Revised Literal Translation

2 Samuel 7:18-21

18Then wentוַיָּבֹא֙vai.ya.Vo'H935kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Davidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732in, and satוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,and he saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Who amI, O Lordאֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִה֙Yah.wehH3069? and what ismy houseבֵיתִ֔יvei.TiH1004,that thou hast broughtהֲבִיאֹתַ֖נִיha.vi.'o.Ta.niH935me hithertoהֲלֹֽם׃ha.LomH1988?

19And this was yet a small thingוַתִּקְטַן֩va.tik.TanH6994in thy sightבְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙be.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,O Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִ֔הYah.wehH3069;but thou hast spokenוַתְּדַבֵּ֛רva.te.da.BerH1696also of thy servant’sעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650houseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004for a great while to comeלְמֵֽרָח֑וֹקle.me.ra.ChokH7350. And isthis the mannerתּוֹרַ֥תto.RatH8452of manהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120,O Lordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִֽה׃Yah.wehH3069?

20And what canH3254Davidדָּוִ֛דda.VidH1732sayלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696moreH3254unto thee? for thou, Lordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִֽה׃Yah.wehH3069,knowestיָדַ֥עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045thy servantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650.

21For thy word’sדְּבָֽרְךָ֙de.va.re.KhaH1697sake, and according to thine own heartוּֽכְלִבְּךָ֔u.khe.li.be.KhaH3820,hast thou doneעָשִׂ֕יתָ'a.Si.taH6213all these great thingsהַגְּדוּלָּ֖הha.ge.du.LahH1420,to make thy servantעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃'av.De.khaH5650knowלְהוֹדִ֖יעַle.ho.Di.a'H3045them.

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