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1 Samuel 21:10-15

10AndDavidH1732aroseוַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komH6965, andfledוַיִּבְרַ֥חvai.yiv.RachH1272thatdayבַּיּוֹם־bai.yom-H3117forfearמִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.NeiH6440ofSaulשָׁא֑וּלsha.'UlH7586, andwentוַיָּבֹ֕אvai.ya.Vo'H935toAchishאָכִ֖ישׁ'a.KhishH397thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofGathגַּֽת׃GatH1661.

11And theservantsעַבְדֵ֤י'av.DeiH5650ofAchishH397saidוַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559to him, Is not thisDavidH1732thekingH4428of thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776? did they notsingיַעֲנ֤וּya.'a.NuH6030one to another ofhimH2088indancesבַמְּחֹלוֹת֙va.me.cho.lOtH4246,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,SaulH7586hathslainהִכָּ֤הhi.KahH5221histhousandsבַּאֲלָפָ֔יוba.'a.la.fovH505, andDavidH1732his tenthousandsבְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃be.ri.vo.TavH7233?

12AndDavidH1732laidupוַיָּ֧שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760thesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֥יםha.de.va.RimH1697in hisheartבִּלְבָב֑וֹbil.va.VoH3824, and wasgreatlyמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966afraidוַיִּרָ֣אvai.yi.Ra'H3372ofמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440AchishH397thekingH4428ofGathגַּֽת׃GatH1661.

13And hechangedוַיְשַׁנּ֤וֹvay.sha.NoH8138hisbehaviourטַעְמוֹ֙ta'.MoH2940beforeבְּעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔םbe.'Ei.nei.HemH5869them, and pretended to bemadוַיִּתְהֹלֵ֖לvai.yit.ho.LelH1984in theirhandsבְּיָדָ֑םbe.ya.DamH3027, and mademarksוַיְתָיו֙vay.tavH8427on thedoorsדַּלְת֣וֹתdal.TotH1817of thegateהַשַּׁ֔עַרha.Sha.'arH8179, and let hisspittleרִיר֖וֹri.RoH7388falldownוַיּ֥וֹרֶדvai.Yo.redH3381upon hisbeardזְקָנֽוֹ׃ze.ka.NoH2206.

14Thensaidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Achishאָכִ֖ישׁ'a.KhishH397to hisservantsעֲבָדָ֑יו'a.va.DavH5650, Lo, yeseeתִרְאוּ֙tir.'UH7200themanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376ismadמִשְׁתַּגֵּ֔עַmish.ta.Ge.a'H7696: why then have yebroughtתָּבִ֥יאוּta.Vi.'uH935him to me?

15Have Ineedחֲסַ֤רcha.SarH2638of madmenH7696, that ye havebroughtH935this fellow to play the madmanH7696in my presence? shall this fellowcomeH935into myhouseבֵּיתִֽי׃ סbei.TiH1004?

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