Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 17:48-54

48And itcameH1961topassH1961, when thePhilistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יha.pe.lish.TiH6430aroseקָ֣םkamH6965, andcameH1961anddrewוַיִּקְרַ֖בvai.yik.RavH7126nigh tomeetלִקְרַ֣אתlik.RatH7122Davidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732, thatDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732hastenedוַיְמַהֵ֣רvay.ma.HerH4116, andranוַיָּ֥רָץvai.Ya.rotzH7323towardH7122thearmyהַמַּעֲרָכָ֖הha.ma.'a.ra.KhahH4634tomeetלִקְרַ֥אתlik.RatH7122thePhilistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽי׃ha.pe.lish.TiH6430.

49AndDavidדָּוִ֨דda.VidH1732putוַיִּשְׁלַח֩vai.yish.LachH7971hishandיָד֜וֹya.DoH3027in hisbagהַכֶּ֗לִיha.Ke.liH3627, andtookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947thence astoneאֶ֙בֶן֙'e.venH68, and slang it, andsmoteוַיַּ֥ךְvai.YakhH5221thePhilistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יha.pe.lish.TiH6430in hisforeheadמִצְח֑וֹmitz.ChoH4696; and thestoneהָאֶ֙בֶן֙ha.'E.venH68sankוַתִּטְבַּ֤עva.tit.Ba'H2883intoH413hisforeheadבְּמִצְח֔וֹbe.mitz.ChoH4696, and hefellוַיִּפֹּ֥לvai.yi.PolH5307uponעַל־'al-H5921hisfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440to theearthאָֽרְצָה׃'A.re.tzahH776.

50Soמִן־min-H4480Davidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732prevailedוַיֶּחֱזַ֨קvai.ye.che.ZakH2388over thePhilistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּי֙ha.pe.lish.TiH6430with a sling and with astoneוּבָאֶ֔בֶןu.va.'E.venH68, andsmoteH5221thePhilistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יha.pe.lish.TiH6430, andslewH5221him; but there wasnoאֵ֥ין'einH369swordוְחֶ֖רֶבve.Che.revH2719in thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofDavidדָּוִֽד׃da.VidH1732.

51ThenDavidדָּ֠וִדDa.vidH1732ranוַיָּ֣רָץvai.Ya.rotzH7323, andstoodוַיַּעֲמֹ֨דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975over thePhilistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֜יha.pe.lish.TiH6430, andtookוַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.KachH3947hisswordחַ֠רְבּוֹchar.boH2719, anddrewוַֽיִּשְׁלְפָ֤הּvai.yish.le.FahH8025itoutאֶל־'el-H413of thesheathמִתַּעְרָהּ֙mi.ta'.RahH8593thereof, and slew him, andcutוַיִּכְרָת־vai.yikh.rot-H3772offH3772hisheadרֹאשׁ֑וֹro.ShoH7218therewith. And when thePhilistinesהַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֛יםha.pe.lish.TimH6430sawוַיִּרְא֧וּvai.yir.'UH7200that theirchampionגִּבּוֹרָ֖םgi.bo.RamH1368wasdeadH4191, theyfledוַיָּנֻֽסוּ׃vai.ya.Nu.suH5127.

52And themenH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֨לYis.ra.'ElH3478and ofJudahוִיהוּדָ֜הvi.hu.DahH3063aroseוַיָּקֻ֣מוּvai.ya.Ku.muH6965, andshoutedוַיָּרִ֗עוּvai.ya.Ri.'uH7321, andpursuedוַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ֙vai.yir.de.FuH7291thePhilistinesהַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםha.pe.lish.TimH6430,untilH5704thou comest to Gai, and to thegatesשַׁעֲרֵ֣יsha.'a.ReiH8179ofEkronעֶקְר֑וֹןek.RonH6138. And thewoundedחַֽלְלֵ֤יcha.LeiH2491of thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּים֙fe.lish.TimH6430fellH5307downH5307by thewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870toShaaraimשַׁעֲרַ֔יִםsha.'a.Ra.yimH8189,evenH5704untoGathגַּ֖תgatH1661, and untoEkronעֶקְרֽוֹן׃ek.RonH6138.

53And thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478returnedוַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙vai.ya.Shu.vuH7725fromchasingH310afterH310thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֑יםfe.lish.TimH6430, and they spoiled theircampמַחֲנֵיהֶֽם׃ma.cha.nei.HemH4264.

54AndDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732tookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947theheadרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218of thePhilistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יha.pe.lish.TiH6430, andbroughtוַיְבִאֵ֖הוּvay.vi.'E.huH935it toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389; but heputשָׂ֥םsamH7760his armour in histentבְּאָהֳלֽוֹ׃ סbe.'o.ho.LoH168.

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