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וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּand they buried himway·yiq·bə·ru·hū
בְּבֵית֖וֹat his homebə·ḇê·ṯōw
בָּרָמָ֑הin Ramah .bā·rā·māh
דָּוִ֔דThen Daviddā·wiḏ
וַיָּ֣קָםset outway·yā·qām
וַיֵּ֖רֶדand went downway·yê·reḏ
אֶל־to’el-
מִדְבַּ֥רthe Wildernessmiḏ·bar
פָּארָֽן׃סof Paran .pā·rān
1 Samuel 25:2וְאִ֨ישׁNow [there was] a manwə·’îš
בְּמָע֜וֹןin Maonbə·mā·‘ō·wn
וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּwhose businessū·ma·‘ă·śê·hū
בַכַּרְמֶ֗לwas in Carmel .ḇak·kar·mel
מְאֹ֔דHe was a verymə·’ōḏ
וְל֛וֹ. . .wə·lōw
גָּד֣וֹלwealthygā·ḏō·wl
וְהָאִישׁ֙manwə·hā·’îš
וְאֶ֣לֶףwith a thousandwə·’e·lep̄
עִזִּ֑יםgoats‘iz·zîm
שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־and threešə·lō·šeṯ-
אֲלָפִ֖יםthousand’ă·lā·p̄îm
צֹ֥אן sheep , ṣōn
וַיְהִ֛יwhich he wasway·hî
בִּגְזֹ֥זshearingbiḡ·zōz
אֶת־-’eṯ-
צֹאנ֖וֹ-ṣō·nōw
בַּכַּרְמֶֽל׃in Carmel .bak·kar·mel
1 Samuel 25:3הָאִישׁ֙Hishā·’îš
וְשֵׁ֤םnamewə·šêm
נָבָ֔ל was Nabal , nā·ḇāl
אִשְׁתּ֖וֹand his wife’s’iš·tōw
וְשֵׁ֥םname [was]wə·šêm
אֲבִגָ֑יִלAbigail .’ă·ḇi·ḡā·yil
טֽוֹבַת־She was an intelligentṭō·w·ḇaṯ-
שֶׂ֙כֶל֙. . .śe·ḵel
וִ֣יפַתand beautifulwî·p̄aṯ
תֹּ֔אַר. . .tō·’ar
וְהָאִשָּׁ֤ה woman , wə·hā·’iš·šāh
וְהָאִ֥ישׁ but her husband , wə·hā·’îš
כְלִבּוֹ׃ a Calebite , ḵə·lib·bō
קָשֶׁ֛הwas harshqā·šeh
וְרַ֥עand evilwə·ra‘
מַעֲלָלִ֖יםin his dealingsma·‘ă·lā·lîm
וְה֥וּא. . . .wə·hū
1 Samuel 25:4דָּוִ֖דWhile Daviddā·wiḏ
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר was in the wilderness , bam·miḏ·bār
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עhe heardway·yiš·ma‘
כִּֽי־thatkî-
נָבָ֖לNabalnā·ḇāl
אֶת־-’eṯ-
גֹזֵ֥זwas shearingḡō·zêz
צֹאנֽוֹ׃sheep .ṣō·nōw
1 Samuel 25:5דָּוִ֖דSo Daviddā·wiḏ
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥חsentway·yiš·laḥ
עֲשָׂרָ֣הten‘ă·śā·rāh
נְעָרִ֑יםyoung mennə·‘ā·rîm
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand instructed themway·yō·mer
דָּוִ֜ד. . .dā·wiḏ
לַנְּעָרִ֗ים . . . , lan·nə·‘ā·rîm
עֲל֤וּ“ Go up‘ă·lū
וּבָאתֶ֣ם-ū·ḇā·ṯem
אֶל־to’el-
נָבָ֔לNabalnā·ḇāl
כַרְמֶ֙לָה֙at Carmel .ḵar·me·lāh
וּשְׁאֶלְתֶּם־Greet himū·šə·’el·tem-
ל֥וֹ. . .lōw
לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃. . .lə·šā·lō·wm
בִשְׁמִ֖יin my nameḇiš·mî
1 Samuel 25:6וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֥םand say to himwa·’ă·mar·tem
כֹּ֖ה - , kōh
לֶחָ֑י ‘ Long life to you , le·ḥāy
שָׁלוֹם֙and peacešā·lō·wm
וְאַתָּ֤הto youwə·’at·tāh
וּבֵיתְךָ֣and your houseū·ḇê·ṯə·ḵā
שָׁל֔וֹם. . .šā·lō·wm
וְכֹ֥לand to allwə·ḵōl
אֲשֶׁר־that’ă·šer-
לְךָ֖belongs to youlə·ḵā
שָׁלֽוֹם׃. . . .šā·lō·wm
1 Samuel 25:7וְעַתָּ֣הNowwə·‘at·tāh
שָׁמַ֔עְתִּיI hearšā·ma‘·tî
כִּ֥יthat