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יְהוָה֙ of YHWH , Yah·weh
לֵאמֹ֔ר saying , lê·mōr
יְהוָ֞ה‘ May YHWHYah·weh
יִֽהְיֶ֣ה׀beyih·yeh
בֵּינִ֣יa witness betweenbê·nî
וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ you and me , ū·ḇê·ne·ḵā
וּבֵ֥יןand betweenū·ḇên
זַרְעֲךָ֖your descendantszar·‘ă·ḵā
וּבֵ֥יןandū·ḇên
זַרְעִ֛יminezar·‘î
עַד־forever‘aḏ-
עוֹלָֽם׃פ. . . . ’”‘ō·w·lām
וַיָּ֖קָםThen David got upway·yā·qām
וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ and departed , way·yê·laḵ
וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ןand Jonathanwî·hō·w·nā·ṯān
בָּ֥אwent back
הָעִֽיר׃into the city .hā·‘îr
1 Samuel 21:1דָוִד֙Then Davidḏā·wiḏ
וַיָּבֹ֤אcameway·yā·ḇō
נֹ֔בֶה to Nob , nō·ḇeh
אֶל־to’el-
אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְAhimelech’ă·ḥî·me·leḵ
הַכֹּהֵ֑ןthe priest .hak·kō·hên
אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְAnd when Ahimelech’ă·ḥî·me·leḵ
לִקְרַ֣אתmetliq·raṯ
דָּוִ֗ד David , dā·wiḏ
וַיֶּחֱרַ֨דhe trembledway·ye·ḥĕ·raḏ
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand askedway·yō·mer
לוֹ֙ him , lōw
מַדּ֤וּעַ“ Why [are]mad·dū·a‘
אַתָּה֙you’at·tāh
לְבַדֶּ֔ךָalone ?lə·ḇad·de·ḵā
וְאִ֖ישׁWhy iswə·’îš
אֵ֥יןno one’ên
אִתָּֽךְ׃with you ? ”’it·tāḵ
1 Samuel 21:2הַמֶּלֶךְ֮“ The kingham·me·leḵ
צִוַּ֣נִיhas given meṣiw·wa·nî
דָבָר֒ a mission , ” ḏā·ḇār
דָּוִ֜דDaviddā·wiḏ
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרrepliedway·yō·mer
לַאֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ-la·’ă·ḥî·me·leḵ
הַכֹּהֵ֗ן- .hak·kō·hên
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר“ He toldway·yō·mer
אֵלַ֗יme’ê·lay
אִ֣ישׁvvv’îš
אַל־no one’al-
יֵ֧דַעis to knowyê·ḏa‘
מְא֛וּמָה-mə·’ū·māh
אֶת־about’eṯ-
הַדָּבָ֛רthe missionhad·dā·ḇār
אֲשֶׁר־-’ă·šer-
אָנֹכִ֥י-’ā·nō·ḵî
שֹׁלֵֽחֲךָ֖-šō·lê·ḥă·ḵā
וַאֲשֶׁ֣רorwa·’ă·šer
צִוִּיתִ֑ךָcharge .ṣiw·wî·ṯi·ḵā
וְאֶת־Andwə·’eṯ-
יוֹדַ֔עְתִּיI have directedyō·w·ḏa‘·tî
הַנְּעָרִ֣ים[my] young menhan·nə·‘ā·rîm
אֶל־to meet me’el-
מְק֥וֹםat a certain placemə·qō·wm
פְּלֹנִ֖י. . .pə·lō·nî
אַלְמוֹנִֽי׃. . . .’al·mō·w·nî
1 Samuel 21:3וְעַתָּ֗ה Now then , wə·‘at·tāh
מַה־whatmah-
יֵּ֧שׁdo you haveyêš
תַּֽחַת־onta·ḥaṯ-
יָדְךָ֛hand ?yā·ḏə·ḵā
תְּנָ֣הGive [me]tə·nāh
בְיָדִ֑י. . .ḇə·yā·ḏî
חֲמִשָּׁה־five [loaves of]ḥă·miš·šāh-
לֶ֖חֶם bread , le·ḥem
א֖וֹor’ōw
הַנִּמְצָֽא׃whatever can be found . ”han·nim·ṣā
1 Samuel 21:4אֵֽין־“ [There is] no’ên-
חֹ֖לcommonḥōl
לֶ֥חֶםbreadle·ḥem
אֶל־’el-
תַּ֣חַתonta·ḥaṯ
יָדִ֑י hand , ” yā·ḏî
הַכֹּהֵ֤ןthe priesthak·kō·hên
וַיַּ֨עַןrepliedway·ya·‘an
אֶת־-’eṯ-
דָּוִד֙-dā·wiḏ
וַיֹּ֔אמֶר - , way·yō·mer
כִּֽי־kî-
אִם־but’im-
יֵ֔שׁthere is someyêš
קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙consecratedqō·ḏeš