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This day will Jehovah deliver thee up into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens and to the wild beasts of the earth. And all the earth shall know that Israel has a God;

בְּיָדִ֜י (בְּ) be. “in”

and all this congregation shall know that Jehovah saves not with sword and spear; for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hands.

בְּחֶ֥רֶב (בְּ) be. “by”וּבַחֲנִ֖ית (בַ) va. “by”בְּיָדֵֽנוּ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And David put his hand into the bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, and the stone sank into his forehead; and he fell on his face to the earth.

בְּמִצְח֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

So David overcame the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and smote the Philistine and killed him; and there was no sword in the hand of David.

בַּקֶּ֣לַע (בַּ) ba. “with the”וּבָאֶ֔בֶן (בָ) va. “with the”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him completely, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled.

בָּ֖הּ (בָּ֖) ba “with <the>”

And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou comest to the ravine and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down on the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.

בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (בְּ) be. “on”

And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.

בְּאָהֳלֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

And it came to pass, when he had ended speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ (בְּ) be. “with”

And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

And David went forth; whithersoever Saul sent him he prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

בְּכֹל֩ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעֵינֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “in”

And it came to pass 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 tambours, with joy, and with triangles.

בְּבוֹאָ֗ם (בְּ) be. “when”בְּשׁ֤וּב (בְּ) be. “when”בְּתֻפִּ֥ים (בְּ) be. “with”בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃ (בְ) ve. “with”

And the women answered [ergänzt: one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו (בַּ) ba. “<on>”בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃ (בְּ) be. “<on>”

And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and [ergänzt: what] is there more for him but the kingdom?

בְּעֵינָיו֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

And it came to pass the next day that an evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, but David played with his hand, as on other days; and the spear was in Saul's hand.

בְתוֹךְ־ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּיָד֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “with”בְּי֑וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.

בְדָוִ֖ד (בְ) ve. “<on>”וּבַקִּ֑יר (בַ) va. “<on> the”

And Saul said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. But Saul thought, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.

בּ֔וֹ (בּ֔) b “on <the>”ב֖וֹ (ב֖) v “on <the>”

And 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?

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.

בְּעֵ֥ת (בְּ) be. “at”

And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight.

בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.

ב֖וֹ (ב֖) v “on <the>”בִּשְׁתַּ֛יִם (בִּ) bi “in”בִּ֖י (בִּ֖) b “to”

And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, saying, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

בַּלָּט֙ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בְּךָ֙ (בְּ) be. “in <the>”בַּמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (בַּ) ba. “to the”

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

בְּאָזְנֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ (בְ) ve. “in”בַּמֶּ֔לֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “to the”

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

בְּמֹ֔הַר (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמֵאָה֙ (בְּ) be. “for”בְּאֹיְבֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “on”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “by”