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2 Samuel 14:4-7

4And when thewomanהָאִשָּׁ֤הha.'i.ShahH802ofTekoahהַתְּקֹעִית֙ha.te.ko.'ItH8621spokeוַ֠תֹּאמֶרVa.to.merH559to thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, shefellוַתִּפֹּ֧לva.ti.PolH5307on herfaceאַפֶּ֛יהָ'a.Pei.haH639to thegroundאַ֖רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776, and didobeisanceוַתִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּva.tish.Ta.chuH7812, andsaidוַתֹּ֖אמֶרva.To.merH559,Helpהוֹשִׁ֥עָהho.Shi.'ahH3467, Okingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סha.Me.lekhH4428.

5And thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּֽאמֶר־vai.yo.mer-H559to her, What aileth thee? And sheansweredוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559, I amindeedאֲבָ֛ל'a.ValH61awidowאַלְמָנָ֥ה'al.ma.NahH490womanאִשָּֽׁה־'i.shah-H802, and myhusbandאִישִֽׁי׃'i.ShiH376isdeadוַיָּ֥מָתvai.Ya.motH4191.

6And thyhandmaidוּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙u.le.shif.cha.te.KhaH8198hadtwoשְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeiH8147sonsבָנִ֔יםva.NimH1121, and theytwoשְׁנֵיהֶם֙she.nei.HemH8147strovetogetherוַיִּנָּצ֤וּvai.yi.na.TzuH5327in thefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.DehH7704, and there was none topartמַצִּ֖ילma.TzilH5337them, but theoneהָאֶחָ֛דha.'e.ChadH259smoteוַיַּכּ֧וֹvai.ya.KoH5221theotherהָאֶחָ֖דha.'e.ChadH259, andslewוַיָּ֥מֶתvai.Ya.metH4191him.

7And, behold, the wholefamilyהַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֜הha.mish.pa.ChahH4940hathrisenקָ֨מָהKa.mahH6965against thyhandmaidשִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָshif.cha.Te.khaH8198, and theysaidוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙vai.yo.me.RuH559,Deliverתְּנִ֣י׀te.NiH5414him thatsmoteמַכֵּ֣הma.KehH5221hisbrotherאָחִ֗יו'a.ChivH251, that we maykillוּנְמִתֵ֙הוּ֙u.ne.mi.Te.huH4191him, for thelifeבְּנֶ֤פֶשׁbe.Ne.feshH5315of hisbrotherאָחִיו֙'a.ChivH251whom heslewהָרָ֔גha.RagH2026; and we willdestroyוְנַשְׁמִ֖ידָהve.nash.Mi.dahH8045theheirהַיּוֹרֵ֑שׁhai.yo.ReshH3423also: and so they shallquenchוְכִבּ֗וּve.khi.BuH3518mycoalגַּֽחַלְתִּי֙ga.chal.TiH1513which isleftשִׂיםsom-H7760, and shall notleaveנִשְׁאָ֔רָהnish.'A.rahH7604to myhusbandלְאִישִׁ֛יle.'i.ShiH376neithernameשֵׁ֥םshemH8034norremainderוּשְׁאֵרִ֖יתu.she.'e.RitH7611uponפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440theearthהָאֲדָמָֽה׃ פha.'a.da.MahH127.

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