לָמָּה־ “ Why lām·māh- יָרַ֗דְתָּ have you come down yā·raḏ·tā זֶּ֣ה here ? ” zeh וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ he asked . way·yō·mer וְעַל־ “ And with wə·‘al- מִ֨י whom mî נָטַ֜שְׁתָּ did you leave nā·ṭaš·tā הָהֵ֙נָּה֙ those hā·hên·nāh מְעַ֨ט few mə·‘aṭ הַצֹּ֤אן sheep haṣ·ṣōn בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר in the wilderness ? bam·miḏ·bār אֲנִ֧י I ’ă·nî יָדַ֣עְתִּי know yā·ḏa‘·tî אֶת־ - ’eṯ- זְדֹנְךָ֗ your pride zə·ḏō·nə·ḵā וְאֵת֙ - wə·’êṯ רֹ֣עַ and wickedness rō·a‘ לְבָבֶ֔ךָ of heart — lə·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā כִּ֗י . . . kî יָרָֽדְתָּ׃ you have come down yā·rā·ḏə·tā לְמַ֛עַן to lə·ma·‘an רְא֥וֹת see rə·’ō·wṯ הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה the battle !” ham·mil·ḥā·māh 1 Samuel 17:29 מֶ֥ה “ What meh עָשִׂ֖יתִי have I done ‘ā·śî·ṯî עָ֑תָּה now ? ” ‘āt·tāh הֲל֖וֹא . . . hă·lō·w וַיֹּ֣אמֶר said way·yō·mer דָּוִ֔ד David . dā·wiḏ הֽוּא׃ “ Was it not hū דָּבָ֥ר just a question ? ” dā·ḇār 1 Samuel 17:30 וַיִּסֹּ֤ב Then he turned way·yis·sōḇ מֵֽאֶצְלוֹ֙ from him mê·’eṣ·lōw אֶל־ toward ’el- מ֣וּל . . . mūl אַחֵ֔ר another ’a·ḥêr וַיֹּ֖אמֶר and asked way·yō·mer הַזֶּ֑ה about the haz·zeh כַּדָּבָ֣ר offer , kad·dā·ḇār הָעָם֙ and those people hā·‘ām וַיְשִׁבֻ֤הוּ answered him way·ši·ḇu·hū דָּבָ֔ר just as dā·ḇār כַּדָּבָ֖ר . . . kad·dā·ḇār הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ the first ones {had answered} . hā·ri·šō·wn 1 Samuel 17:31 אֲשֶׁ֖ר - ’ă·šer דָּוִ֑ד Now David’s dā·wiḏ דִּבֶּ֣ר words dib·ber וַיְּשָּֽׁמְעוּ֙ were overheard way·yəš·šå̄·mə·ʿū הַדְּבָרִ֔ים . . . had·də·ḇā·rîm וַיַּגִּ֥דוּ and reported way·yag·gi·ḏū לִפְנֵֽי־ to lip̄·nê- שָׁא֖וּל Saul , šā·’ūl וַיִּקָּחֵֽהוּ׃ who called for him . way·yiq·qā·ḥê·hū 1 Samuel 17:32 דָּוִד֙ And David dā·wiḏ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר said way·yō·mer אֶל־ to ’el- שָׁא֔וּל Saul , šā·’ūl אַל־ “ Let no ’al- אָדָ֖ם man’s ’ā·ḏām לֵב־ heart lêḇ- יִפֹּ֥ל fail yip·pōl עָלָ֑יו on account of ‘ā·lāw הַזֶּֽה׃ this haz·zeh הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֥י Philistine . hap·pə·liš·tî עַבְדְּךָ֣ Your servant ‘aḇ·də·ḵā יֵלֵ֔ךְ will go yê·lêḵ וְנִלְחַ֖ם and fight him wə·nil·ḥam עִם־ . . . ! ” ‘im- 1 Samuel 17:33 שָׁא֜וּל But Saul šā·’ūl אֶל־ . . . ’el- דָּוִ֗ד . . . dā·wiḏ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר replied , way·yō·mer לֹ֤א “ You cannot lō תוּכַל֙ . . . ṯū·ḵal לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ go out lā·le·ḵeṯ אֶל־ against ’el- הַזֶּ֔ה this haz·zeh הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֣י Philistine hap·pə·liš·tî לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם to fight lə·hil·lā·ḥêm עִמּ֑וֹ him . ‘im·mōw כִּֽי־ . . . kî- אַ֔תָּה You are ’at·tāh נַ֣עַר just a boy , na·‘ar וְה֛וּא and he wə·hū אִ֥ישׁ has been a warrior ’îš

