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1 Samuel 24:11-18

11Moreover, myfatherוְאָבִ֣יve.'a.ViH1,seeH7200, yea,seeH7200theskirtכְּנַ֥ףke.NafH3671of thyrobeמְעִילְךָ֖me.'i.le.KhaH4598in myhandH3027: for in that I cutoffבְּכָרְתִי֩be.kha.re.TiH3772theskirtכְּנַ֨ףke.NafH3671of thyrobeמְעִֽילְךָ֜me.'i.le.KhaH4598, andkilledH2026thee not,knowדַּ֤עda'H3045thou andseeH7200that there is neitherevilרָעָ֤הra.'AhH7451nortransgressionוָפֶ֙שַׁע֙va.Fe.sha'H6588in myhandH3027, and I have notsinnedחָטָ֣אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398against thee; yet thouhuntestצֹדֶ֥הtzo.DehH6658mysoulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315totakeלְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃le.kach.TahH3947it.

12TheLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068judgeיִשְׁפֹּ֤טyish.PotH8199between me and thee, and theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068avengeוּנְקָמַ֥נִיu.ne.ka.Ma.niH5358me of thee: but myhandH3027shall not be upon thee.

13Assaithיֹאמַ֗רyo.MarH559theproverbמְשַׁל֙me.ShalH4912of theancientsהַקַּדְמֹנִ֔יha.kad.mo.NiH6931,Wickednessרֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'H7562proceedethיֵ֣צֵאYe.tze'H3318from thewickedמֵרְשָׁעִ֖יםme.re.sha.'ImH7563: but myhandH3027shall not be upon thee.

14Afterאַחֲרֵ֨י'a.cha.ReiH310whom is thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478comeoutH3318?afterאַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiH310whom dost thoupursueרֹדֵ֑ףro.DefH7291?afterאַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310adeadמֵ֔תMetH4191dogכֶּ֣לֶבKe.levH3611,afterאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310aאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259fleaפַּרְעֹ֥שׁpar.'OshH6550.

15TheLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068therefore bejudgeלְדַיָּ֔ןle.dai.YanH1781, andjudgeוְשָׁפַ֖טve.sha.FatH8199between me and thee, andseeוְיֵ֙רֶא֙ve.Ye.re'H7200, andpleadוְיָרֵ֣בve.ya.RevH7378mycauseרִיבִ֔יri.ViH7379, anddeliverוְיִשְׁפְּטֵ֖נִיve.yish.pe.Te.niH8199me out of thyhandמִיָּדֶֽךָ׃ פmi.ya.De.khaH3027.

16And it came to pass, whenDavidדָּוִ֗דda.VidH1732hadfinishedכְּכַלּ֣וֹתke.kha.LotH3615speakingלְדַבֵּ֞רle.da.BerH1696thesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֤יםha.de.va.RimH1697toSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586, thatSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Is this thyvoiceהֲקֹלְךָ֥ha.ko.le.ChaH6963, mysonבְּנִ֣יbe.NiH1121Davidדָוִ֑דda.VidH1732? AndSaulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586liftedupוַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'H5375hisvoiceקֹל֖וֹko.LoH6963, andweptוַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃vai.Ye.vekH1058.

17And hesaidH559toDavidH1732, Thou art morerighteousצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662than I: for thou hastrewardedגְּמַלְתַּ֣נִיge.mal.Ta.niH1580me withgoodהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896, though I haverewardedגְּמַלְתִּ֥יךָge.mal.Ti.khaH1580thee withevilהָרָעָֽה׃ha.ra.'AhH7451.

18And thou hastshowedהִגַּ֣דְתָּhi.Gad.taH5046thisdayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117how thou hastdealtעָשִׂ֥יתָה'a.Si.tahH6213 H2896with me: forasmuch as when theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068haddeliveredסִגְּרַ֧נִיsi.ge.Ra.niH5462me into thyhandבְּיָדְךָ֖be.ya.de.KhaH3027, thou didst notkillהֲרַגְתָּֽנִי׃ha.rag.Ta.niH2026me.

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