Revised Literal Translation

1 Samuel 18:28-30

28And Saulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586sawוַיַּ֤רְאvai.Yar'H7200and knewוַיֵּ֔דַעvai.Ye.da'H3045that Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068waswith Davidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732, and thatMichalוּמִיכַ֥לu.mi.KhalH4324Saul’sשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586daughterבַּת־bat-H1323lovedאֲהֵבַֽתְהוּ׃'a.he.Vat.huH157him.

29And Saulשָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlH7586was yet the moreוַיֹּ֣אסֶףvai.Yo.sefH3254afraidלֵרֹ֛אle.Ro'H3372ofמִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.NeiH6440Davidדָוִ֖דda.VidH1732;and Saulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586became David’sדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732enemyאֹיֵ֥ב'o.YevH341continuallyהַיָּמִֽים׃ סhai.ya.MimH3117.

30Then the princesשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269of the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֑יםfe.lish.TimH6430went forthוַיֵּצְא֖וּvai.ye.tze.'UH3318:and it came to pass, afterמִדֵּ֣יmi.DeiH1767they went forthצֵאתָ֗םtze.TamH3318, thatDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732behaved himself more wiselyשָׂכַ֤לsa.KhalH7919than all the servantsעַבְדֵ֣י'av.DeiH5650of Saulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586;so that his nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034was muchמְאֹֽד׃ סme.'OdH3966set byוַיִּיקַ֥רvai.yi.KarH3365.

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