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1Sam 21:2 [KJV 21:1] Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

wayyō’mer dāwiḏ la’ăḥîmeleḵ hakkōhēn hammeleḵ ṣiwwanî ḏāḇār wayyō’mer ’ēlay ’îš ’al-yēḏa‘ mə’ûmāh ’eṯ-haddāḇār ’ăšer-’ānōḵî šōlēḥăḵā wa’ăšer ṣiwwîṯiḵā wə’eṯ-hannə‘ārîm yôḏa‘ətî ’el-məqôm pəlōnî ’aləmônî

1Sam 21:3 [KJV 21:2] And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

wə‘attāh mah-yyēš taḥaṯ-yāḏəḵā ḥămiššāh-leḥem tənāh ḇəyāḏî ’ô hanniməṣā’

1Sam 21:4 [KJV 21:3] Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

wayya‘an hakkōhēn ’eṯ-dāwiḏ wayyō’mer ’ên-leḥem ḥōl ’el-taḥaṯ yāḏî kî-’im-leḥem qōḏeš yēš ’im-nišəmərû hannə‘ārîm ’aḵ mē’iššāh

1Sam 21:5 [KJV 21:4] And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

wayya‘an dāwiḏ ’eṯ-hakkōhēn wayyō’mer lô kî ’im-’iššāh ‘ăṣurāh-lānû kiṯəmôl šiləšōm bəṣē’ṯî wayyihəyû ḵəlê-hannə‘ārîm qōḏeš wəhû’ dereḵ ḥōl wə’ap̱ kî hayyôm yiqədaš bakkelî

1Sam 21:6 [KJV 21:5] And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

wayyitten-lô hakkōhēn qōḏeš kî lō’-hāyāh šām leḥem kî-’im-leḥem happānîm hammûsārîm millip̱ənê yəhwāh lāśûm leḥem ḥōm bəyôm hillāqəḥô

1Sam 21:7 [KJV 21:6] So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

wəšām ’îš mē‘aḇəḏê šā’ûl bayyôm hahû’ ne‘əṣār lip̱ənê yəhwāh ûšəmô dō’ēg̱ hā’ăḏōmî ’abbîr hārō‘îm ’ăšer ləšā’ûl

1Sam 21:8 [KJV 21:7] Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

wayyō’mer dāwiḏ la’ăḥîmeleḵ wə’în yeš-pōh ṯaḥaṯ-yāḏəḵā ḥănîṯ ’ô-ḥāreḇ kî g̱am-ḥarəbî wəg̱am-kēlay lō’-lāqaḥətî ḇəyāḏî kî-hāyāh ḏəḇar-hammeleḵ nāḥûṣ

1Sam 21:9 [KJV 21:8] And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

wayyō’mer hakkōhēn ḥereḇ gāləyāṯ happəlišətî ’ăšer-hikkîṯā bə‘ēmeq hā’ēlāh hinnēh-hî’ lûṭāh ḇaśśiməlāh ’aḥărê hā’ēp̱ôḏ ’im-’ōṯāhh tiqqaḥ-ləḵā qāḥ kî ’ên ’aḥereṯ zûlāṯāhh bāzeh wayyō’mer dāwiḏ ’ên kāmôhā tənennāh llî

1Sam 21:10 [KJV 21:9] And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

wayyāqām dāwiḏ wayyiḇəraḥ bayyôm-hahû’ mippənê šā’ûl wayyāḇō’ ’el-’āḵîš meleḵ gaṯ

1Sam 21:11 [KJV 21:10] And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

wayyō’mərû ‘aḇəḏê ’āḵîš ’ēlāyw hălô’-zeh ḏāwiḏ meleḵ hā’āreṣ hălô’ lāzeh ya‘ănû ḇamməḥōlôṯ lē’mōr hikkāh šā’ûl ba’ălāp̱āyw wəḏāwiḏ bəriḇəḇōṯāyw

1Sam 21:12 [KJV 21:11] And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

wayyāśem dāwiḏ ’eṯ-haddəḇārîm hā’ēlleh biləḇāḇô wayyirā’ mə’ōḏ mippənê ’āḵîš meleḵ-gaṯ

1Sam 21:13 [KJV 21:12] And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

wayəšannô ’eṯ-ṭa‘əmô bə‘ênêhem wayyiṯəhōlēl bəyāḏām wayəṯāyw ‘al-daləṯôṯ hašša‘ar wayyôreḏ rîrô ’el-zəqānô

1Sam 21:14 [KJV 21:13] And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

wayyō’mer ’āḵîš ’el-‘ăḇāḏāyw hinnēh ṯirə’û ’îš mišətaggēa‘ lāmmāh tāḇî’û ’ōṯô ’ēlāy

1Sam 21:15 [KJV 21:14] Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

ḥăsar məšuggā‘îm ’ānî kî-hăḇē’ṯem ’eṯ-zeh ləhišətaggēa‘ ‘ālāy hăzeh yāḇô’ ’el-bêṯî

1Sam 21:16 [KJV 21:15] Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

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