H9023–הוּ–hu

And David saith, `Jehovah liveth; except Jehovah doth smite him, or his day come that he hath died, or into battle he go down, and hath been consumed --

יוֹמ֤וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

far be it from me, by Jehovah, from putting forth my hand against the anointed of Jehovah; and, now, take, I pray thee, the spear which `is' at his pillow, and the cruse of water, and we go away.'

מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו (ו) v “his”

Not good is this thing which thou hast done; Jehovah liveth, but ye `are' sons of death, in that ye have not watched over your lord, over the anointed of Jehovah; and now, see where the king's spear `is', and the cruse of water which `is' at his bolster.'

מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

and he saith, `Why `is' this -- my lord is pursuing after his servant? for what have I done, and what `is' in my hand evil?

עַבְדּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And, now, let, I pray thee, my lord the king hear the words of his servant: if Jehovah hath moved thee against me, let Him accept a present; and if the sons of men -- cursed `are' they before Jehovah, for they have cast me out to-day from being admitted into the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.

עַבְדּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

and Jehovah doth turn back to each his righteousness and his faithfulness, in that Jehovah hath given thee to-day into `my' hand, and I have not been willing to put forth my hand against the anointed of Jehovah,

צִדְקָת֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”אֱמֻנָת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Saul saith unto David, `Blessed `art' thou, my son David, also working thou dost work, and also prevailing thou dost prevail.' And David goeth on his way, and Saul hath turned back to his place.

לְדַרְכּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”לִמְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And David saith unto his heart, `Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than that I diligently escape unto the land of the Philistines, and Saul hath been despairing of me -- of seeking me any more in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.'

לִבּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

and David dwelleth with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each one with his household, `even' David and his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelitess.

וַאֲנָשָׁ֖יו (ו) v “his”וּבֵית֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”נָשָׁ֔יו (ו) v “his”

and David goeth up and his men, and they push unto the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite, (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as thou comest in to Shur and unto the land of Egypt,

וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו (ו) v “his”

Neither man nor woman doth David keep alive, to bring in `word' to Gath, saying, `Lest they declare `it' against us, saying, Thus hath David done, and thus `is' his custom all the days that he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.'

מִשְׁפָּט֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Achish believeth in David, saying, `He hath made himself utterly abhorred among his people, in Israel, and hath been to me for a servant age-during.'

בְּעַמּ֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Samuel hath died, and all Israel mourn for him, and bury him in Ramah, even in his city, and Saul hath turned aside those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

וּבְעִיר֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

and Saul seeth the camp of the Philistines, and feareth, and his heart trembleth greatly,

לִבּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Saul saith to his servants, `Seek for me a woman possessing a familiar spirit, and I go unto her, and inquire of her;' and his servants say unto him, `Lo, a woman possessing a familiar spirit in En-dor.'

לַעֲבָדָ֗יו (ו) v “his”עֲבָדָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”

And he saith to her, `What `is' his form?' and she saith, `An aged man is coming up, and he `is' covered with an upper robe;' and Saul knoweth that he `is' Samuel, and boweth -- face to thee earth -- and doth obeisance.

תָּאֳר֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, nor didst the fierceness of His anger on Amalek -- therefore this thing hath Jehovah done to thee this day;

אַפּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Saul hasteth and falleth -- the fulness of his stature -- to the earth, and feareth greatly because of the words of Samuel; also power was not in him, for he had not eaten bread all the day, and all the night.

קֽוֹמָתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

And he refuseth, and saith, `I do not eat;' and his servants urge on him, and also the woman, and he hearkeneth to their voice, and riseth from the earth, and sitteth on the bed.

עֲבָדָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”

and bringeth nigh before Saul, and before his servants, and they eat, and rise, and go on, during that night.

עֲבָדָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

and the princes of the Philistines are passing on by hundreds, and by thousands, and David and his men are passing on in the rear with Achish.

וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יו (ו) v “his”

And the heads of the Philistines are wroth against him, and the heads of the Philistines say to him, `Send back the man, and he doth turn back unto his place whither thou hast appointed him, and doth not go down with us into battle, and is not to us for an adversary in battle; and wherewith doth this one reconcile himself unto his lord -- is it not with the heads of those men?'

מְקוֹמוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”אֲדֹנָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

Is not this David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul hath smitten among his thousands, and David among his myriads?'

בַּֽאֲלָפָ֔יו (ו) v “his”בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

And David riseth early, he and his men, to go in the morning, to turn back unto the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone up to Jezreel.

וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”

And it cometh to pass, in the coming in of David and his men to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites have pushed unto the south, and unto Ziklag, and smite Ziklag, and burn it with fire,

וַאֲנָשָׁ֛יו (ו) v “his”