Revised Webster's Bible

1 Samuel 24:3-11

3And hecameוַ֠יָּבֹאVai.ya.vo'H935to thesheepfoldsגִּדְר֨וֹת הַצֹּ֤אןgid.Rot ha.TzonH1448 H6629by thewayהַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ha.De.rekhH1870, where was acaveמְעָרָ֔הme.'a.RahH4631; andSaulH7586wentinוַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'H935tocoverלְהָסֵ֣ךְle.ha.SekhH5526hisfeetרַגְלָ֑יוrag.LavH7272: andDavidH1732and hismenH582remainedיֹשְׁבִֽים׃yo.she.VimH3427in thesidesבְּיַרְכְּתֵ֥יbe.yar.ke.TeiH3411of thecaveהַמְּעָרָ֖הha.me.'a.RahH4631.

4And themenH582ofDavidH1732saidוַיֹּאמְרוּ֩vai.yo.me.RuH559to him, Behold thedayהַיּ֜וֹםhai.YomH3117of which theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֧ר'a.MarH559to thee, Behold, I willdeliverנֹתֵ֤ןno.TenH5414thyenemyאֹֽיִבְךָ֙'o.ye.vei.khaH341into thyhandבְּיָדֶ֔ךָbe.ya.De.khaH3027, that thou mayestdoוְעָשִׂ֣יתָve.'a.Si.taH6213to him as it shall seemgoodיִטַ֣בyi.TavH3190totheeבְּעֵינֶ֑יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khaH5869. ThenDavidH1732aroseוַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komH6965, andsecretlyבַּלָּֽט׃ba.LatH3909cutoffוַיִּכְרֹ֛תvai.yikh.RotH3772theskirtכְּנַֽף־ke.naf-H3671ofSaul’sH7586robeהַמְּעִ֥ילha.me.'IlH4598.

5And it came to passafterwardאַֽחֲרֵי־'a.cha.rei-H310, thatDavid’sH1732heartלֵב־lev-H3820smoteוַיַּ֥ךְvai.YakhH5221him, because he had cutoffH3772Saul’sH7586skirtH3671.

6And hesaidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to hismenלַאֲנָשָׁ֜יוla.'a.na.ShavH582, TheLORDמֵֽיהוָ֗הme.Yah.wehH3068forbidחָלִ֧ילָהcha.Li.lahH2486that I shoulddoאֶעֱשֶׂה֩'e.'e.SehH6213thisthingהַדָּבָ֨רha.da.VarH1697to mymasterלַֽאדֹנִי֙la.do.NiH113, theLORD’Sיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068anointedלִמְשִׁ֣יחַlim.Shi.achH4899, to stretchforthלִשְׁלֹ֥חַlish.Lo.achH7971myhandיָדִ֖יya.DiH3027against him, seeing he is theanointedמְשִׁ֥יחַme.Shi.achH4899of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

7SoDavidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732restrainedוַיְשַׁסַּ֨עvay.sha.Sa'H8156hisservantsH582with thesewordsH1697, andpermittedנְתָנָ֖םne.ta.NamH5414them not toriseלָק֣וּםla.KumH6965againstSaulשָׁא֑וּלsha.'UlH7586. ButSaulוְשָׁא֛וּלve.sha.'UlH7586roseקָ֥םkamH6965out of thecaveמֵהַמְּעָרָ֖הme.ha.me.'a.RahH4631, andwentH3212on hiswayבַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ סba.Da.rekhH1870.

8DavidH1732alsoroseH6965afterward, and wentoutוַיֵּצֵא֙vai.ye.Tze'H3318of thecaveH4631, andcriedוַיִּקְרָ֧אvai.yik.Ra'H7121afterH310SaulH7586,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559, Mylordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428. And whenSaulH7586lookedוַיַּבֵּ֤טvai.ya.BetH5027behindH310him,DavidH1732stoopedוַיִּקֹּ֨דvai.yi.KodH6915with hisfaceאַפַּ֛יִם'a.Pa.yimH639to theearthאַ֖רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776, andbowedוַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ סvai.yish.Ta.chuH7812himself.

9AndDavidH1732saidH559toSaulH7586, Whyhearestתִשְׁמַ֛עtish.Ma'H8085thoumen’sאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697,sayingH559, Behold,DavidH1732seekethמְבַקֵּ֖שׁme.va.KeshH1245thyharmרָעָתֶֽךָ׃ra.'a.Te.khaH7451?

10Behold, thisdayהַיּ֨וֹםhai.YomH3117thyeyesעֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869haveseenרָא֣וּra.'UH7200how theLORDיְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehH3068hathdeliveredנְתָנְךָ֩ne.ta.ne.KhaH5414thee todayהַיּ֤וֹם׀hai.YomH3117into myhandבְּיָדִי֙be.ya.DiH3027in thecaveבַּמְּעָרָ֔הba.me.'a.RahH4631: and somebadeH559mekillלַהֲרָגֲךָ֖la.ha.ra.ga.KhaH2026thee: but my eyesparedוַתָּ֣חָסva.Ta.chosH2347thee; and IsaidH559, I will not putforthאֶשְׁלַ֤ח'esh.LachH7971myhandיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027against mylordבַּֽאדֹנִ֔יba.do.NiH113; for he is theLORD’Sיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068anointedמְשִׁ֥יחַme.Shi.achH4899.

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.

Read all of 1 Samuel 24

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 24

Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain