Revised Literal Translation

2 Samuel 6:21-23

21And Davidדָּוִד֮da.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Michalמִיכַל֒mi.KhalH4324, It wasbeforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,which choseבָּֽחַר־ba.char-H977me before thy fatherמֵֽאָבִיךְ֙me.'a.viKhH1,and before all his houseבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004,to appointלְצַוֹּ֨תle.tza.VotH6680me rulerנָגִ֛ידna.GidH5057over the peopleעַ֥ם'amH5971of Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,over Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478:therefore will I playוְשִׂחַקְתִּ֖יve.si.chak.TiH7832beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

22And I will yet be more vileוּנְקַלֹּ֤תִיu.ne.ka.Lo.tiH7043than thusמִזֹּ֔אתmi.ZotH2063,and will be baseשָׁפָ֖לsha.FalH8217in mine own sightבְּעֵינָ֑יbe.'ei.NaiH5869:and of the maidservantsהָֽאֲמָהוֹת֙ha.'a.ma.hOtH519which thou hast spokenאָמַ֔רְתְּ'a.MartH559of, of them shall I be had in honourאִכָּבֵֽדָה׃'i.ka.Ve.dahH3513.

23Therefore Michalוּלְמִיכַל֙u.le.mi.KhalH4324the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Saulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586had no childיָ֑לֶדYa.ledH3206 H2056unto the dayי֥וֹםYomH3117of her deathמוֹתָֽהּ׃ פmo.TahH4194.

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