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2Sam 14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

ובאת֙ אל־המ֔לך ודב֥רת אל֖יו כדב֣ר הז֑ה וי֧שם יוא֛ב את־הדבר֖ים בפֽיה׃

2Sam 14:3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

ו֠תאמר האש֤ה התקעית֙ אל־המ֔לך ותפ֧ל על־אפ֛יה א֖רצה ותשת֑חו ות֖אמר הוש֥עה המֽלך׃

2Sam 14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

ויֽאמר־ל֥ה המ֖לך מה־ל֑ך ות֗אמר אב֛ל אשֽה־אלמנ֥ה א֖ני וי֥מת אישֽי׃

2Sam 14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

ולשפחֽתך֙ שנ֣י בנ֔ים וינצ֤ו שניהם֙ בשד֔ה וא֥ין מצ֖יל בֽיניה֑ם ויכ֧ו האח֛ד את־האח֖ד וי֥מת אתֽו׃

2Sam 14:6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

והנה֩ ק֨מה כֽל־המשפח֜ה על־שפחת֗ך ויֽאמרו֙ תנ֣י׀ את־מכ֣ה אח֗יו ונמת֙הו֙ בנ֤פש אחיו֙ אש֣ר הר֔ג ונשמ֖ידה ג֣ם את־היור֑ש וכב֗ו את־גֽחלתי֙ אש֣ר נשא֔רה לבלת֧י שים־לאיש֛י ש֥ם ושאר֖ית על־פנ֥י האדמֽה׃

2Sam 14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

וי֧אמר המ֛לך אל־האש֖ה לכ֣י לבית֑ך ואנ֖י אצו֥ה עלֽיך׃

2Sam 14:8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

ות֜אמר האש֤ה התקועית֙ אל־המ֔לך על֞י אדנ֥י המ֛לך העו֖ן ועל־ב֣ית אב֑י והמ֥לך וכסא֖ו נקֽי׃

2Sam 14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.

וי֖אמר המ֑לך הֽמדב֤ר אל֙יך֙ וֽהבאת֣ו אל֔י ולֽא־יס֥יף ע֖וד לג֥עת בֽך׃

2Sam 14:10 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

ותאמר֩ יזכר־נ֨א המ֜לך את־יהו֣ה אלה֗יך מהרב֞ת גא֤ל הדם֙ לשח֔ת ול֥א ישמ֖ידו את־בנ֑י וי֙אמר֙ חי־יהו֔ה אם־יפ֛ל משער֥ת בנ֖ך אֽרצה׃

2Sam 14:11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

ות֙אמר֙ הֽאש֔ה תדבר־נ֧א שפחתך֛ אל־אדנ֥י המ֖לך דב֑ר וי֖אמר דבֽרי׃

2Sam 14:12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

ות֙אמר֙ הֽאש֔ה ול֧מה חש֛בתה כז֖את על־ע֣ם אלה֑ים ומדב֨ר המ֜לך הדב֤ר הזה֙ כאש֔ם לבלת֛י הש֥יב המ֖לך אֽת־נדחֽו׃

2Sam 14:13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

כי־מ֣ות נמ֔ות וכמ֙ים֙ הנגר֣ים א֔רצה אש֖ר ל֣א יאס֑פו ולֽא־יש֤א אלהים֙ נ֔פש וחשב֙ מֽחשב֔ות לבלת֛י יד֥ח ממ֖נו נדֽח׃

2Sam 14:14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

ו֠עתה אשר־ב֜אתי לדב֨ר אל־המ֤לך אדני֙ את־הדב֣ר הז֔ה כ֥י יֽרא֖ני הע֑ם ות֤אמר שפחֽתך֙ אדברה־נ֣א אל־המ֔לך אול֛י יעש֥ה המ֖לך את־דב֥ר אמתֽו׃

2Sam 14:15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

כ֚י ישמ֣ע המ֔לך להצ֥יל את־אמת֖ו מכ֣ף הא֑יש להשמ֨יד את֤י ואת־בני֙ י֔חד מֽנחל֖ת אלהֽים׃

2Sam 14:16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

ות֙אמר֙ שפח֣תך֔ יֽהיה־נ֛א דבר־אדנ֥י המ֖לך למנוח֑ה כ֣י׀ כמלא֣ך האלה֗ים כ֣ן אדנ֤י המ֙לך֙ לשמ֙ע֙ הט֣וב והר֔ע וֽיהו֥ה אלה֖יך יה֥י עמֽך׃

2Sam 14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.

וי֣ען המ֗לך וי֙אמר֙ אל־ה֣אש֔ה אל־נ֨א תכחד֤י ממ֙ני֙ דב֔ר אש֥ר אנכ֖י שא֣ל את֑ך ות֙אמר֙ הֽאש֔ה ידבר־נ֖א אדנ֥י המֽלך׃

2Sam 14:18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

וי֣אמר המ֔לך הי֥ד יוא֛ב את֖ך בכל־ז֑את ות֣ען האש֣ה ות֡אמר חֽי־נפשך֩ אדנ֨י המ֜לך אם־א֣ש׀ להמ֣ין ולהשמ֗יל מכ֤ל אשר־דבר֙ אדנ֣י המ֔לך כֽי־עבדך֤ יואב֙ ה֣וא צו֔ני וה֗וא ש֚ם בפ֣י שפחֽתך֔ א֥ת כל־הדבר֖ים האֽלה׃

2Sam 14:19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

לבעב֤ור סבב֙ את־פנ֣י הדב֔ר עש֛ה עבדך֥ יוא֖ב את־הדב֣ר הז֑ה ואדנ֣י חכ֗ם כחכמת֙ מלא֣ך האלה֔ים לד֖עת אֽת־כל־אש֥ר באֽרץ׃

2Sam 14:20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

וי֤אמר המ֙לך֙ אל־יוא֔ב הנה־נ֥א עש֖יתי את־הדב֣ר הז֑ה ול֛ך הש֥ב את־הנ֖ער את־אבשלֽום׃

2Sam 14:21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

ויפל֩ יוא֨ב אל־פנ֥יו א֛רצה וישת֖חו ויב֣רך את־המ֑לך וי֣אמר יוא֡ב היום֩ יד֨ע עבדך֜ כי־מצ֨אתי ח֤ן בעינ֙יך֙ אדנ֣י המ֔לך אשר־עש֥ה המ֖לך את־דב֥ר עבדֽך׃

2Sam 14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

וי֥קם יוא֖ב וי֣לך גש֑ורה ויב֥א את־אבשל֖ום ירושלֽם׃

2Sam 14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

וי֤אמר המ֙לך֙ יס֣ב אל־בית֔ו ופנ֖י ל֣א ירא֑ה ויס֤ב אבשלום֙ אל־בית֔ו ופנ֥י המ֖לך ל֥א ראֽה׃

2Sam 14:24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

וכאבשל֗ום לא־הי֧ה איש־יפ֛ה בכל־ישרא֖ל להל֣ל מא֑ד מכ֤ף רגלו֙ וע֣ד קדקד֔ו לא־ה֥יה ב֖ו מֽום׃

2Sam 14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

וֽבגלחו֘ את־ראשו֒ וֽ֠היה מקץ֙ ימ֤ים׀ לימים֙ אש֣ר יגל֔ח כֽי־כב֥ד על֖יו וגלח֑ו ושקל֙ את־שע֣ר ראש֔ו מאת֥ים שקל֖ים בא֥בן המֽלך׃

2Sam 14:26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

ויֽולד֤ו לאבשלום֙ שלוש֣ה בנ֔ים וב֥ת אח֖ת ושמ֣ה תמ֑ר ה֣יא הית֔ה אש֖ה יפ֥ת מראֽה׃

2Sam 14:27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

וי֧שב אבשל֛ום בירושל֖ם שנת֣ים ימ֑ים ופנ֥י המ֖לך ל֥א ראֽה׃

2Sam 14:28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.

וישל֨ח אבשל֜ום אל־יוא֗ב לשל֤ח אתו֙ אל־המ֔לך ול֥א אב֖ה לב֣וא אל֑יו וישל֥ח עוד֙ שנ֔ית ול֥א אב֖ה לבֽוא׃

2Sam 14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

וי֨אמר אל־עבד֜יו ראו֩ חלק֨ת יוא֤ב אל־ידי֙ ולו־ש֣ם שער֔ים לכ֖ו והצית֣וה בא֑ש ויצ֜תו עבד֧י אבשל֛ום את־החלק֖ה באֽש׃

2Sam 14:30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

וי֣קם יוא֔ב ויב֥א אל־אבשל֖ום הב֑יתה וי֣אמר אל֔יו ל֣מה הצ֧יתו עבד֛ך את־החלק֥ה אשר־ל֖י באֽש׃

2Sam 14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

וי֣אמר אבשל֣ום אל־יוא֡ב הנ֣ה של֣חתי אל֣יך׀ לאמ֡ר ב֣א ה֠נה ואשלחה֩ אתך֙ אל־המ֜לך לאמ֗ר ל֤מה ב֙אתי֙ מגש֔ור ט֥וב ל֖י ע֣ד אני־ש֑ם ועת֗ה אראה֙ פנ֣י המ֔לך ואם־יש־ב֥י עו֖ן והמתֽני׃

2Sam 14:32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

ויב֨א יוא֣ב אל־המלך֘ ויגד־לו֒ ויקר֤א אל־אבשלום֙ ויב֣א אל־המ֔לך וישת֨חו ל֧ו על־אפ֛יו א֖רצה לפנ֣י המ֑לך ויש֥ק המ֖לך לאבשלֽום׃

2Sam 14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

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