Revised Literal Translation

1 Samuel 25:25-26

25Letיָשִׂ֣יםya.SimH7760not my lordאֲדֹנִ֣י׀'a.do.NiH113,I pray thee, regardלִבּ֡וֹli.BoH3820this manאִישׁ֩'ishH376of Belialהַבְּלִיַּ֨עַלha.be.li.Ya.'alH1100, evenNabalנָבָ֗לna.ValH5037:for as his nameכִשְׁמוֹ֙khish.MoH8034is, so ishe; Nabalנָבָ֣לna.ValH5037ishis nameשְׁמ֔וֹshe.MoH8034,and follyוּנְבָלָ֖הu.ne.va.LahH5039iswith him: but I thine handmaidאֲמָ֣תְךָ֔'a.Ma.te.khaH519sawרָאִ֛יתִיra.'I.tiH7200not the young menנַעֲרֵ֥יna.'a.ReiH5288of my lordאֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.NiH113,whom thou didst sendשָׁלָֽחְתָּ׃sha.La.che.taH7971.

26Now therefore, my lordאֲדֹנִ֗י'a.do.NiH113, asYhwhיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068livethחַי־chai-H2416, and asthy soulנַפְשְׁךָ֙naf.she.KhaH5315livethוְחֵֽי־ve.chei-H2416,seeing Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath withholdenמְנָעֲךָ֤me.na.'a.KhaH4513thee from comingמִבּ֣וֹאmi.Bo'H935to shedbloodבְדָמִ֔יםve.da.MimH1818,and from avengingוְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַve.ho.She.a'H3467thyself with thine own handיָדְךָ֖ya.de.KhaH3027,now let thine enemiesאֹיְבֶ֔יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaH341,and they that seekוְהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥יםve.ham.vak.ShimH1245evilרָעָֽה׃ra.'AhH7451to my lordאֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.NiH113,be as Nabalכְנָבָל֙khe.na.ValH5037.

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