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2 Samuel 9:11-13

11Then saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Zibaצִיבָא֙tzi.Va'H6717unto the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,According to all that my lordאֲדֹנִ֤י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428hath commandedיְצַוֶּ֜הye.tza.VehH6680his servantעַבְדּ֔וֹav.DoH5650,so shall thy servantעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ'av.De.khaH5650doיַעֲשֶׂ֣הya.'a.SehH6213.As for Mephiboshethוּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁתu.me.fi.Vo.shetH4648, said the king,he shall eatאֹכֵל֙'o.KhelH398at my tableשֻׁלְחָנִ֔יshul.cha.NiH7979,as oneכְּאַחַ֖דke.'a.ChadH259of the king’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428sonsמִבְּנֵ֥יmi.be.NeiH1121.

12And Mephiboshethוְלִמְפִיבֹ֥שֶׁתve.lim.fi.Vo.shetH4648had a youngקָטָ֖ןka.TanH6996sonבֵּן־ben-H1121,whose nameוּשְׁמ֣וֹu.she.MoH8034wasMichaמִיכָ֑אmi.Kha'H4316.And all that dweltמוֹשַׁ֣בmo.ShavH4186in the houseבֵּית־beit-H1004of Zibaצִיבָ֔אtzi.Va'H6717wereservantsעֲבָדִ֖ים'a.va.DimH5650unto Mephiboshethלִמְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת׃lim.fi.Vo.shetH4648.

13So Mephiboshethוּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁתu.me.fi.Vo.shetH4648dweltיֹשֵׁב֙yo.ShevH3427in Jerusalemבִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.Ru.sha.LimH3389:for he did eatאֹכֵ֑ל'o.KhelH398continuallyתָּמִ֖ידta.MidH8548at the king’sהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428tableשֻׁלְחַ֥ןshul.ChanH7979;and was lameפִסֵּ֖חַpi.Se.achH6455on bothשְׁתֵּ֥יshe.TeiH8147his feetרַגְלָֽיו׃ פrag.LavH7272.

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