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1 Samuel 24:16-22

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.

19For if amanאִישׁ֙'ishH376findethיִמְצָ֥אyim.Tza'H4672hisenemyאֹ֣יְב֔וֹ'o.ye.VoH341, will he let himgoוְשִׁלְּח֖וֹve.shi.le.ChoH7971awayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870wellH2896? therefore theLORDH3068rewardיְשַׁלֶּמְךָ֣ye.sha.lem.KhaH7999thee withgoodH2896for what thou hastdoneH6213to me thisdayH3117.

20And now, behold, I knowwellיָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that thou shaltsurelyמָלֹ֖ךְma.LokhH4427bekingתִּמְל֑וֹךְtim.LokhH4427, and that thekingdomמַמְלֶ֖כֶתmam.Le.khetH4467ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478shall beestablishedוְקָ֙מָה֙ve.Ka.mahH6965in thyhandבְּיָ֣דְךָ֔be.Ya.de.khaH3027.

21Swearהִשָּׁ֤בְעָהhi.Sha.ve.'ahH7650now therefore to me by theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֔הba.Yah.wehH3068, that thou wiltnotH518cutoffתַּכְרִ֥יתtakh.RitH3772myseedזַרְעִ֖יzar.'IH2233afterאַֽחֲרָ֑י'a.cha.RaiH310me, and that thou wilt notdestroyתַּשְׁמִ֥ידtash.MidH8045mynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034out of myfather’sאָבִֽי׃'a.ViH1houseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004.

22AndDavidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732sworeH7650toSaulלְשָׁא֑וּלle.sha.'UlH7586. AndSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586wentH3212homeH1004; butDavidוְדָוִד֙ve.da.VidH1732and hismenוַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יוva.'a.na.ShavH582wentupעָל֖וּ'a.LuH5927to the strongholdהַמְּצוּדָֽה׃ פha.me.tzu.DahH4686.

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