Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 20:14-18

14And hewentH935throughוַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞רvai.ya.'a.VorH5674allבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thetribesשִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.TeiH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478untoAbelH59, and toBeth-maacahH1038, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605theBeritesהַבֵּרִ֑ים סha.be.RimH1276: and they were gathered together, andwentH935alsoafterאַחֲרָֽיו׃'a.cha.RavH310him.

15And theycameוַיָּבֹ֜אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935and besieged him inAbelH59ofBeth-maacahH1038, and theycastH5307upH5975a mountagainstH5921thecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892, and itstoodH5975againstH5921therampartבַּחֵ֑לba.ChelH2426: andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971that were withJoabיוֹאָ֔בyo.'AvH3097battered thewallהַחוֹמָֽה׃ha.cho.MahH2346, tothrowוַיִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּvai.yish.pe.KhuH8210itdownH5307.

16Thencriedוַתִּקְרָ֛אva.tik.Ra'H7121awiseחֲכָמָ֖הcha.kha.MahH2450womanאִשָּׁ֥ה'i.ShahH802outמִן־min-H4480of thecityהָעִ֑ירha.'IrH5892,Hearשִׁמְע֤וּshim.'UH8085,hearשִׁמְעוּ֙shim.'UH8085;sayאִמְרוּ־'im.ru-H559, Iprayנָ֣אna'H4994youעַד־'ad-H5704, untoJoabיוֹאָ֔בyo.'AvH3097,ComeH7126nearH7126hither, that I mayspeakוַאֲדַבְּרָ֖הva.'a.da.be.RahH1696with thee.

17And hecameH7126nearH7126untoherאֵלֶ֔יהָ'e.Lei.haH413, and thewomanהָאִשָּׁ֛הha.'i.ShahH802saidוַתֹּ֧אמֶרva.To.merH559, Art thouJoabיוֹאָ֖בyo.'AvH3097? And heansweredוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, I am. Then shesaidוַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merH559unto him,Hearשְׁמַע֙she.Ma'H8085thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of thinehandmaidאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ'a.ma.Te.khaH519. And heansweredוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Idoאָ֑נִי'A.niH589hearשֹׁמֵ֥עַsho.Me.a'H8085.

18ThensheH3651spake,sayingH559, they were wont tospeakH1696inoldבָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙va.ri.sho.NahH7223time,sayingH559, They shallsurelyH3651askH7592counsel atAbelבְּאָבֵ֖לbe.'a.VelH59: andsoH3651theyendedהֵתַֽמּוּ׃he.Ta.muH8552the matter.

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