7   And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
David¹⁷³² 'amar⁵⁵⁹ 'Ebyathar⁵⁴ kohen³⁵⁴⁸ 'Achiymelek²⁸⁸ ben¹¹²¹ nagash⁵⁰⁶⁶ 'ephowd⁶⁴⁶ 'Ebyathar⁵⁴ nagash⁵⁰⁶⁶ 'ephowd⁶⁴⁶ David¹⁷³²

8   And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
David¹⁷³² sha'al⁷⁵⁹² Yhovah³⁰⁶⁸ 'amar⁵⁵⁹ radaph⁷²⁹¹ 'achar³¹⁰ gduwd¹⁴¹⁶ nasag⁵³⁸¹ 'amar⁵⁵⁹ radaph⁷²⁹¹ nasag⁵³⁸¹ nasag⁵³⁸¹ natsal⁵³³⁷ natsal⁵³³⁷

9   So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
David¹⁷³² yalak³²¹² shesh⁸³³⁷ me'ah³⁹⁶⁷ 'iysh³⁷⁶ bow'⁹³⁵ nachal⁵¹⁵⁸ Bsowr¹³⁰⁸ yathar³⁴⁹⁸ `amad⁵⁹⁷⁵

10   But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
David¹⁷³² radaph⁷²⁹¹ 'arba`<sup>702</sup> me'ah<sup>3967</sup> 'iysh<sup>376</sup> me'ah<sup>3967</sup> `amad⁵⁹⁷⁵ pagar⁶²⁹⁶ `abar⁵⁶⁷⁴ nachal⁵¹⁵⁸ Bsowr¹³⁰⁸

11   And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
matsa'⁴⁶⁷² 'iysh³⁷⁶ sadeh⁷⁷⁰⁴ laqach³⁹⁴⁷ David¹⁷³² nathan⁵⁴¹⁴ lechem³⁸⁹⁹ 'akal³⁹⁸ shaqah⁸²⁴⁸ mayim⁴³²⁵

12   And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
nathan⁵⁴¹⁴ pelach⁶⁴⁰⁰ dbelah¹⁶⁹⁰ shnayim⁸¹⁴⁷ tsammuwq⁶⁷⁷⁸ 'akal³⁹⁸ ruwach⁷³⁰⁷ shuwb⁷⁷²⁵ 'akal³⁹⁸ lechem³⁸⁹⁹ shathah⁸³⁵⁴ mayim⁴³²⁵ shalowsh⁷⁹⁶⁹ yowm³¹¹⁷ shalowsh⁷⁹⁶⁹ layil³⁹¹⁵

13   And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
David¹⁷³² 'amar⁵⁵⁹ 'amar⁵⁵⁹ na`ar<sup>5288</sup> Mitsriy<sup>4713</sup> `ebed⁵⁶⁵⁰ 'iysh³⁷⁶ 'adown¹¹³ `azab⁵⁸⁰⁰ shalowsh⁷⁹⁶⁹ yowm³¹¹⁷ chalah²⁴⁷⁰

14   We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
pashat⁶⁵⁸⁴ negeb⁵⁰⁴⁵ Krethiy³⁷⁷⁴ Yhuwdah³⁰⁶³ negeb⁵⁰⁴⁵ Kaleb³⁶¹² saraph⁸³¹³ Tsiqlag⁶⁸⁶⁰ 'esh⁷⁸⁴

15   And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
David¹⁷³² 'amar⁵⁵⁹ yarad³³⁸¹ gduwd¹⁴¹⁶ 'amar⁵⁵⁹ shaba`⁷⁶⁵⁰ 'elohiym⁴³⁰ 'im⁵¹⁸ muwth⁴¹⁹¹ 'im⁵¹⁸ cagar⁵⁴⁶² yad³⁰²⁷ 'adown¹¹³ yarad³³⁸¹ gduwd¹⁴¹⁶