וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּ and they buried him way·yiq·bə·ru·hū בְּבֵית֖וֹ at his home bə·ḇê·ṯōw בָּרָמָ֑ה in Ramah . bā·rā·māh דָּוִ֔ד Then David dā·wiḏ וַיָּ֣קָם set out way·yā·qām וַיֵּ֖רֶד and went down way·yê·reḏ אֶל־ to ’el- מִדְבַּ֥ר the Wilderness miḏ·bar פָּארָֽן׃ס of Paran . pā·rān 1 Samuel 25:2 וְאִ֨ישׁ Now [there was] a man wə·’îš בְּמָע֜וֹן in Maon bə·mā·‘ō·wn וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּ whose business ū·ma·‘ă·śê·hū בַכַּרְמֶ֗ל was in Carmel . ḇak·kar·mel מְאֹ֔ד He was a very mə·’ōḏ וְל֛וֹ . . . wə·lōw גָּד֣וֹל wealthy gā·ḏō·wl וְהָאִישׁ֙ man wə·hā·’îš וְאֶ֣לֶף with a thousand wə·’e·lep̄ עִזִּ֑ים goats ‘iz·zîm שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־ and three šə·lō·šeṯ- אֲלָפִ֖ים thousand ’ă·lā·p̄îm צֹ֥אן sheep , ṣōn וַיְהִ֛י which he was way·hî בִּגְזֹ֥ז shearing biḡ·zōz אֶת־ - ’eṯ- צֹאנ֖וֹ - ṣō·nōw בַּכַּרְמֶֽל׃ in Carmel . bak·kar·mel 1 Samuel 25:3 הָאִישׁ֙ His hā·’îš וְשֵׁ֤ם name wə·šêm נָבָ֔ל was Nabal , nā·ḇāl אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ and his wife’s ’iš·tōw וְשֵׁ֥ם name [was] wə·šêm אֲבִגָ֑יִל Abigail . ’ă·ḇi·ḡā·yil טֽוֹבַת־ She was an intelligent ṭō·w·ḇaṯ- שֶׂ֙כֶל֙ . . . śe·ḵel וִ֣יפַת and beautiful wî·p̄aṯ תֹּ֔אַר . . . tō·’ar וְהָאִשָּׁ֤ה woman , wə·hā·’iš·šāh וְהָאִ֥ישׁ but her husband , wə·hā·’îš כְלִבּוֹ׃ a Calebite , ḵə·lib·bō קָשֶׁ֛ה was harsh qā·šeh וְרַ֥ע and evil wə·ra‘ מַעֲלָלִ֖ים in his dealings ma·‘ă·lā·lîm וְה֥וּא . . . . wə·hū 1 Samuel 25:4 דָּוִ֖ד While David dā·wiḏ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר was in the wilderness , bam·miḏ·bār וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע he heard way·yiš·ma‘ כִּֽי־ that kî- נָבָ֖ל Nabal nā·ḇāl אֶת־ - ’eṯ- גֹזֵ֥ז was shearing ḡō·zêz צֹאנֽוֹ׃ sheep . ṣō·nōw 1 Samuel 25:5 דָּוִ֖ד So David dā·wiḏ וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח sent way·yiš·laḥ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה ten ‘ă·śā·rāh נְעָרִ֑ים young men nə·‘ā·rîm וַיֹּ֨אמֶר and instructed them way·yō·mer דָּוִ֜ד . . . dā·wiḏ לַנְּעָרִ֗ים . . . , lan·nə·‘ā·rîm עֲל֤וּ “ Go up ‘ă·lū וּבָאתֶ֣ם - ū·ḇā·ṯem אֶל־ to ’el- נָבָ֔ל Nabal nā·ḇāl כַרְמֶ֙לָה֙ at Carmel . ḵar·me·lāh וּשְׁאֶלְתֶּם־ Greet him ū·šə·’el·tem- ל֥וֹ . . . lōw לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ . . . lə·šā·lō·wm בִשְׁמִ֖י in my name ḇiš·mî 1 Samuel 25:6 וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֥ם and say to him wa·’ă·mar·tem כֹּ֖ה - , kōh לֶחָ֑י ‘ Long life to you , le·ḥāy שָׁלוֹם֙ and peace šā·lō·wm וְאַתָּ֤ה to you wə·’at·tāh וּבֵיתְךָ֣ and your house ū·ḇê·ṯə·ḵā שָׁל֔וֹם . . . šā·lō·wm וְכֹ֥ל and to all wə·ḵōl אֲשֶׁר־ that ’ă·šer- לְךָ֖ belongs to you lə·ḵā שָׁלֽוֹם׃ . . . . šā·lō·wm 1 Samuel 25:7 וְעַתָּ֣ה Now wə·‘at·tāh שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי I hear šā·ma‘·tî כִּ֥י that kî

