יְהוָה֙ of YHWH , Yah·weh לֵאמֹ֔ר saying , lê·mōr יְהוָ֞ה ‘ May YHWH Yah·weh יִֽהְיֶ֣ה׀ be yih·yeh בֵּינִ֣י a witness between bê·nî וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ you and me , ū·ḇê·ne·ḵā וּבֵ֥ין and between ū·ḇên זַרְעֲךָ֖ your descendants zar·‘ă·ḵā וּבֵ֥ין and ū·ḇên זַרְעִ֛י mine zar·‘î עַד־ forever ‘aḏ- עוֹלָֽם׃פ . . . . ’” ‘ō·w·lām וַיָּ֖קָם Then David got up way·yā·qām וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ and departed , way·yê·laḵ וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן and Jonathan wî·hō·w·nā·ṯān בָּ֥א went back bā הָעִֽיר׃ into the city . hā·‘îr 1 Samuel 21:1 דָוִד֙ Then David ḏā·wiḏ וַיָּבֹ֤א came way·yā·ḇō נֹ֔בֶה to Nob , nō·ḇeh אֶל־ to ’el- אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ Ahimelech ’ă·ḥî·me·leḵ הַכֹּהֵ֑ן the priest . hak·kō·hên אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְ And when Ahimelech ’ă·ḥî·me·leḵ לִקְרַ֣את met liq·raṯ דָּוִ֗ד David , dā·wiḏ וַיֶּחֱרַ֨ד he trembled way·ye·ḥĕ·raḏ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר and asked way·yō·mer לוֹ֙ him , lōw מַדּ֤וּעַ “ Why [are] mad·dū·a‘ אַתָּה֙ you ’at·tāh לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ alone ? lə·ḇad·de·ḵā וְאִ֖ישׁ Why is wə·’îš אֵ֥ין no one ’ên אִתָּֽךְ׃ with you ? ” ’it·tāḵ 1 Samuel 21:2 הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ “ The king ham·me·leḵ צִוַּ֣נִי has given me ṣiw·wa·nî דָבָר֒ a mission , ” ḏā·ḇār דָּוִ֜ד David dā·wiḏ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר replied way·yō·mer לַאֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ - la·’ă·ḥî·me·leḵ הַכֹּהֵ֗ן - . hak·kō·hên וַיֹּ֣אמֶר “ He told way·yō·mer אֵלַ֗י me ’ê·lay אִ֣ישׁ vvv ’îš אַל־ no one ’al- יֵ֧דַע is to know yê·ḏa‘ מְא֛וּמָה - mə·’ū·māh אֶת־ about ’eṯ- הַדָּבָ֛ר the mission had·dā·ḇār אֲשֶׁר־ - ’ă·šer- אָנֹכִ֥י - ’ā·nō·ḵî שֹׁלֵֽחֲךָ֖ - šō·lê·ḥă·ḵā וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר or wa·’ă·šer צִוִּיתִ֑ךָ charge . ṣiw·wî·ṯi·ḵā וְאֶת־ And wə·’eṯ- יוֹדַ֔עְתִּי I have directed yō·w·ḏa‘·tî הַנְּעָרִ֣ים [my] young men han·nə·‘ā·rîm אֶל־ to meet me ’el- מְק֥וֹם at a certain place mə·qō·wm פְּלֹנִ֖י . . . pə·lō·nî אַלְמוֹנִֽי׃ . . . . ’al·mō·w·nî 1 Samuel 21:3 וְעַתָּ֗ה Now then , wə·‘at·tāh מַה־ what mah- יֵּ֧שׁ do you have yêš תַּֽחַת־ on ta·ḥaṯ- יָדְךָ֛ hand ? yā·ḏə·ḵā תְּנָ֣ה Give [me] tə·nāh בְיָדִ֑י . . . ḇə·yā·ḏî חֲמִשָּׁה־ five [loaves of] ḥă·miš·šāh- לֶ֖חֶם bread , le·ḥem א֖וֹ or ’ōw הַנִּמְצָֽא׃ whatever can be found . ” han·nim·ṣā 1 Samuel 21:4 אֵֽין־ “ [There is] no ’ên- חֹ֖ל common ḥōl לֶ֥חֶם bread le·ḥem אֶל־ ’el- תַּ֣חַת on ta·ḥaṯ יָדִ֑י hand , ” yā·ḏî הַכֹּהֵ֤ן the priest hak·kō·hên וַיַּ֨עַן replied way·ya·‘an אֶת־ - ’eṯ- דָּוִד֙ - dā·wiḏ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר - , way·yō·mer כִּֽי־ “ kî- אִם־ but ’im- יֵ֔שׁ there is some yêš קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ consecrated qō·ḏeš

