2 Samuel 10

David sends envoys to comfort the Ammonite king Hanun upon his father's death, but Hanun shaves and humiliates them; Ammonites hire Syrian mercenaries, whom David defeats decisively in battle, expanding Israel's dominance.[2]

Interlinear Text

And said David I will do kindness to Hanun son of Nahash as did his father to me kindness And sent David to comfort him by the hand of his servants concerning his father And came servants of David to the land of children of Ammon
and they said princes of the sons of Ammon to Hanun their lord honoring David (direct object marker) your father in your eyes that he has sent to you comforters not to search (direct object marker) the city and to spy on it and to overthrow it sent David (direct object marker) his servants to you
3 וַ/יֹּאמְרוּ֩ 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 vayomeru and they said HC/Vqw3mp שָׂרֵ֨י 𐤔𐤓𐤉 sarey princes HNcmpc בְנֵֽי 𐤁𐤍𐤉 veney Bene (Bemba) of the sons HNcmpc עַמּ֜וֹן 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 amon of Ammon HNp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to HR חָנ֣וּן 𐤇𐤍𐤅𐤍 chanun Hanun HNp אֲדֹֽנֵי/הֶ֗ם 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉/𐤄𐤌 adoneyhem their lord HNcmpc/Sp3mp הַֽ/מְכַבֵּ֨ד 𐤄/𐤌𐤊𐤁𐤃 hamekhabed honoring HTi/Vprmsa דָּוִ֤ד 𐤃𐤅𐤃 david David HNp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et (direct object marker) HTo אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙ 𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤊 avikha your father HNcmsc/Sp2ms בְּ/עֵינֶ֔י/ךָ 𐤁/𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉/𐤊 beeyneykha in your eyes HR/Ncbdc/Sp2ms כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki that HC שָׁלַ֥ח 𐤔𐤋𐤇 shalach he has sent HVqp3ms לְ/ךָ֖ 𐤋/𐤊 lekha to you HR/Sp2ms מְנַֽחֲמִ֑ים 𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤌𐤉𐤌 menachamim comforters HVprmpa הֲ֠/לוֹא 𐤄/𐤋𐤅𐤀 halo not HTi/Tn בַּ/עֲב֞וּר 𐤁/𐤏𐤁𐤅𐤓 baavur to HR/Ncmsc חֲק֤וֹר 𐤇𐤒𐤅𐤓 chaqor search HVqc אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 (direct object marker) HTo הָ/עִיר֙ 𐤄/𐤏𐤉𐤓 hair the city HTd/Ncfsa וּ/לְ/רַגְּלָ֣/הּ 𐤅/𐤋/𐤓𐤂𐤋/𐤄 uleragelah and to spy on it HC/R/Vpc/Sp3fs וּ/לְ/הָפְכָ֔/הּ 𐤅/𐤋/𐤄𐤐𐤊/𐤄 ulehafekhah and to overthrow it HC/R/Vqc/Sp3fs שָׁלַ֥ח 𐤔𐤋𐤇 shalach-2 sent HVqp3ms דָּוִ֛ד 𐤃𐤅𐤃 david-2 David HNp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-3 (direct object marker) HTo עֲבָדָ֖י/ו 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉/𐤅 avadayv his servants HNcmpc/Sp3ms אֵלֶֽי/ךָ 𐤀𐤋𐤉/𐤊 eleykha to you HR/Sp2ms
and they saw sons of Ammon that they had become a stench to David and they sent sons of Ammon and they hired [direct object marker] Aram house of Rehob and [direct object marker] Aram Zobah twenty thousand foot soldiers and [direct object marker] king of Maacah thousand men and men of Tob two ten thousand men
6 וַ/יִּרְאוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤅 vayireu and they saw HC/Vqw3mp בְּנֵ֣י 𐤁𐤍𐤉 beney Bene (Bemba) sons of HNcmpc עַמּ֔וֹן 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 amon Ammon HNp כִּ֥י 𐤊𐤉 ki that HC נִבְאֲשׁ֖וּ 𐤍𐤁𐤀𐤔𐤅 niveashu they had become a stench HVNp3cp בְּ/דָוִ֑ד 𐤁/𐤃𐤅𐤃 bedavid to David HR/Np וַ/יִּשְׁלְח֣וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤅 vayishelechu and they sent HC/Vqw3mp בְנֵֽי 𐤁𐤍𐤉 veney Bene (Bemba) sons of HNcmpc עַמּ֡וֹן 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 amon-2 Ammon HNp וַ/יִּשְׂכְּרוּ֩ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤊𐤓𐤅 vayisekeru and they hired HC/Vqw3mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] HTo אֲרַ֨ם 𐤀𐤓𐤌 aram Aram HNp בֵּית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt house of HNp רְח֜וֹב 𐤓𐤇𐤅𐤁 rechov Rehob HNp וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and [direct object marker] HC/To אֲרַ֣ם 𐤀𐤓𐤌 aram-2 Aram HNp צוֹבָ֗א 𐤑𐤅𐤁𐤀 tsova Zobah HNp עֶשְׂרִ֥ים 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 eserim twenty HAcbpa אֶ֨לֶף֙ 𐤀𐤋𐤐 elef thousand HAcbsa רַגְלִ֔י 𐤓𐤂𐤋𐤉 rageli foot soldiers HAamsa וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet-2 and [direct object marker] HC/To מֶ֤לֶךְ 𐤌𐤋𐤊 melekhe king of HNcmsc מַֽעֲכָה֙ 𐤌𐤏𐤊𐤄 maakhah Maacah HNp אֶ֣לֶף 𐤀𐤋𐤐 elef-2 thousand HAcbsa אִ֔ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish men HNcmsa וְ/אִ֣ישׁ 𐤅/𐤀𐤉𐤔 veish and men of HC/Ncmsc ט֔וֹב 𐤈𐤅𐤁 tov Tob HNp שְׁנֵים 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 sheneym two HAcmda עָשָׂ֥ר 𐤏𐤔𐤓 asar ten HAcmsa אֶ֖לֶף 𐤀𐤋𐤐 elef-3 thousand HAcbsa אִֽישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish-2 men HNcmsa