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2 Samuel 4:9-12

9AndDavidדָּוִ֜דda.VidH1732answeredוַיַּ֨עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030Rechabרֵכָ֣ב׀re.KhavH7394andBaanahבַּעֲנָ֣הba.'a.NahH1196hisbrotherאָחִ֗יו'a.ChivH251, thesonsבְּנֵ֛יbe.NeiH1121ofRimmonרִמּ֥וֹןri.MonH7417theBeerothiteהַבְּאֵֽרֹתִ֖יha.be.'e.ro.TiH886, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, As theLORDיְהוָ֕הYah.wehH3068livethחַי־chai-H2416, who hathredeemedפָּדָ֥הpa.DahH6299mysoulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315out of alladversityצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869,

10When onetoldהַמַּגִּיד֩ha.ma.GidH5046me,sayingלֵאמֹ֜רle.MorH559, Behold,Saulשָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlH7586isdeadמֵ֣תmetH4191, thinking to havebroughtבְּעֵינָ֔יוbe.'ei.NavH5869goodtidingsכִמְבַשֵּׂר֙khim.va.SerH1319, I tookholdוָאֹחֲזָ֣הva.'o.cha.ZahH270of him, andslewוָאֶהְרְגֵ֖הוּva.'eh.re.Ge.huH2026him inZiklagבְּצִֽקְלָ֑גbe.tzik.LagH6860, who thought that I would havegivenלְתִתִּי־le.ti.ti-H5414him a reward for histidingsבְּשֹׂרָֽה׃be.so.RahH1309:

11How much more, whenwickedרְשָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'ImH7563menאֲנָשִׁ֣ים'a.na.ShimH582haveslainהָרְג֧וּha.re.GuH2026arighteousצַדִּ֛יקtza.DikH6662personאִישׁ־'ish-H376in his ownhouseבְּבֵית֖וֹbe.vei.ToH1004upon hisbedמִשְׁכָּב֑וֹmish.ka.VoH4904? shall I not therefore nowrequireאֲבַקֵּ֤שׁ'a.va.KeshH1245hisbloodדָּמוֹ֙da.MoH1818of yourhandמִיֶּדְכֶ֔םmi.yed.KhemH3027, and take youawayוּבִעַרְתִּ֥יu.vi.'ar.TiH1197from theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776?

12AndDavidדָּוִ֨דda.VidH1732commandedוַיְצַו֩vay.TzavH6680his youngmenהַנְּעָרִ֜יםha.ne.'a.RimH5288, and theyslewוַיַּהַרְג֗וּםvai.ya.har.GumH2026them, and cutoffוַֽיְקַצְּצ֤וּvay.ka.tze.TzuH7112theirhandsיְדֵיהֶם֙ye.dei.HemH3027and theirfeetרַגְלֵיהֶ֔םrag.lei.HemH7272, and hanged themוַיִּתְל֥וּvai.yit.LuH8518over thepoolהַבְּרֵכָ֖הha.be.re.KhahH1295inHebronבְּחֶבְר֑וֹןbe.chev.RonH2275. But theytookלָקָ֔חוּla.Ka.chuH3947theheadרֹ֤אשׁroshH7218ofIshboshethH378, andburiedוַיִּקְבְּר֥וּvai.yik.be.RuH6912it in thesepulchreבְקֶֽבֶר־ve.ke.ver-H6913ofAbnerאַבְנֵ֖ר'av.NerH74inHebronבְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃ פbe.chev.RonH2275.

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