2 Samuel 14 (Shmuel Bet) in Hebrew, Transliteration and English

14:1Now Yo’av (Joab) the son of Tzeruyah (Zeruiah) perceived that the king’s heart was toward Avshalom (Absalom).

Vayeda Yo'av ben-Tzeruyah ki-lev hameleḥ al-Avshalom.

אוַיֵּ֖דַע יוֹאָ֣ב בֶּן־צְרֻיָ֑ה כִּֽי־לֵ֥ב הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עַל־אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃

14:2And Yo’av sent to Tekoa (Tekoah), and fetched from there a wise woman, and said unto her, “I pray you, pretend to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has a long time mourned for the dead;

Vayishlaḥ Yo'av Teko'ah vayikaḥ misham ishah ḥaḥamah vayomer eleha hit'abeli-na velivshi-na vigdei-evel ve'al-tasuḥi shemen vehayit ke'ishah zeh yamim rabim mit'abelet al-met.

בוַיִּשְׁלַ֚ח יוֹאָב֙ תְּק֔וֹעָה וַיִּקַּ֥ח מִשָּׁ֖ם אִשָּׁ֣ה חֲכָמָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵ֠לֶיהָ הִֽתְאַבְּלִי־נָ֞א וְלִבְשִׁי־נָ֣א בִגְדֵי־אֵ֗בֶל וְאַל־תָּס֙וּכִי֙ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְהָיִ֕ית כְּאִשָּׁ֗ה זֶ֚ה יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶת עַל־מֵֽת׃

14:3and come to the king, and speak in this manner unto him.” So Yo’av put the words in her mouth.

Uvat el-hameleḥ vedibart elav kadavar hazeh vayasem Yo'av et-hadevarim befiha.

גוּבָאת֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְדִבַּ֥רְתְּ אֵלָ֖יו כַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיָּ֧שֶׂם יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים בְּפִֽיהָ׃

14:4And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, “Help, O king.”

Vatomer ha'ishah haTeko'it el-hameleḥ vatipol al-apeha artzah vatishtaḥu vatomer hoshi'ah hameleḥ.

דוַ֠תֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁ֚ה הַתְּקֹעִית֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַתִּפֹּ֧ל עַל־אַפֶּ֛יהָ אַ֖רְצָה וַתִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ וַתֹּ֖אמֶר הוֹשִׁ֥עָה הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

14:5And the king said unto her, “What ails you?” And she answered, “I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

Vayomer-lah hameleḥ mah-laḥ vatomer aval ishah-almanah ani vayamot ishi.

הוַיֹּֽאמֶר־לָ֥הּ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ מַה־לָּ֑ךְ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אֲבָ֛ל אִשָּֽׁה־אַלְמָנָ֥ה אָ֖נִי וַיָּ֥מָת אִישִֽׁי׃

14:6And your handmaid had two sons, and the two of them strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one struck the other, and slew him.

Uleshifḥateḥa shenei vanim vayinatzu sheneihem basadeh ve'ein matzil beineihem vayako ha'eḥad et-ha'eḥad vayamet oto.

ווּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים וַיִּנָּצ֚וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּ֖יל בֵּֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וַיַּכּ֧וֹ הָאֶחָ֛ד אֶת־הָאֶחָ֖ד וַיָּ֥מֶת אֹתֽוֹ׃

14:7And, behold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they said, ‘Deliver him who struck 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 either name or remainder upon the earth.”

Vehineh kamah ḥol-hamishpaḥah al-shifḥateḥa vayomeru teni et-makeh aḥiv unemitehu benefesh aḥiv asher harag venashmidah gam et-hayoresh veḥibu et-gaḥalti asher nish'arah lebilti sim-le'ishi shem ushe'erit al-penei ha'adamah.

זוְהִנֵּה֩ קָ֨מָה כָֽל־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֜ה עַל־שִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ תְּנִ֣י ׀ אֶת־מַכֵּ֣ה אָחִ֗יו וּנְמִתֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּנֶ֚פֶשׁ אָחִיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָרָ֔ג וְנַשְׁמִ֖ידָה גַּ֣ם אֶת־הַיּוֹרֵ֑שׁ וְכִבּ֗וּ אֶת־גַּֽחַלְתִּי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁאָ֔רָה לְבִּלְתִּ֧י שִׂים־ (כתיב שִׂום־) לְאִישִׁ֛י שֵׁ֥ם וּשְׁאֵרִ֖ית עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃

14:8And the king said unto the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you.”

Vayomer hameleḥ el-ha'ishah leḥi leveiteḥ va'ani atzaveh alayiḥ.

חוַיֹּ֧אמֶר הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה לְכִ֣י לְבֵיתֵ֑ךְ וַאֲנִ֖י אֲצַוֶּ֥ה עָלָֽיִךְ׃

14:9And the woman of Tekoa 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.”

Vatomer ha'ishah haTeko'it el-hameleḥ alay adoni hameleḥ he'avon ve'al-beit avi vehameleḥ veḥis'o naki.

טוַתֹּ֜אמֶר הָאִשָּׁ֚ה הַתְּקוֹעִית֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ עָלַ֞י אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ הֶעָוֹ֖ן וְעַל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑י וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ וְכִסְא֖וֹ נָקִֽי׃

14:10And the king said, “Whoever says anything unto you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more.”

Vayomer hameleḥ hamedaber elayiḥ vahaveto elay velo-yosif od laga'at baḥ.

יוַיֹּ֖אמֶר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ הַֽמְדַבֵּ֚ר אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙ וַֽהֲבֵאת֣וֹ אֵלַ֔י וְלֹֽא־יֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד לָגַ֥עַת בָּֽךְ׃

14:11Then said she, “I pray you, let the king remember Hashem your God, that you would not allow the avengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son.” And he said, “As Hashem lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.”

Vatomer yizkar-na hameleḥ et-Adonai eloheḥa meharbat go'el hadam leshaḥet velo yashmidu et-beni vayomer ḥay-Adonai im-yipol misa'arat beneḥ aretzah.

יאוַתֹּאמֶר֩ יִזְכָּר־נָ֨א הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ מֵהַרְבַּ֞ת (כתיב מֵהַרְבַּ֞ית) גֹּאֵ֚ל הַדָּם֙ לְשַׁחֵ֔ת וְלֹ֥א יַשְׁמִ֖ידוּ אֶת־בְּנִ֑י וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ חַי־יְהֹוָ֔ה אִם־יִפֹּ֛ל מִשַּׂעֲרַ֥ת בְּנֵ֖ךְ אָֽרְצָה׃

14:12Then the woman said, “Let your handmaid, I pray you, speak one word unto my lord the king.” And he said, “Say on.”

Vatomer ha'ishah tedaber-na shifḥateḥa el-adoni hameleḥ davar vayomer daberi.

יבוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הָאִשָּׁ֔ה תְּדַבֶּר־נָ֧א שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛ אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דָּבָ֑ר וַיֹּ֖אמֶר דַּבֵּֽרִי׃

14:13And the woman said, “Why then have you thought such a thing against the people of God? For the king speaks this thing as one who is guilty, in that the king does not fetch home again his banished.

Vatomer ha'ishah velamah ḥashavtah kazot al-am Elohim umidaber hameleḥ hadavar hazeh ke'ashem levilti hashiv hameleḥ et-nideḥo.

יגוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הָאִשָּׁ֔ה וְלָ֧מָּה חָשַׁ֛בְתָּה כָּזֹ֖את עַל־עַ֣ם אֱלֹהִ֑ים וּמִדַּבֵּ֨ר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ הַדָּבָ֚ר הַזֶּה֙ כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם לְבִלְתִּ֛י הָשִׁ֥יב הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶֽת־נִדְּחֽוֹ׃

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

Ki-mot namut veḥamayim hanigarim artzah asher lo ye'asefu velo-yisa Elohim nefesh veḥashav maḥashavot levilti yidaḥ mimenu nidaḥ.

ידכִּי־מ֣וֹת נָמ֔וּת וְכַמַּ֙יִם֙ הַנִּגָּרִ֣ים אַ֔רְצָה אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑פוּ וְלֹֽא־יִשָּׂ֚א אֱלֹהִים֙ נֶ֔פֶשׁ וְחָשַׁב֙ מַֽחֲשָׁב֔וֹת לְבִלְתִּ֛י יִדַּ֥ח מִמֶּ֖נּוּ נִדָּֽח׃

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

Ve'atah asher-bati ledaber el-hameleḥ adoni et-hadavar hazeh ki yere'uni ha'am vatomer shifḥateḥa adaberah-na el-hameleḥ ulay ya'aseh hameleḥ et-devar amato.

טווְ֠עַתָּה אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜אתִי לְדַבֵּ֨ר אֶל־הַמֶּ֚לֶךְ אֲדֹנִי֙ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֥י יֵֽרְאֻ֖נִי הָעָ֑ם וַתֹּ֚אמֶר שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּ֣א אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אוּלַ֛י יַעֲשֶֹ֥ה הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶת־דְּבַ֥ר אֲמָתֽוֹ׃

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

Ki yishma hameleḥ lehatzil et-amato mikaf ha'ish lehashmid oti ve'et-beni yaḥad minaḥalat Elohim.

טזכִּ֚י יִשְׁמַ֣ע הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְהַצִּ֥יל אֶת־אֲמָת֖וֹ מִכַּ֣ף הָאִ֑ישׁ לְהַשְׁמִ֨יד אֹתִ֚י וְאֶת־בְּנִי֙ יַ֔חַד מִֽנַּחֲלַ֖ת אֱלֹהִֽים׃

14:17Then your handmaid said, ‘The word of my lord the king shall now be comforting; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; therefore Hashem your God will be with you.’”

Vatomer shifḥateḥa yihyeh-na devar-adoni hameleḥ limnuḥah ki kemal'aḥ ha'Elohim ken adoni hameleḥ lishmoa hatov vehara va-Adonai eloheḥa yehi imaḥ.

יזוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ שִׁפְחָ֣תְךָ֔ יִֽהְיֶה־נָּ֛א דְּבַר־אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לִמְנֻחָ֑ה כִּ֣י ׀ כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים כֵּ֣ן אֲדֹנִ֚י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ הַטּ֣וֹב וְהָרָ֔ע וַֽיהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יְהִ֥י עִמָּֽךְ׃

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

Vaya'an hameleḥ vayomer el-ha'ishah al-na teḥaḥadi mimeni davar asher anoḥi sho'el otaḥ vatomer ha'ishah yedaber-na adoni hameleḥ.

יחוַיַּ֣עַן הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה אַל־נָ֨א תְכַחֲדִ֚י מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙ דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י שֹׁאֵ֣ל אֹתָ֑ךְ וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה יְדַבֶּר־נָ֖א אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

14:19And the king said, “Is not the hand of Yo’av with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Yo’av, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;

Vayomer hameleḥ hayad Yo'av itaḥ beḥol-zot vata'an ha'ishah vatomer ḥei-nafsheḥa adoni hameleḥ im-ish lehemin ulehasmil mikol asher-diber adoni hameleḥ ki-avdeḥa Yo'av hu tzivani vehu sam befi shifḥateḥa et kol-hadevarim ha'eleh.

יטוַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הֲיַ֥ד יוֹאָ֛ב אִתָּ֖ךְ בְּכָל־זֹ֑את וַתַּ֣עַן הָאִשָּׁ֣ה וַתֹּ֡אמֶר חֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֩ אֲדֹנִ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אִם־אִ֣שׁ ׀ לְהֵמִ֣ין וּלְהַשְׂמִ֗יל מִכֹּ֚ל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי־עַבְדְּךָ֚ יוֹאָב֙ ה֣וּא צִוָּ֔נִי וְה֗וּא שָֹ֚ם בְּפִ֣י שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֔ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

14:20to bring about this turn of affairs has your servant Yo’av 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.”

Leva'avur sabev et-penei hadavar asah avdeḥa Yo'av et-hadavar hazeh vadoni ḥaḥam keḥoḥmat mal'aḥ ha'Elohim lada'at et-kol-asher ba'aretz.

כלְבַעֲב֚וּר סַבֵּב֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י הַדָּבָ֔ר עָשָֹ֛ה עַבְדְּךָ֥ יוֹאָ֖ב אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַאדֹנִ֣י חָכָ֗ם כְּחָכְמַת֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים לָדַ֖עַת אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

14:21And the king said unto Yo’av, “Behold now, I have done this thing; go therefore, bring the young man Avshalom again.”

Vayomer hameleḥ el-Yo'av hineh-na asiti et-hadavar hazeh veleḥ hashev et-hana'ar et-Avshalom.

כאוַיֹּ֚אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב הִנֵּה־נָ֥א עָשִֹ֖יתִי אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וְלֵ֛ךְ הָשֵׁ֥ב אֶת־הַנַּ֖עַר אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃

14:22And Yo’av fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and blessed the king; and Yo’av said, “Today your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.”

Vayipol Yo'av el-panav artzah vayishtaḥu vayevareḥ et-hameleḥ vayomer Yo'av hayom yada avdeḥa ki-matzati ḥen be'eineḥa adoni hameleḥ asher-asah hameleḥ et-devar avdeḥa.

כבוַיִּפֹּל֩ יוֹאָ֨ב אֶל־פָּנָ֥יו אַ֛רְצָה וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֶת־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יוֹאָ֡ב הַיּוֹם֩ יָדַ֨ע עַבְדְּךָ֜ כִּי־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֚ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָֹ֥ה הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶת־דְּבַ֥ר עַבְדֶּֽךָ (כתיב עַבְדֶּֽוָ)׃

14:23So Yo’av arose and went to Geshur, and brought Avshalom to Yerushalayim (Jerusalem).

Vayakom Yo'av vayeleḥ Geshurah vayave et-Avshalom Yerushalayim.

כגוַיָּ֥קָם יוֹאָ֖ב וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּרָה וַיָּבֵ֥א אֶת־אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם יְרוּשָׁלָֽםִ׃

14:24And the king said, “Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face.” So Avshalom returned to his own house, and did not see the king’s face.

Vayomer hameleḥ yisov el-beito ufanay lo yir'eh vayisov Avshalom el-beito ufenei hameleḥ lo ra'ah.

כדוַיֹּ֚אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ יִסֹּ֣ב אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ וּפָנַ֖י לֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֑ה וַיִּסֹּ֚ב אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ וּפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃

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

Uḥe'Avshalom lo-hayah ish-yafeh beḥol-Yisra'el lehalel me'od mikaf raglo ve'ad kodkodo lo-hayah vo mum.

כהוּכְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹם לֹא־הָיָ֧ה אִישׁ־יָפֶ֛ה בְּכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהַלֵּ֣ל מְאֹ֑ד מִכַּ֚ף רַגְלוֹ֙ וְעַ֣ד קָדְקֳד֔וֹ לֹא־הָ֥יָה ב֖וֹ מֽוּם׃

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

Uvegaleḥo et-rosho vehayah miketz yamim layamim asher yegaleaḥ ki-ḥaved alav vegileḥo veshakal et-se'ar rosho matayim shekalim be'even hameleḥ.

כווּֽבְגַלְּחוֹ֘ אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ֒ וְֽ֠הָיָה מִקֵּץ֙ יָמִ֚ים ׀ לַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְגַלֵּ֔חַ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד עָלָ֖יו וְגִלְּח֑וֹ וְשָׁקַל֙ אֶת־שְׂעַ֣ר רֹאשׁ֔וֹ מָאתַ֥יִם שְׁקָלִ֖ים בְּאֶ֥בֶן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

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

Vayivaledu le'Avshalom sheloshah vanim uvat aḥat ushemah Tamar hi hayetah ishah yefat mar'eh.

כזוַיִּֽוָּלְד֚וּ לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִ֔ים וּבַ֥ת אַחַ֖ת וּשְׁמָ֣הּ תָּמָ֑ר הִ֣יא הָיְתָ֔ה אִשָּׁ֖ה יְפַ֥ת מַרְאֶֽה׃

14:28So Avshalom dwelt two full years in Yerushalayim, and did not see the king’s face.

Vayeshev Avshalom biRushalayim shenatayim yamim ufenei hameleḥ lo ra'ah.

כחוַיֵּ֧שֶׁב אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖םִ שְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֑ים וּפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃

14:29Therefore Avshalom sent for Yo’av, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him; and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

Vayishlaḥ Avshalom el-Yo'av lishloaḥ oto el-hameleḥ velo avah lavo elav vayishlaḥ od shenit velo avah lavo.

כטוַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח אַבְשָׁל֜וֹם אֶל־יוֹאָ֗ב לִשְׁלֹ֚חַ אֹתוֹ֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לָב֣וֹא אֵלָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח עוֹד֙ שֵׁנִ֔ית וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לָבֽוֹא׃

14:30Therefore he said unto his servants, “See, Yo’av’s field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire.” And Avshalom’s servants set the field on fire.

Vayomer el-avadav re'u ḥelkat Yo'av el-yadi velo-sham se'orim leḥu vehatzituha va'esh vayatzitu avdei Avshalom et-haḥelkah ba'esh.

לוַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדָ֜יו רְאוּ֩ חֶלְקַ֨ת יוֹאָ֚ב אֶל־יָדִי֙ וְלוֹ־שָׁ֣ם שְׂעֹרִ֔ים לְכ֖וּ וְהַצִּית֣וּהָ (כתיב וְהַוצִּת֣יּהָ) בָאֵ֑שׁ וַיַּצִּ֜תוּ עַבְדֵ֧י אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם אֶת־הַחֶלְקָ֖ה בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

14:31Then Yo’av arose, and came to Avshalom unto his house, and said unto him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”

Vayakom Yo'av vayavo el-Avshalom habayetah vayomer elav lamah hitzitu avadeḥa et-haḥelkah asher-li ba'esh.

לאוַיָּ֣קָם יוֹאָ֔ב וַיָּבֹ֥א אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם הַבָּ֑יְתָה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו לָ֣מָּה הִצִּ֧יתוּ עֲבָדֶ֛ךָ אֶת־הַחֶלְקָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־לִ֖י בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

14:32And Avshalom answered Yo’av, “Behold, I sent unto you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why have I come from Geshur? It would have been better for me to have been there still.’ Now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there is any iniquity in me, let him kill me.”

Vayomer Avshalom el-Yo'av hineh shalaḥti eleḥa lemor bo henah ve'eshleḥah oteḥa el-hameleḥ lemor lamah bati miGeshur tov li od ani-sham ve'atah er'eh penei hameleḥ ve'im-yesh-bi avon vehemitani.

לבוַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם אֶל־יוֹאָ֡ב הִנֵּ֣ה שָׁלַ֣חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ ׀ לֵאמֹ֡ר בֹּ֣א הֵ֠נָּה וְאֶשְׁלְחָה֩ אֹתְךָ֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לֵאמֹ֗ר לָ֚מָּה בָּ֙אתִי֙ מִגְּשׁ֔וּר ט֥וֹב לִ֖י עֹ֣ד אֲנִי־שָׁ֑ם וְעַתָּ֗ה אֶרְאֶה֙ פְּנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאִם־יֶשׁ־בִּ֥י עָוֹ֖ן וֶהֱמִתָֽנִי׃

14:33So Yo’av came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Avshalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Avshalom.

Vayavo Yo'av el-hameleḥ vayaged-lo vayikra el-Avshalom vayavo el-hameleḥ vayishtaḥu lo al-apav artzah lifnei hameleḥ vayishak hameleḥ le'Avshalom.

לגוַיָּבֹ֨א יוֹאָ֣ב אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ֘ וַיַּגֶּד־לוֹ֒ וַיִּקְרָ֚א אֶל־אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ וַיָּבֹ֣א אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ ל֧וֹ עַל־אַפָּ֛יו אַ֖רְצָה לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּשַּׁ֥ק הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לְאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃