16
David therefore
inquired of
God for the
child; and
David fasted * and
went and
lay all
night on the
ground.
~'c'Y;w r;['N;h d;[.B ~yih{l/a'h -t,a diw'D veQ;b.y;w ? h'c.r'a b;k'v.w !'l.w a'b.W ~w{c diw'D
17
The
elders of his
household stood beside him in order to
raise him up from the
ground, but he was
unwilling * and would not
eat food with them.
#,r'a'h -nim w{myiq]h;l wy'l'[ w{tyeb yen.qiz .WmUq'Y;w ? ~,x'l ~'Tia a'r'b -a{l.w h'b'a a{l.w
18
Then it
happened on the
seventh day that the
child died. And the
servants of
David were
afraid to
tell him that the
child was
dead, for they
said,
"Behold, while the
child was still
alive, we
spoke to him and he did not
listen to our
voice.
How then can we
tell him that the
child is
dead, since he might
do himself
harm!"
.Wa.riY;w d,l'Y;h t'm'Y;w yi[yib.V;h ~w{Y;B yih.y;w ? yiK d,l,Y;h tem -yiK w{l dyiG;h.l diw'd yed.b;[ ? wy'lea .Wn.r;BiD y;x d,l,Y;h tw{y.hib heNih .Wr.m'a ? wy'lea r;ma{n .$yea.w .Wnelw{q.B [;m'v -a{l.w ? h'['r h'f'[.w d,l,Y;h tem
19
But when
David saw that his
servants were
whispering together,
David perceived that the
child was
dead; so
David said to his
servants, "Is the
child dead?" And they
said, "He is
dead."
!,b'Y;w ~yiv]x;l.tim wy'd'b][ yiK diw'D a.r;Y;w ? wy'd'b][ -l,a diw'D r,ma{Y;w d,l'Y;h tem yiK diw'D ? tem .Wr.ma{Y;w d,l,Y;h tem]h
20
So
David arose from the
ground,
washed,
anointed himself, and
changed his
clothes; and he
came into the
house of the
LORD and
worshiped. Then he
came to his own
house, and when he
requested, they
set food before him and he
ate.
@eL;x.y;w .$,s'Y;w #;x.riY;w #,r'a'hem diw'D ~'q'Y;w ? a{b'Y;w .Wx'T.viY;w h'wh.y -tyeb a{b'Y;w w{t{l.mif ? l;ka{Y;w ~,x,l w{l .Wmyif'Y;w l;a.viY;w w{tyeB -l,a
21
Then his
servants said to him,
"What is
this thing that you have
done?
While the
child was
alive, you
fasted and
wept; but
when the
child died, you
arose and
ate food."
h,Z;h r'b'D;h -h'm wy'lea wy'd'b][ .Wr.ma{Y;w ? .K.beT;w 'T.m;c y;x d,l,Y;h r.Wb][;B h'tyif'[ r,v]a ? ~,x'l l;ka{T;w 'T.m;q d,l,Y;h tem r,v]a;k.w