וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ and sat down way·yê·šeḇ עַל־ on ‘al- כִּסְא֔וֹ his throne . kis·’ōw כִּסֵּא֙ Then [the king] had a throne kis·sê וַיָּ֤שֶׂם brought way·yā·śem הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ for [his] ham·me·leḵ לְאֵ֣ם mother , lə·’êm וַתֵּ֖שֶׁב [who] sat down wat·tê·šeḇ לִֽימִינֽוֹ׃ at his right hand . lî·mî·nōw 1 Kings 2:20 אָֽנֹכִי֙ “ I ’ā·nō·ḵî אַחַ֤ת have just one ’a·ḥaṯ קְטַנָּה֙ small qə·ṭan·nāh שְׁאֵלָ֨ה request of you , ” šə·’ê·lāh וַתֹּ֗אמֶר she said . wat·tō·mer אַל־ “ Do not ’al- תָּ֖שֶׁב deny tā·šeḇ אֶת־ - ’eṯ- פָּנָ֑י me . ” pā·nāy שֹׁאֶ֣לֶת “ Make your request , šō·’e·leṯ מֵֽאִתָּ֔ךְ . . . mê·’it·tāḵ אִמִּ֔י my mother , ” ’im·mî הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ the king ham·me·leḵ שַׁאֲלִ֣י . . . ša·’ă·lî וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ replied way·yō·mer- לָ֤הּ , lāh כִּ֥י “ for kî לֹֽא־ I will not lō- אָשִׁ֖יב deny ’ā·šîḇ אֶת־ - ’eṯ- פָּנָֽיִךְ׃ you . ” pā·nā·yiḵ 1 Kings 2:21 וַתֹּ֕אמֶר So [Bathsheba] said , wat·tō·mer אֲבִישַׁ֣ג “ Let Abishag ’ă·ḇî·šaḡ הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֑ית the Shunammite haš·šu·nam·mîṯ יֻתַּ֖ן be given yut·tan אֶת־ - ’eṯ- אָחִ֖יךָ to your brother ’ā·ḥî·ḵā לַאֲדֹנִיָּ֥הוּ Adonijah la·’ă·ḏō·nî·yā·hū לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ as his wife . ” lə·’iš·šāh 1 Kings 2:22 הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ King ham·me·leḵ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה Solomon šə·lō·mōh וַיֹּ֣אמֶר . . . way·yō·mer וַיַּעַן֩ answered way·ya·‘an לְאִמּ֗וֹ his mother , lə·’im·mōw וְלָמָה֩ “ Why wə·lā·māh אַ֨תְּ do you ’at שֹׁאֶ֜לֶת request šō·’e·leṯ אֶת־ - ’eṯ- אֲבִישַׁ֤ג Abishag ’ă·ḇî·šaḡ הַשֻּׁנַמִּית֙ the Shunammite haš·šu·nam·mîṯ לַאֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ for Adonijah ? la·’ă·ḏō·nî·yā·hū כִּ֛י Since kî ה֥וּא he hū הַגָּד֣וֹל is my older hag·gā·ḏō·wl מִמֶּ֑נִּי . . . mim·men·nî וְלוֹ֙ wə·lōw אָחִ֖י brother , ’ā·ḥî וְשַֽׁאֲלִי־ you might as well request wə·ša·’ă·lî- אֶת־ - ’eṯ- הַמְּלוּכָ֔ה the kingdom ham·mə·lū·ḵāh לוֹ֙ for him lōw וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֣ר and for Abiathar ū·lə·’eḇ·yā·ṯār הַכֹּהֵ֔ן the priest hak·kō·hên וּלְיוֹאָ֖ב and for Joab ū·lə·yō·w·’āḇ בֶּן־ son ben- צְרוּיָֽה׃פ of Zeruiah ! ” ṣə·rū·yāh 1 Kings 2:23 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ Then King ham·me·leḵ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה Solomon šə·lō·mōh וַיִּשָּׁבַע֙ swore way·yiš·šā·ḇa‘ בַּֽיהוָ֖ה by YHWH : Yah·weh לֵאמֹ֑ר . . . lê·mōr אֱלֹהִים֙ “ May God ’ĕ·lō·hîm כֹּ֣ה punish kōh יַֽעֲשֶׂה־ . . . ya·‘ă·śeh- לִּ֤י me , lî וְכֹ֣ה and ever so wə·ḵōh יוֹסִ֔יף severely , yō·w·sîp̄ כִּ֣י if kî אֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ Adonijah ’ă·ḏō·nî·yā·hū אֶת־ - ’eṯ- דִּבֶּר֙ has not made dib·ber הַזֶּֽה׃ this haz·zeh הַדָּבָ֖ר request had·dā·ḇār בְנַפְשׁ֔וֹ at the expense of his life . ḇə·nap̄·šōw 1 Kings 2:24 וְעַתָּ֗ה And now , wə·‘at·tāh יְהוָה֙ as surely as YHWH Yah·weh

