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בַיָּ֑עַר the forest , ḇay·yā·‘ar
וַיְהִ֥יand there wasway·hî
דְבַ֖שׁhoneyḏə·ḇaš
עַל־on‘al-
פְּנֵ֥יthe groundpə·nê
הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃. . . .haś·śā·ḏeh
1 Samuel 14:26הָעָם֙And when [they]hā·‘ām
וַיָּבֹ֤אenteredway·yā·ḇō
אֶל־. . .’el-
הַיַּ֔עַרthe foresthay·ya·‘ar
וְהִנֵּ֖הand sawwə·hin·nêh
הֵ֣לֶךְthe flowinghê·leḵ
דְּבָ֑שׁ honey , də·ḇāš
וְאֵין־not one of themwə·’ên-
מַשִּׂ֤יגputmaś·śîḡ
יָדוֹ֙his handyā·ḏōw
אֶל־to’el-
פִּ֔יו his mouth , pîw
כִּֽי־becausekî-
הָעָ֖ם[they]hā·‘ām
אֶת־-’eṯ-
יָרֵ֥אfearedyā·rê
הַשְּׁבֻעָֽה׃the oath .haš·šə·ḇu·‘āh
1 Samuel 14:27וְיוֹנָתָ֣ן Jonathan, however , wə·yō·w·nā·ṯān
לֹֽא־had notlō-
שָׁמַ֗עheard thatšā·ma‘
אָבִיו֮his father’ā·ḇîw
אֶת־-’eṯ-
הָעָם֒{had charged} the peoplehā·‘ām
בְּהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַwith the oath .bə·haš·bî·a‘
וַיִּשְׁלַ֗חSo he reached outway·yiš·laḥ
אֶת־-’eṯ-
קְצֵ֤הthe endqə·ṣêh
הַמַּטֶּה֙of the staffham·maṭ·ṭeh
אֲשֶׁ֣ר-’ă·šer
בְּיָד֔וֹ in his hand , bə·yā·ḏōw
וַיִּטְבֹּ֥לdippedway·yiṭ·bōl
אוֹתָ֖הּ-’ō·w·ṯāh
בְּיַעְרַ֣תit into the honeycombbə·ya‘·raṯ
הַדְּבָ֑שׁ . . . , had·də·ḇāš
וַיָּ֤שֶׁבand putway·yā·šeḇ
יָדוֹ֙his handyā·ḏōw
אֶל־to’el-
פִּ֔יוhis mouth ;pîw
עֵינָֽיו׃and his eyes‘ê·nāw
וַתָּרֹאנָהbrightened .wat·tå̄·rō·nå̄h
1 Samuel 14:28וַיַּעַן֩Thenway·ya·‘an
אִ֨ישׁone’îš
מֵֽהָעָ֜םof the soldiersmê·hā·‘ām
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר told him , way·yō·mer
אָבִ֤יךָ“ Your father’ā·ḇî·ḵā
אֶת־-’eṯ-
הָעָם֙{bound} the troopshā·‘ām
לֵאמֹ֔ר. . .lê·mōr
הַשְׁבֵּעַ֩ with a solemn oath , haš·bê·a‘
הִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ saying , hiš·bî·a‘
אָר֥וּר‘ Cursed [is]’ā·rūr
הָאִ֛ישׁthe manhā·’îš
אֲשֶׁר־who’ă·šer-
יֹ֥אכַלeatsyō·ḵal
לֶ֖חֶםfoodle·ḥem
הַיּ֑וֹםtoday . ’hay·yō·wm
הָעָֽם׃That is why the peoplehā·‘ām
וַיָּ֖עַףare faint .”way·yā·‘ap̄
1 Samuel 14:29אָבִ֖י“ My father’ā·ḇî
אֶת־-’eṯ-
עָכַ֥רhas brought trouble‘ā·ḵar
הָאָ֑רֶץ to the land , ” hā·’ā·reṣ
יֽוֹנָתָ֔ןJonathanyō·w·nā·ṯān
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙replied .way·yō·mer
רְאוּ־“ Just lookrə·’ū-
נָא֙. . .
כִּֽי־at howkî-
עֵינַ֔יmy eyes‘ê·nay
אֹ֣רוּhave brightened’ō·rū
כִּ֣יbecause
טָעַ֔מְתִּיI tastedṭā·‘am·tî
מְעַ֖טa littlemə·‘aṭ
הַזֶּֽה׃of thishaz·zeh
דְּבַ֥שׁhoney .də·ḇaš
1 Samuel 14:30אַ֗ףHow much better it would have been’ap̄
כִּ֡י. . .
לוּא֩if
הָעָ֔םthe troopshā·‘ām
אָכֹ֨לhad eaten’ā·ḵōl