Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 25:23-35

23And whenAbigailאֲבִיגַ֙יִל֙'a.vi.Ga.yilH26sawוַתֵּ֤רֶאva.Te.re'H7200Davidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732,sheH6440hasted, and lightedoffH5921herH5921ass, andfellוַתִּפֹּ֞לva.ti.PolH5307beforeH6440Davidדָוִד֙da.VidH1732onherH5921faceפָּנֶ֔יהָpa.Nei.haH6440, andbowedוַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּva.tish.Ta.chuH7812herselfH7812to thegroundאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

24And shefellוַתִּפֹּל֙va.ti.PolH5307at hisfeetרַגְלָ֔יוrag.LavH7272, andsaidוַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merH559,UponH5921meH4994, mylordאֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.NiH113,uponH5921meH4994be theiniquityהֶֽעָוֹ֑ןhe.'a.VonH5771: andletH4994thinehandmaidאֲמָֽתְךָ֙'a.ma.te.KhaH519, IprayH4994thee,speakוּֽתְדַבֶּר־u.te.da.ber-H1696in thineearsבְּאָזְנֶ֔יךָbe.'a.ze.Nei.khaH241, andhearוּשְׁמַ֕עu.she.Ma'H8085thou thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of thinehandmaidאֲמָתֶֽךָ׃'a.ma.Te.khaH519.

25LetH7971notH3808mylordאֲדֹנִ֣י׀'a.do.NiH113, Iprayנָ֣אna'H4994thee,regardH7200thismanאִישׁ֩'ishH376of Belial,evenכִּ֤יkiH3588Nabalנָבָ֗לna.ValH5037: for as hisnameכִשְׁמוֹ֙khish.MoH8034is,soכֶּן־ken-H3651is he;Nabalנָבָ֣לna.ValH5037is hisnameשְׁמ֔וֹshe.MoH8034, andfollyוּנְבָלָ֖הu.ne.va.LahH5039is with him: hut I thinehandmaidאֲמָ֣תְךָ֔'a.Ma.te.khaH519sawH7200notH3808theyoungנַעֲרֵ֥יna.'a.ReiH5288menH376of mylordאֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.NiH113,whomאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou didstsendH7971.

26Nowוְעַתָּ֣הve.'a.TahH6258therefore, mylordH3068, as theLORDH3068liveth, and as thysoulנַפְשְׁךָ֙naf.she.KhaH5315liveth, seeing theLORDH3068hath withholden thee frombloodguiltinessבְדָמִ֔יםve.da.MimH1818, and fromavengingוְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַve.ho.She.a'H3467thyself with thineownיִֽהְי֤וּyih.YuH1961handיָדְךָ֖ya.de.KhaH3027,nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258thereforeletH6258thineenemiesאֹיְבֶ֔יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaH341, and them thatseekוְהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥יםve.ham.vak.ShimH1245evilרָעָֽה׃ra.'AhH7451to mylordH3068, be asNabalכְנָבָל֙khe.na.ValH5037.

27Andnowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258thispresentH5414whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thyservantH5288hathbroughtהֵבִ֥יאhe.Vi'H935unto mylordלַֽאדֹנִ֑יla.do.NiH113,letH5414it begivenH5414unto theyoungלַנְּעָרִ֔יםla.ne.'a.RimH5288menH5288thatfollowהַמִּֽתְהַלְּכִ֖יםha.mit.ha.le.KhimH1980mylordאֲדֹנִֽי׃'a.do.NiH113.

28Forgiveשָׂ֥אsa'H5375, Iprayנָ֖אna'H4994thee, the trespass of thinehandmaidאֲמָתֶ֑ךָ'a.ma.Te.khaH519: for theLORDH3068willcertainlyכִּ֣יkiH3588makeH6213mylordH3068asureנֶאֱמָ֗ןne.'e.ManH539houseבַּ֣יִתBa.yitH1004,becauseכִּי־ki-H3588mylordH3068fighteth thebattlesמִלְחֲמ֤וֹתmil.cha.MotH4421of theLORDH3068; andevilוְרָעָ֛הve.ra.'AhH7451shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808befoundתִמָּצֵ֥אti.ma.Tze'H4672in theeallH3117thydaysמִיָּמֶֽיךָ׃mi.ya.Mei.khaH3117.

29And thoughmanאָדָם֙'a.DamH120berisenH6965upH6965topursueלִרְדָפְךָ֔lir.da.fe.KhaH7291thee, and toseekוּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁu.le.va.KeshH1245thysoulH5315, yet thesoulH5315of mylordH3068shall be bound in the bundle oflifeH5315with theLORDH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430; and thesoulsH5315of thineenemiesאֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙'o.ye.Vei.khaH341, them shall he slingoutH1245, as from thehollowכַּ֥ףkafH3709of a sling.

30And it shallcomeH1961topassH1961, when theLORDH3068shall havedoneיַעֲשֶׂ֤הya.'a.SehH6213to mylordH3068accordingH5921toallכְּכֹ֛לke.KholH3605thegoodהַטּוֹבָ֖הha.to.VahH2896that he hathspokenדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696concerning thee, and shall haveappointedוְצִוְּךָ֥ve.tzi.ve.KhaH6680theeprinceלְנָגִ֖ידle.na.GidH5057overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478;

31that this shall benoH3808griefלְפוּקָה֩le.fu.KahH6330unto thee,norH3808offence ofheartלֵ֜בlevH3820unto mylordH3068, either that thou hastshedוְלִשְׁפָּךְ־ve.lish.pokh-H8210bloodדָּם֙damH1818causeless, or that mylordH3068hathavengedוּלְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַu.le.ho.Shi.a'H3467himselfH3820: and when theLORDH3068shall have dealtwellוְהֵיטִ֤בve.hei.TivH3190with mylordH3068, thenrememberוְזָכַרְתָּ֖ve.za.khar.TaH2142thinehandmaidאֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ ס'a.ma.Te.khaH519.

32AndDavidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toAbigailלַאֲבִיגַ֑לla.'a.vi.GalH26,Blessedבָּר֤וּךְba.RukhH1288be theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whichאֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.SherH834sentH7971thee thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117tomeetלִקְרָאתִֽי׃lik.ra.TiH7122meH7971:

33andblessedוּבָר֥וּךְu.va.RukhH1288be thy wisdom, andblessedוּבְרוּכָ֣הu.ve.ru.KhahH1288be thou,whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834hastkeptכְּלִתִ֜נִיke.li.Ti.niH3607meמִבּ֣וֹאmi.Bo'H935thisdayהַיּ֤וֹםhai.YomH3117frombloodguiltinessבְדָמִ֔יםve.da.MimH1818, and fromavengingוְהֹשֵׁ֥עַve.ho.She.a'H3467myself with mine ownhandיָדִ֖יya.DiH3027.

34For inveryעַד־'ad-H5704deedמֵהָרַ֖עme.ha.Ra'H7489, as theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, liveth,whichH834hath withholdenmeH935from hurting thee,exceptH518thou hadst hasted andcomeוַתָּבֹאת֙va.ta.vo.tiH935tomeetלִקְרָאתִ֔יlik.ra.TiH7122meH935,surelyH3588there hadnotH518beenleftנוֹתַ֧רno.TarH3498untoNabalלְנָבָ֛לle.na.ValH5037by themorningהַבֹּ֖קֶרha.Bo.kerH1242lightא֥וֹר'orH216soH834muchH834as one man child.

35SoH3947Davidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732receivedH3947ofherH3947handמִיָּדָ֔הּmi.ya.DahH3027thatwhichH834sheH834hadbroughtH935him: and hesaidאָמַ֗ר'a.MarH559untoherH3947,GoH935upעֲלִ֤י'a.LiH5927inpeaceלְשָׁלוֹם֙le.sha.lOmH7965to thinehouseלְבֵיתֵ֔ךְle.vei.TekhH1004;seeרְאִי֙re.'IH7200, I have hearkened to thyvoiceבְקוֹלֵ֔ךְve.ko.LekhH6963, and haveacceptedH3947thypersonH3027.

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