Revised Literal Translation

2 Samuel 19:27-30

27And he hath slanderedוַיְרַגֵּ֣לvay.ra.GelH7270thy servantH5650unto my lordH113the kingH4428;but my lordH113the kingH4428isas an angelכְּמַלְאַ֣ךְke.mal.'AkhH4397of Godהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430:doוַעֲשֵׂ֥הva.'a.SehH6213therefore what isgoodהַטּ֖וֹבha.TovH2896in thine eyesבְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃be.'ei.Nei.khaH5869.

28For all ofmy father’sאָבִ֗י'a.ViH1houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004were butלֹ֨אlo'H3808deadמָ֙וֶת֙ma.vetH4194menאַנְשֵׁי־'an.shei-H582before my lordH113the kingH4428:yet didst thou setוַתָּ֙שֶׁת֙va.Ta.shetH7896thy servantH5650among them that did eatבְּאֹכְלֵ֖יbe.'o.khe.LeiH398at thine own tableשֻׁלְחָנֶ֑ךָshul.cha.Ne.khaH7979.What rightצְדָקָ֔הtze.da.KahH6666therefore haveיֶּשׁ־yesh-H3426I yet to cryוְלִזְעֹ֥קve.liz.'OkH2199any more unto the kingH4428?

29And the kingH4428saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, Why speakestתְּדַבֵּ֥רte.da.BerH1696thou any more of thy mattersדְּבָרֶ֑יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697?I have saidאָמַ֕רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559,Thou and Zibaוְצִיבָ֔אve.tzi.Va'H6717divideתַּחְלְק֖וּtach.le.KuH2505the landהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704.

30And Mephiboshethמְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙me.fi.Vo.shetH4648saidH559unto the kingH4428,Yea, let him takeיִקָּ֑חyi.KachH3947all, forasmuchאַ֠חֲרֵי'A.cha.reiH310asאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834my lordאֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.NiH113the kingH4428is come againבָּ֞אba'H935in peaceבְּשָׁל֖וֹםbe.sha.LomH7965unto his own houseבֵּיתֽוֹ׃ סbei.ToH1004.

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