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2 Samuel 5:17-21

17But when thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםfe.lish.TimH6430heardוַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּvai.yish.me.'UH8085that they hadanointedמָשְׁח֨וּma.she.ChuH4886Davidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732kingלְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙le.Me.lekhH4428overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, all thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםpe.lish.TimH6430cameupוַיַּעֲל֥וּvai.ya.'a.LuH5927toseekלְבַקֵּ֣שׁle.va.KeshH1245Davidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732; andDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvai.yish.Ma'H8085of it, and wentdownוַיֵּ֖רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381to the strongholdהַמְּצוּדָֽה׃ha.me.tzu.DahH4686.

18ThePhilistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםu.fe.lish.TimH6430alsocameבָּ֑אוּBa.'uH935andspreadוַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּvai.yi.na.te.ShuH5203themselves in thevalleyבְּעֵ֥מֶקbe.'E.mekH6010ofRephaimרְפָאִֽים׃re.fa.'ImH7497.

19AndDavidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732enquiredוַיִּשְׁאַ֨לvai.yish.'AlH7592of theLORDבַּֽיהוָה֙ba.Yah.wehH3068,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Shall I goupהַאֶֽעֱלֶה֙ha.'e.'e.LehH5927to thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430? wilt thoudeliverהֲתִתְּנֵ֖םha.ti.te.NemH5414them into myhandבְּיָדִ֑יbe.ya.DiH3027? And theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732, Goupעֲלֵ֔ה'a.LehH5927: for I willcertainlyנָתֹ֥ןna.TonH5414deliverאֶתֵּ֛ן'e.TenH5414thePhilistinesהַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםha.pe.lish.TimH6430into thyhandבְּיָדֶֽךָ׃be.ya.De.khaH3027.

20AndDavidדָוִ֥דda.VidH1732cameוַיָּבֹ֨אvai.ya.Vo'H935toBaalperazimH1188, andDavidדָּוִד֒da.VidH1732smoteוַיַּכֵּ֣םvai.ya.KemH5221them there, andsaidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, TheLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068hath brokenforthפָּרַ֨ץpa.RatzH6555upon myenemiesאֹיְבַ֛י'o.ye.VaiH341beforeלְפָנַ֖יle.fa.NaiH6440me, as thebreachכְּפֶ֣רֶץke.Fe.retzH6556ofwatersמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325. Therefore hecalledקָרָ֛אka.Ra'H7121thenameשֵֽׁם־shem-H8034of thatplaceהַמָּק֥וֹםha.ma.KomH4725BaalperazimH1188.

21And there theyleftוַיַּעַזְבוּ־vai.ya.'az.vu-H5800theirimagesעֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑ם'a.tza.bei.HemH6091, andDavidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732and hismenוַאֲנָשָֽׁיו׃ פva.'a.na.ShavH582burnedוַיִּשָּׂאֵ֥םvai.yi.sa.'EmH5375them.

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