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1 Chronicles 21:7-17

7AndGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430wasdispleasedוַיֵּ֙רַע֙vai.Ye.ra'H7489with thisthingהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697; therefore hesmoteוַיַּ֖ךְvai.YakhH5221Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478.

8AndDavidדָּוִיד֙da.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoGodהָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, I havesinnedחָטָ֣אתִֽיcha.Ta.tiH2398greatlyמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966, in that I havedoneH6213thisthingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697: butnowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258, putawayהַֽעֲבֶר־ha.'a.ver-H5674, Ibeseechנָא֙na'H4994thee, theiniquityעֲו֣וֹןa.VonH5771of thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֔'av.de.KhaH5650; for I havedoneH6213veryמְאֹֽד׃ פme.'OdH3966foolishlyנִסְכַּ֖לְתִּיnis.Kal.tiH5528.

9And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068spake untoGadגָּ֔דGadH1410,David’sדָוִ֖ידda.VidH1732seerחֹזֵ֥הcho.ZehH2374,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

10Go andspeakוְדִבַּרְתָּ֨ve.di.bar.TaH1696untoDavidדָּוִ֜ידda.VidH1732,sayingH559,Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, IofferH6213theethreeשָׁל֕וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969things;chooseבְּחַר־be.char-H977thee one of them, that I maydoH6213it unto thee.

11SoH3541Gadגָ֖דgadH1410cameH935toDavidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732, andsaidH559unto him,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,TakeH935which thou wilt;

12eitherH518threeשָׁל֨וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֜יםsha.NimH8141offamineרָעָ֗בra.'AvH7458; orthreeשְׁלֹשָׁ֨הshe.lo.ShahH7969monthsחֳדָשִׁ֜יםcho.da.ShimH2320to be consumedbeforeמִפְּנֵי־mi.pe.nei-H6440thy foes,whileH3117that theswordוְחֶ֣רֶבve.Che.revH2719of thineenemiesאוֹיְבֶ֣ךָ׀'oy.Ve.khaH341overtaketh thee; orelseH3605threeשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָ֠מִיםYa.mimH3117theswordחֶ֣רֶבChe.revH2719of theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068,evenH518pestilenceוְדֶ֙בֶר֙ve.De.verH1698in thelandבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776, and theangelוּמַלְאַ֣ךְu.mal.'AkhH4397of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068destroyingמַשְׁחִ֖יתmash.ChitH7843throughoutH3605allH3605the coasts ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478.Nowוְעַתָּ֣הve.'a.TahH6258thereforeconsiderרְאֵ֔הre.'EhH7200whatמָֽה־mah-H4100answerH7725I shallreturnH7725to him thatsentH7971meH7971.

13AndDavidדָּוִ֛ידda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoGadגָּ֖דgadH1410, I am in agreatH3966strait:letH4994meH413fallאֶפְּלָה־'e.pe.lah-H5307nowH4994intoH413thehandבְיַד־ve.yad-H3027of theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068; forveryH3966greatH3966are hismerciesרַחֲמָיו֙ra.cha.MavH7356: andletH4994meH413notאַל־'al-H408fallאֶפֹּֽל׃'e.PolH5307intoH413thehandוּבְיַד־u.ve.yad-H3027ofmanאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120.

14SoH5414theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068sentH5414apestilenceדֶּ֖בֶרDe.verH1698uponH5307Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478: and therefellH5307ofIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478seventyשִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImH7657thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

15AndGodהָאֱלֹהִ֨ים׀ha.'E.lo.HimH430sentוַיִּשְׁלַח֩vai.yish.LachH7971anangelמַלְאָ֥ךְ׀mal.'AkhH4397untoJerusalemלִֽירוּשָׁלִַם֮li.ru.sha.LimH3389todestroyלְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ֒le.hash.chi.TahH7843it: and as he wasaboutעַל־'al-H5921todestroyוּכְהַשְׁחִ֗יתu.khe.hash.ChitH7843, theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068beheld, and herepentedוַיִּנָּ֣חֶםvai.yi.Na.chemH5162him of theevilהָֽרָעָ֔הha.ra.'AhH7451, andsaidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to thedestroyingהַמַּשְׁחִית֙ha.mash.ChitH7843angelלַמַּלְאָ֤ךְla.mal.'AkhH4397, It isenoughרַ֔בRavH7227;nowעַתָּ֖ה'a.TahH6258stayH5975thinehandיָדֶ֑ךָya.De.khaH3027. And theangelוּמַלְאַ֤ךְu.mal.'AkhH4397of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068stoodעֹמֵ֔ד'o.MedH5975by the threshing-floor ofOrnanאָרְנָ֥ן'a.re.NanH771theJebusiteהַיְבוּסִֽי׃ סhay.vu.SiH2983.

16AndDavidדָוִ֜ידda.VidH1732liftedוַיִּשָּׂ֨אvai.yi.Sa'H5375upH5375hiseyesעֵינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869, andsawוַיַּ֞רְאvai.Yar'H7200theangelמַלְאַ֤ךְmal.'AkhH4397of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068standעֹמֵ֗ד'o.MedH5975betweenH996theearthהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776and theheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, having adrawnשְׁלוּפָה֙she.lu.FahH8025swordוְחַרְבּ֤וֹve.char.BoH2719in hishandבְּיָד֔וֹbe.ya.DoH3027stretchedנְטוּיָ֖הne.tu.YahH5186outH5186everH5375Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389. ThenDavidדָּוִ֧ידda.VidH1732and theeldersוְהַזְּקֵנִ֛יםve.ha.ze.ke.NimH2205,clothedמְכֻסִּ֥יםme.khu.SimH3680insackclothבַּשַּׂקִּ֖יםba.sa.KimH8242,fellוַיִּפֹּ֨לvai.yi.PolH5307uponH5921theirfacesפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃pe.nei.HemH6440.

17AndDavidדָּוִ֣ידda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoGodהָאֱלֹהִ֡יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, Is itnotH3808I thatcommandedאָמַ֜רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559thepeopleבָּעָ֗םba.'AmH5971to benumberedלִמְנ֣וֹתlim.NotH4487?evenH3808I it is that havesinnedחָטָ֙אתִי֙cha.Ta.tiH2398anddoneH6213very wickedly; buttheseוְאֵ֥לֶּהve.'E.lehH428sheepהַצֹּ֖אןha.TzonH6629,whatמֶ֣הmehH4100have theydoneH6213?letH4994thinehandיָֽדְךָ֙ya.de.KhaH3027, IprayH4994thee, OLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068myGodאֱלֹהַ֗י'e.lo.HaiH430, beagainstH413meH413, andagainstH413myfather’sאָבִ֔י'a.ViH1houseוּבְבֵ֣יתu.ve.VeitH1004; butnotH3808againstH413thypeopleוּֽבְעַמְּךָ֖u.ve.'a.me.KhaH5971, that they should beplaguedלְמַגֵּפָֽה׃ סle.ma.ge.FahH4046.

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