ֗יתu.khe.hash.ChitH7843,Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068beheldרָאָ֤הra.'AhH7200,and he repentedוַיִּנָּ֣חֶםvai.yi.Na.chemH5162him of the evilהָֽרָעָ֔הha.ra.'AhH7451,and saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to the angelלַמַּלְאָ֤ךְla.mal.'AkhH4397that destroyedהַמַּשְׁחִית֙ha.mash.ChitH7843,It is enoughרַ֔בRavH7227,stayהֶ֣רֶףHe.refH7503now thine handיָדֶ֑ךָya.De.khaH3027.And the angelוּמַלְאַ֤ךְu.mal.'AkhH4397of Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068stoodעֹמֵ֔ד'o.MedH5975by the threshingfloorגֹּ֖רֶןGo.renH1637of Ornanאָרְנָ֥ן'a.re.NanH771the Jebusiteהַיְבוּסִֽי׃ סhay.vu.SiH2983.

16And Davidדָוִ֜ידda.VidH1732lifted upוַיִּשָּׂ֨אvai.yi.Sa'H5375his eyesעֵינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869,and sawוַיַּ֞רְאvai.Yar'H7200the angelמַלְאַ֤ךְmal.'AkhH4397of Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068standעֹמֵ֗ד'o.MedH5975between the earthהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776and the heavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,having a drawnשְׁלוּפָה֙she.lu.FahH8025swordוְחַרְבּ֤וֹve.char.BoH2719in his handבְּיָד֔וֹbe.ya.DoH3027stretched outנְטוּיָ֖הne.tu.YahH5186over Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389.Then Davidדָּוִ֧ידda.VidH1732and the eldersוְהַזְּקֵנִ֛יםve.ha.ze.ke.NimH2205of Israel, who wereclothedמְכֻסִּ֥יםme.khu.SimH3680in sackclothבַּשַּׂקִּ֖יםba.sa.KimH8242,fellוַיִּפֹּ֨לvai.yi.PolH5307upon their facesפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃pe.nei.HemH6440.

17And Davidדָּוִ֣ידda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Godהָאֱלֹהִ֡יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, Is it not I thatcommandedאָמַ֜רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559the peopleבָּעָ֗םba.'AmH5971to be numberedלִמְנ֣וֹתlim.NotH4487?even I it is that have sinnedחָטָ֙אתִי֙cha.Ta.tiH2398and done evilוְהָרֵ֣עַve.ha.Re.a'H7489indeedהֲרֵע֔וֹתִיha.re.'o.tiH7489; but as forthese sheepהַצֹּ֖אןha.TzonH6629,what have they doneעָשׂ֑וּ'a.SuH6213?let thine handיָֽדְךָ֙ya.de.KhaH3027,I pray thee, O Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068my Godאֱלֹהַ֗י'e.lo.HaiH430,be on me, and on my father’sאָבִ֔י'a.ViH1houseוּבְבֵ֣יתu.ve.VeitH1004;but not on thy peopleוּֽבְעַמְּךָ֖u.ve.'a.me.KhaH5971,that they should be plaguedלְמַגֵּפָֽה׃ סle.ma.ge.FahH4046.

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