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1 Chronicles 11:15-20

15Nowthreeשְֽׁלוֹשָׁה֩she.lo.ShahH7969of thethirtyהַשְּׁלוֹשִׁ֨יםha.she.lo.ShimH7970captainsרֹ֤אשׁroshH7218wentdownוַיֵּרְד֡וּvai.ye.re.DuH3381to therockהַצֻּר֙ha.TzurH6697toDavidדָּוִ֔ידda.VidH1732, into thecaveמְעָרַ֖תme.'a.RatH4631ofAdullamעֲדֻלָּ֑ם'a.du.LamH5725; and thehostוּמַחֲנֵ֣הu.ma.cha.NehH4264of thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.TimH6430encampedחֹנָ֖הcho.NahH2583in thevalleyבְּעֵ֥מֶקbe.'E.mekH6010ofRephaimרְפָאִֽים׃re.fa.'ImH7497.

16AndDavidוְדָוִ֖ידve.da.VidH1732was then in the strongholdבַּמְּצוּדָ֑הba.me.tzu.DahH4686, and thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430’garrisonוּנְצִ֣יבu.ne.TzivH5333was then atBethlehemH1035.

17AndDavidדָּוִ֖ידda.VidH1732longedוַיִּתְאָ֥יוvai.yit.'avH183, andsaidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559, O that one would give medrinkיַשְׁקֵ֣נִיyash.Ke.niH8248of thewaterמַ֔יִםMa.yimH4325of thewellמִבּ֥וֹרmi.BorH953ofBethlehemH1035, that is at thegateבַּשָּֽׁעַר׃ba.Sha.'arH8179!

18And thethreeהַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֜הha.she.lo.ShahH7969brokethroughוַיִּבְקְע֨וּvai.yiv.ke.'UH1234thehostבְּמַחֲנֵ֣הbe.ma.cha.NehH4264of thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםfe.lish.TimH6430, anddrewוַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־vai.yish.'a.vu-H7579waterמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325out of thewellמִבּ֤וֹרmi.BorH953ofBethlehemH1035, that was by thegateבַּשַּׁ֔עַרba.Sha.'arH8179, andtookוַיִּשְׂא֖וּvai.yis.'UH5375it, andbroughtוַיָּבִ֣אוּvai.ya.Vi.'uH935it toDavidדָּוִ֑ידda.VidH1732: butDavidדָוִיד֙da.VidH1732wouldאָבָ֤ה'a.VahH14notdrinkלִשְׁתּוֹתָ֔םlish.to.TamH8354of it, but poured itoutוַיְנַסֵּ֥ךְvay.na.SekhH5258to theLORDלַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068,

19Andsaidוַיֹּ֡אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, MyGodמֵאֱלֹהַ֜יme.'e.lo.HaiH430forbidחָלִילָה֩cha.li.LahH2486it me, that I shoulddoמֵעֲשׂ֣וֹתme.'a.SotH6213thisthingזֹ֗אתZotH2063: shall Idrinkאֶשְׁתֶּ֤ה'esh.TehH8354thebloodהֲדַ֣םha.DamH1818of thesemenהָאֲנָשִׁים֩ha.'a.na.ShimH582that have put their lives injeopardyבְנַפְשׁוֹתָם֙ve.naf.sho.TamH5315? for with the jeopardy of theirlivesבְנַפְשׁוֹתָ֣םve.naf.sho.TamH5315theybroughtהֱבִיא֔וּםhe.vi.'UmH935it. Therefore hewouldאָבָ֖ה'a.VahH14notdrinkלִשְׁתּוֹתָ֑םlish.to.TamH8354it. These thingsdidעָשׂ֔וּ'a.SuH6213thesethreeשְׁלֹ֖שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969mightymenהַגִּבּוֹרִֽים׃ha.gi.bo.RimH1368.

20AndAbishaiוְאַבְשַׁ֣יve.'av.ShaiH52thebrotherאֲחִֽי־'a.chi-H251ofJoabיוֹאָ֗בyo.'AvH3097, he waschiefרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218of thethreeהַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֔הha.she.lo.ShahH7969: forliftingעוֹרֵ֣רo.RerH5782hisspearחֲנִית֔וֹcha.ni.ToH2595againstthreeשְׁלֹ֥שׁshe.LoshH7969hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967, heslewחָלָ֑לcha.LalH2491them, and had anameשֵׁ֖םshemH8034among thethreeבַּשְּׁלוֹשָֽׁה׃ba.she.lo.ShahH7969.

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