Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 14:24-28

24And themenוְאִֽישׁ־ve.'ish-H376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֥לYis.ra.'ElH3478were distressed thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117: butSaulשָׁא֨וּלsha.'UlH7586adjured thepeopleהָעָ֜םha.'AmH5971,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Cursedאָר֣וּר'a.RurH779be themanהָ֠אִישׁHa.'ishH376that eatethanyכָּל־kol-H3605foodלֶ֜חֶםLe.chemH3899untilעַד־'ad-H5704it beeveningהָעֶ֗רֶבha.'E.revH6153, and I beavengedוְנִקַּמְתִּי֙ve.ni.kam.TiH5358on mineenemiesמֵאֹ֣יְבַ֔יme.'O.ye.VaiH341.SoH3808noneH3808of thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971tastedטָעַ֥םta.'AmH2938foodלָֽחֶם׃ סLa.chemH3899.

25Andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thepeopleH776cameH935intoH935theforestבַיָּ֑עַרvai.Ya.'arH3293; and there washoneyדְבַ֖שׁde.VashH1706uponעַל־'al-H5921thegroundH776.

26And when thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971werecomeH935unto theforestהַיַּ֔עַרhai.Ya.'arH3293,beholdוְהִנֵּ֖הve.hi.NehH2009, thehoneyדְּבָ֑שׁde.VashH1706dropped: butnoH369manH369putH935hishandיָדוֹ֙ya.DoH3027to hismouthפִּ֔יוPivH6310; for thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971fearedיָרֵ֥אya.Re'H3372theoathהַשְּׁבֻעָֽה׃ha.she.vu.'AhH7621.

27ButJonathanוְיוֹנָתָ֣ןve.yo.na.TanH3129heardשָׁמַ֗עsha.Ma'H8085notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808when hisfatherאָבִיו֮'a.VivH1charged thepeopleהָעָם֒ha.'AmH5971with theoathבְּהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַbe.hash.Bi.a'H7650: wherefore heputH7971forthH7971theendקְצֵ֤הke.TzehH7097of therodהַמַּטֶּה֙ha.ma.TehH4294that was in hishandבְּיָד֔וֹbe.ya.DoH3027, anddippedוַיִּטְבֹּ֥לvai.yit.BolH2881it in thehoneycombבְּיַעְרַ֣תbe.ya'.RatH3295, andputH7971hishandיָדוֹ֙ya.DoH3027to hismouthפִּ֔יוPivH6310; and hiseyesעֵינָֽיו׃'ei.NavH5869were enlightened.

28ThenansweredH559one of thepeopleמֵֽהָעָ֜םme.ha.'AmH5971, andsaidH559, Thyfatherאָבִ֤יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1straitly charged thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971with anoathH7650,sayingH559,Cursedאָר֥וּר'a.RurH779be themanH376that eatethfoodלֶ֖חֶםLe.chemH3899thisdayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117. And thepeopleהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971were faint.

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