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2 Samuel 3:6-12

6And it came to pass, while there waswarהַמִּלְחָמָ֔הha.mil.cha.MahH4421between thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586and thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofDavidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732, thatAbnerוְאַבְנֵ֛רve.'av.NerH74made himselfstrongמִתְחַזֵּ֖קmit.cha.ZekH2388for thehouseבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004ofSaulשָׁאֽוּל׃sha.'UlH7586.

7AndSaulוּלְשָׁא֣וּלu.le.sha.'UlH7586had aconcubineפִּלֶ֔גֶשׁpi.Le.geshH6370, whosenameוּשְׁמָ֖הּu.she.MahH8034wasRizpahרִצְפָּ֣הritz.PahH7532, thedaughterבַת־vat-H1323ofAiahאַיָּ֑ה'ai.YahH345: and Ishboshethsaidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559toAbnerאַבְנֵ֔ר'av.NerH74, Why hast thou goneinבָּ֖אתָהBa.tahH935to myfather’sאָבִֽי׃'a.ViH1concubineפִּילֶ֥גֶשׁpi.Le.geshH6370?

8Then wasAbnerלְאַבְנֵ֨רle.'av.NerH74veryמְאֹ֜דme.'OdH3966angryוַיִּחַר֩vai.yi.CharH2734for thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697ofIshboshethH378, andsaidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, Am I adog’sכֶּ֥לֶבKe.levH3611headהֲרֹ֨אשׁha.RoshH7218, who againstJudahלִֽיהוּדָה֒li.hu.DahH3063doshowאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213kindnessחֶ֜סֶדChe.sedH2617thisdayהַיּ֨וֹםhai.YomH3117to thehouseבֵּ֣ית׀beitH1004ofSaulשָׁא֣וּלsha.'UlH7586thyfatherאָבִ֗יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1, to hisbrethrenאֶחָיו֙'e.ChavH251, and to hisfriendsמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּme.re.'E.huH4828, and have notdeliveredהִמְצִיתִ֖ךָhim.tzi.Ti.khaH4672thee into thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofDavidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732, that thouchargestוַתִּפְקֹ֥דva.tif.KodH6485me todayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117with afaultעֲוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771concerning thiswomanהָאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.ShahH802?

9Sodoיַעֲשֶׂ֤הya.'a.SehH6213Godאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430toAbnerלְאַבְנֵ֔רle.'av.NerH74, and morealsoיֹסִ֣יףyo.SifH3254, except, as theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathswornנִשְׁבַּ֤עnish.Ba'H7650toDavidלְדָוִ֔דle.da.VidH1732, even so Idoאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213to him;

10To passonלְהַֽעֲבִ֥ירle.ha.'a.VirH5674thekingdomהַמַּמְלָכָ֖הha.mam.la.KhahH4467from thehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004ofSaulשָׁא֑וּלsha.'UlH7586, and to setupוּלְהָקִ֞יםu.le.ha.KimH6965thethroneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678ofDavidדָוִ֗דda.VidH1732overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478and overJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, fromDanמִדָּ֖ןmi.DanH1835even toBeershebaH884.

11And hecouldיָכֹ֣לya.KholH3201notanswerלְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.ShivH7725Abnerאַבְנֵ֖ר'av.NerH74awordדָּבָ֑רda.VarH1697again, because hefearedמִיִּרְאָת֖וֹmi.yir.'a.ToH3372him.

12AndAbnerאַבְנֵ֨ר'av.NerH74sentוַיִּשְׁלַח֩vai.yish.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֧ים׀mal.'a.KhimH4397toDavidדָּוִ֛דda.VidH1732on his behalf,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559, Whose is thelandאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559also,Makeכָּרְתָ֤הka.re.TahH3772thyleagueבְרִֽיתְךָ֙ve.ri.te.KhaH1285with me, and, behold, myhandיָדִ֣יya.DiH3027shall be with thee, to bringaboutלְהָסֵ֥בle.ha.SevH5437allIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478to thee.

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