H4428G–מֶ֫לֶךְ–me.lekh

It happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.

הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [ergänzt: or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Saul commanded his servants, [ergänzt: saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”בַּמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

בַּמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Saul said, Thus shall you tell David, The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. The days were not expired;

בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

and David arose and went, he and his men, and killed of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.

לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Don't let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you:

הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (מֶּ֜לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.

הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (מֶּ֛לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side: but David's place was empty.

הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ (מֶּלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

and he said, Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he has commanded me [ergänzt: to be there]: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers. Therefore he is not come to the king's table.

הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.

הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ (מֶּלֶךְ֮) me.leKh “king”

David said to Ahimelech, Isn't there here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

David went there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Please let my father and my mother come forth, [ergänzt: and be] with you, until I know what God will do for me.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

He brought them before the king of Moab: and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ (מֶּ֡לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (מֶּ֛לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: don't let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.

הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ (מֶּ֨לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

The king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

The king said to the guard who stood about him, Turn, and kill the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and didn't disclose it to me. But the servants of the king wouldn't put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh.

הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ (מֶּ֡לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”

The king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests. Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod.

הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”