Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 19:34-37

34AndBarzillaiH1271saidH559unto thekingH4428, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I shouldgoעֲבֹ֣ר'a.VorH5674upאֹתְךָ֛'o.te.KhaH853with thekingH4428untoJerusalemH3389?

35I am thisdayהַיּ֜וֹםhai.YomH3117fourscoreyearsיְמֵי֙ye.MeiH3117old:canH4100I discern between good and bad?canH4100thy servant tastewhatH4100I eat orwhatH4100I drink?canH4100I hearanyאֶעֱלֶ֥ה'e.'e.LehH5927moreכִּי־ki-H3588the voice of singingmenH8147and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet aburdenH413unto my lord thekingH4428?

36ThyservantH5650would butjustאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834goיִֽהְיֶ֨הyih.YehH1961over Jordan with thekingH4428: andwhyH4100should thekingH4428recompense itmeאֶל־'el-H413withsuchאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834a reward?

37Let thyservantH5650, I pray thee,turnיַעֲבֹ֧רya.'a.VorH5674back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, thyservantH5650Chimham; let himgoיַֽעֲבֹר֙ya.'a.VorH5674over with my lord thekingH4428; anddoH4100to himwhatH4100shall seem good unto thee.

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