Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 16:9-12

9Thensaidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Abishaiאֲבִישַׁ֤י'a.vi.ShaiH52thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZeruiahצְרוּיָה֙tze.ru.YahH6870unto thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,Whyלָ֣מָּהLa.mahH4100should thisdeadהַמֵּת֙ha.MetH4191dogהַכֶּ֤לֶבha.Ke.levH3611curseיְקַלֵּ֞לye.ka.LelH7043mylordאֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.NiH113thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428?letH4994meאֶל־'el-H413goאֶעְבְּרָה־'e'.be.rah-H5674over, IprayH4994thee, andtakeH5493offH5493hisheadרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ סro.ShoH7218.

10And thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Whatמַה־mah-H4100have I todoH6213withyouH3588, yesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofZeruiahצְרֻיָ֑הtze.ru.YahH6870?BecauseH3588he curseth, andbecauseH3588theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathsaidאָ֤מַר'A.marH559unto him,CurseH7043Davidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732; who then shallsayיֹאמַ֔רyo.MarH559, Wherefore hast thoudoneH6213soכֵּֽן׃ סKenH3651?

11AndDavidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732saidH559toAbishaiאֲבִישַׁי֙'a.vi.ShaiH52, and toallכָּל־kol-H3605hisservantsעֲבָדָ֔יו'a.va.DavH5650,Beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009, mysonבְנִ֛יve.NiH1121,whichH834cameH3318forthH3318of mybowelsמִמֵּעַ֖יmi.me.'AiH4578, seeketh mylifeנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315:howH834muchH637moreH637may thisBenjamiteH1145nowעַתָּ֜ה'a.TahH6258doH637it?letH637him alone, andletH637himcurseוִֽיקַלֵּ֔לvi.ka.LelH7043; for theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068hath bidden him.

12It may be that theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068willlookיִרְאֶ֥הyir.'EhH7200on thewrongH5771done untomeH7725, and that theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068will requitemeH7725goodטוֹבָ֔הto.VahH2896for hiscursingקִלְלָת֖וֹki.la.ToH7045ofmeH7725thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

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