חָטָ֣אתִי sinned ḥā·ṭā·ṯî לָ֔ךְ against you , lāḵ וְאַתָּ֛ה even though you wə·’at·tāh צֹדֶ֥ה are hunting me down ṣō·ḏeh אֶת־ - ’eṯ- לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃ to take lə·qaḥ·tāh נַפְשִׁ֖י my life . nap̄·šî 1 Samuel 24:12 יְהוָה֙ May YHWH Yah·weh יִשְׁפֹּ֤ט judge yiš·pōṭ בֵּינִ֣י between you and me bê·nî וּבֵינֶ֔ךָ . . . , ū·ḇê·ne·ḵā יְהוָ֖ה and may YHWH Yah·weh וּנְקָמַ֥נִי take vengeance ū·nə·qā·ma·nî מִמֶּ֑ךָּ on you , mim·me·kā וְיָדִ֖י but my hand wə·yā·ḏî לֹ֥א will never lō תִֽהְיֶה־ be ṯih·yeh- בָּֽךְ׃ against you . bāḵ 1 Samuel 24:13 כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר As ka·’ă·šer הַקַּדְמֹנִ֔י the old haq·qaḏ·mō·nî מְשַׁל֙ proverb mə·šal יֹאמַ֗ר says , yō·mar רֶ֑שַׁע ‘ Wickedness re·ša‘ יֵ֣צֵא proceeds yê·ṣê מֵרְשָׁעִ֖ים from the wicked .’ mê·rə·šā·‘îm וְיָדִ֖י But my hand wə·yā·ḏî לֹ֥א will never lō תִֽהְיֶה־ be ṯih·yeh- בָּֽךְ׃ against you . bāḵ 1 Samuel 24:14 אַחֲרֵ֨י Against ’a·ḥă·rê מִ֤י whom mî מֶ֣לֶךְ has the king me·leḵ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל of Israel yiś·rā·’êl יָצָא֙ come out yā·ṣā אַחֲרֵ֥י . . . ? ’a·ḥă·rê מִ֖י Whom mî אַתָּ֣ה are you ’at·tāh רֹדֵ֑ף pursuing rō·ḏêp̄ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ . . . ? ’a·ḥă·rê מֵ֔ת A dead mêṯ אַחֲרֵ֖י . . . ’a·ḥă·rê כֶּ֣לֶב dog ? ke·leḇ אֶחָֽד׃ A ’e·ḥāḏ פַּרְעֹ֥שׁ flea ? par·‘ōš 1 Samuel 24:15 יְהוָה֙ May YHWH Yah·weh וְהָיָ֤ה be wə·hā·yāh לְדַיָּ֔ן our judge lə·ḏay·yān וְשָׁפַ֖ט and decide wə·šā·p̄aṭ בֵּינִ֣י between you and me bê·nî וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ . . . . ū·ḇê·ne·ḵā וְיֵ֙רֶא֙ May He take notice wə·yê·re וְיָרֵ֣ב and plead wə·yā·rêḇ אֶת־ - ’eṯ- רִיבִ֔י my case rî·ḇî וְיִשְׁפְּטֵ֖נִי and deliver me wə·yiš·pə·ṭê·nî מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃פ from your hand .” mî·yā·ḏe·ḵā 1 Samuel 24:16 וַיְהִ֣י׀ - way·hî דָּוִ֗ד When David dā·wiḏ כְּכַלּ֣וֹת had finished kə·ḵal·lō·wṯ לְדַבֵּ֞ר saying lə·ḏab·bêr אֶת־ - ’eṯ- הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ these hā·’êl·leh הַדְּבָרִ֤ים things had·də·ḇā·rîm אֶל־ - ’el- שָׁא֔וּל - , šā·’ūl שָׁא֔וּל Saul šā·’ūl וַיֹּ֣אמֶר called back , way·yō·mer זֶ֖ה “ Is that zeh הֲקֹלְךָ֥ your voice , hă·qō·lə·ḵā דָוִ֑ד David ḏā·wiḏ בְּנִ֣י my son ? ” bə·nî שָׁא֛וּל Then Saul šā·’ūl וַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃ wept way·yê·ḇək וַיִּשָּׂ֥א aloud way·yiś·śā קֹל֖וֹ . . . qō·lōw 1 Samuel 24:17 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ and said way·yō·mer אֶל־ to ’el- דָּוִ֔ד David , dā·wiḏ אַתָּ֖ה “ You ’at·tāh צַדִּ֥יק are more righteous ṣad·dîq מִמֶּ֑נִּי than I , mim·men·nî כִּ֤י for kî

