1 WaYaPaqad (And numbered) Dawad (David) Ath-HaIm (the entirety of the people), AsharaAthaw (who/that entirety him) WaYaShawam (and set) Ilayam (went up them) Sharay (captains) Alapayam (thousands) WaSharay (and captains) Maahawath (hundreds).
2 WaYaShalach (And sent forth) Dawad (David) Ath-HaIm (the entirety of the people), HaShalayashayath (the third) BaYad (in hand) Yawaab (Joab), WaHaShalayashayath (and the third) BaYad (in hand) Abay-Shay (Abishai) Ban (son) Tzarawayah (Zeruiah), Achay (brother/kinsman), Yawaab (Joab's) WaHaShalayashayath (and the third) BaYad (in hand) Athay (Ittai) HaGathay (the Gittite). WaYaAmar (and said) HaMalak (the king) Al-HaIm (to the people), “Yatzaa (go out / come out) AYatzaa (I go forth) Gam (indeed / moreover) Anay (I / Me) Imakam (with you).”
3 WaYaAmar (And said), HaIm (the people) “Laa (NOT) ThaYatzaa (you go forth); KayaAm-Nawas (surely although - rhetorical flee) NaNawas (we away), Laa (NOT) YaShawayamaw (care); Alayanaw (to us) Lab (heart) WaAm-YaMawathaw (and only / if only die), Chatzayanaw (our neither half) Laa (NOT) YaShawayamaw (care). Alayanaw (to us) Lab (heart) Kay-Ithah (surely now / present moment) Kamawanaw (But you worth us) Isharah (ten) Alapayam (thousand - plural). WaIthah (and now / present moment) Tawab (pleasant/functional) Kay-ThaHayah (surely came to pass) Lanaw (for us) MaIyar (from city) LaIzayar (to help).”
4 WaYaAmar (And said), Alayam (to them) HaMalak (the king) “Ashar-YaYatab (who/that seems best) BaIyanayakam (in your eye) AIshah (I do).” WaYaImad (and stood) HaMalak (the king) Al-Yad (to hand) HaShair (the gate), WaKal (and every) HaIm (the people) YaYatab (went out) Yaradatzaaw (descend / lower) LaMaahawath (hundreds) WaLaAlapayam (and thousands).
5 WaYaTzawah (And commanded) HaMalak (the king) Ath (the entirety of) Yawaab (Joab) Abay-Shay (Abishai) WaAth (and the entirety of) WaAth (and the entirety of) Athay (Ittai), LaAmar (saying), “LaAt (Deal gently) Lay (for me) LaNair (for sake young man even), Abay-Shalawam (Absalom).” WaKal (and every) HaIm (the people) Shamaiw (heard) BaTzawahath (in commanded) HaMalak (the king) Ath-Kal (the entirety of every) HaSharayam (the captains) Il-Dabar (over word / matter) Abay-Shalawam (Absalom).
6 WaYaYatzaa (And went out) HaIm (So the people) HaShadah (the field) LaQaraahath (against) Yashar-Al (Israel): WaThaHayah (and came to pass) HaMalachamah (the battle) BaYair (in forest) Aparayam (Ephraim).
7 WaYaNaNagapaw (And struck) Sham (there) Im (nation / people) Yashar-Al (Israel) LaPanayam (before) Ibaday (servant) Dawad (David), WaThaHayah (and came to pass) Sham (there) HaMagapah (the slaughter) Gadawalah (very great/important/mighty) BaYawam (in day) HaHawaa (which/who/that is) Isharayam (twenty) Alap (thousand).
8 WaThaHayah (And came to pass) Sham (there) HaMalachamah (the battle) NaPawatzayath (spread) Il-Panayam (over face/presence/surface) Kal (every) HaAratz (over surface the country); WaYaRabah (and multiply/become many) HaYair (the forest) LaAkal (devoured) BaIm (more in people) MaAsharaAkalah (from who/that devoured) HaCharab (the sword) BaYawam (in day). HaHawaa (which/who/that is)
9 Abay-Shalawam (Absalom) WaYaQaraa (and happened to meet) LaPanayam (servants) Ibaday (servant of) Dawad (David). Abay-Shalawam (Absalom) Rakab (riding) Il-HaParad (over the mule), WaYaBawaa (and went) HaParad (the mule) ThachathaShawabak (under under thick boughs) HaAlah (the oak), HaGadawalah (the great) WaYaChazaq (and hold) Raashaw (his head) BaAlah (in oak), WaYaNathan (and he taken up) BayanaHaShamayam (between between the sky) WaBayanaHaAratz (and between the earth); WaHaParad (and the mule) Ashar-Thachathayaw (who/that under him) YaIbar (under went).
10 WaYaRaah (And saw), Ayash (man) Achad (one) WaYaNagad (and told) LaYawaab (Joab), WaYaAmar (and said), “Hanah (Behold) Raahayathay (saw/seen), Abay-Shalawam (Absalom) Ath (the entirety of) Thalahaway (saw hanging) BaAlah (in oak).”
11 WaYaAmar (And said) Yawaab (Joab) LaAyash (to man) WaYaAmar (and who told), “HaMaNagayad (Who report / inform) Law (for him) WaHanah (And behold) Raahayath (you behold), WaMadawai (and saw), Laa (NOT) HaNakahayathaw (you [causing] strike him) Sham (there) Aratzah (to ground)? WaIlay (and over me) LaNathanath (given) Lak (for you) Isharah (ten) Kasap (pieces of silver), WaChagawarah (and sash) Achath (one).”
12 WaYaAmar (And said) HaAyash (the man) Al (to) Yawaab (Joab), “WaLaaAnakay (And though I) Shaqal (receive) Il-Kapay (over my hand), Alap (thousand) Kasap (pieces of silver) Laa (NOT) AShalach (I still put forth) Kapay (my hand) Yaday (my hand) Al-Ban (to son) HaMalak (the king's); KayaBaAzanayanaw (surely in our hearing) YaTzawah (commanded) Abay-Shay (Abishai) HaMalak (the king) Athak (the entirety of you) WaAth (and the entirety of) WaAth (and the entirety of) Athay (Ittai), LaAmar (saying), Shamaraw (keep/guard) May (Who) ‘BaNair (Beware in none touch young man) Abay-Shalawam (Absalom).’
13 Aw-Ishahayathay (Or make) BaNapashaw (falsely against his life) Shaqar (𐤔𐤒𐤓) WaKal (and every) Dabar (word / matter) Laa (NOT) YaKachad (hidden) Man-HaMalak (from the king), WaAthah (and you) ThaThaYatzab (you [reflexive] set against) MaNagad (from).”
14 WaYaAmar (And said), Yawaab (Joab) “Laa (NOT) Kan (for sure) AYachayalah (I I'm going to wait) LaPanayamak (your like).” WaYaLaqach (and he took) Shalawashah (three) Shabatayam (darts) BaKapaw (in his hand), WaYaThaqaim (and thrust them) BaLab (in heart) Abay-Shalawam (Absalom), Iwadanaw (more/again) Chay (living) BaLab (in heart) HaAlah (the oak).
15 WaYaSababaw (And surround / encompass) Isharah (ten) Nairayam (young men) Nashaay (bore) Kalay (every / bags of) Yawaab (Joab's) WaYaNakahaw (and armor surrounded struck him) Abay-Shalawam (Absalom), WaYaNakahaw (and killed him) Ath (the entirety of) WaYaMawayathaw (and death him).
16 WaYaThaqai (And blew) Yawaab (Joab) BaShawapar (in trumpet), WaYaShawab (and returned) HaIm (the people) MaRadap (from pursuing) Acharay (after/following) Yashar-Al (Israel); Kay-YaChashak (surely held back) Yawaab (Joab) Ath-HaIm (the entirety of the people).
17 WaYaLaqachaw (And took) Abay-Shalawam (Absalom), Ath (the entirety of) WaYaShalayakaw (and cast) Athaw (the entirety of him) BaYair (in forest), Al-HaPachath (to the pit) HaGadawal (the great) WaYaNatzabaw (and 𐤍𐤑𐤁) Ilayaw (went up him) Gal (heap) Abanayam (stones) Gadawal (raised over very very great/important/mighty). Maad (exceedingly / very) WaKal (and every) Yashar-Al (Israel) Nawasaw (fled) Ayash (man) LaAhalaw (everyone to his tent).
18 Abay-Shalawam (Absalom) YaLaqach (taken) WaYaNatzab (and reared up) Law (for him) BaChayaw (Now in his lifetime) Ath-Matzabath (the entirety of pillar), AsharaBaImaq (who/that in dale) HaMalak (the king's); KayaYaAmar (surely he said), “Ayan (NO ONE) Lay (for me) Ban (son) BaIbawar (In because of) HaZakayar (remember) Shamay (my name memory).” WaYaQaraa (and he called) LaMatzabath (pillar) Il-Shamaw (over his name); WaYaQaraa (and it called monument) Abay-Shalawam (Absalom's), Lah (for her) Yad (hand) IdaHaYawam (as far as this day) HaZah (this / that / these).
19 Achay-Maitz (Ahimaaz) Ban (son) Tzadawaq (Zadok) YaAmar (said), “ARawatzah (I let now run), Naa (Now) WaABasharah (And I bear) Ath-HaMalak (the entirety of the king) Kay (news), Shapataw (how avenged him) Yahawah () MaYad (of enemies) Ayabayaw (enemy him).”
20 WaYaAmar (And said), Law (for him) Yawaab (Joab) “Laa (NOT) Ayash (man) Bashawarah (𐤁𐤔𐤅𐤓𐤄) Athah (you) HaYawam (bearer news this day), HaZah (this / that / these) WaBasharath (and you bear news) BaYawam (in day) Achar (other). WaHaYawam (and the day) HaZah (this / that / these) Laa (NOT) ThaBashar (today you bear news), Kay-IlaBan (surely over son) HaMalak (the king's) YaMawath (dead).”
21 WaYaAmar (And said) Yawaab (Joab), LaKawashay (cushite) “Yalak (Go / Move), HaNagad (Report / inform) LaMalak (king) AsharaRaahayathah (who/that you seen)!” WaYaThaShachahaw (and [reflexive] bowed him himself) Kawashay (cushite), LaYawaab (Joab) WaYaRawatz (and ran).
22 Achay-Maitz (Ahimaaz) WaYaYasap (and again / another) Iwad (more/again) Ban (son) Tzadawaq (Zadok) WaYaAmar (and said again) Al (to) Yawaab (Joab), “WaYaHayah (and came to pass) Mah (what / why / how), ARawatzah (I please let run) Naa (Now) Gam (indeed / moreover) Anay (I / Me) AcharayaHaKawashay (after/following the cushite).” WaYaAmar (and said), Yawaab (Joab) “LaMah (what / why / how) Zah (this / that / these) Athah (you) Rawatz (why want to run), Banay (my son), WaLak (and for you) Ayan (NO ONE) Bashawarah (𐤁𐤔𐤅𐤓𐤄) Matzaath (find / discover news)?”
23 “”WaYaHayah (And came to pass) Mah (what / why / how) “ARawatz (I run), WaYaAmar (And he said), WaYaAmar (and come, he said).” “Law (for him) Rawatz (run)!” Achay-Maitz (Ahimaaz) WaYaRawatz (and ran) Darak (way/path) HaKakar (the plain), WaYaIbar (and pass over/through) Ath-HaKawashay (the entirety of outran the cushite).
24 WaDawad (And now David) Yawashab (dwelling) Bayan-Shanayam (between sitting two) HaShairayam (the gates): WaYaYalak (and went up) HaTzapah (the watchman) Al-Gag (to roof) HaShair (the gate) Al-HaChawamah (to the wall), WaYaNashaa (and lifted up) Ath-Iyanayaw (the entirety of his eyes), WaYaRaah (and looked), WaHanah (and behold), Ayash (man) Rawatz (running alone) LaBadaw (his alone).
25 WaYaQaraa (And cried), HaTzapah (the watchman) WaYaNagad (and told) LaMalak (king). WaYaAmar (and said) HaMalak (the king) Am (said), “LaBadaw (his alone) Bashawarah (alone), BaPahayaw (news in his mouth).” WaYaYalak (and he came) Halawak (closer) WaQarab (and 𐤒𐤓𐤁).
26 WaYaRaah (And saw) HaTzapah (the watchman) Ayash (man) Achar (other) Rawatz (running); WaYaQaraa (and called) HaTzapah (the watchman) Al-HaShawair (to the porter), WaYaAmar (and said), “Hanah (Behold), Ayash (man) Rawatz (𐤓𐤅𐤑) LaBadaw (his alone)!” WaYaAmar (and said), HaMalak (the king) “Gam (indeed / moreover) Zah (this / that / these) MaBashar (brings news).”
27 WaYaAmar (And said), HaTzapah (the watchman) “Anay (I / Me) Raah (see/look) Ath-Marawatzahath (the entirety of running) HaRaashawan (the first) KaMarawatzahath (one like running) Achay-Maitz (Ahimaaz) Ban (son) Tzadawaq (Zadok).” WaYaAmar (and said), HaMalak (the king) “Ayash (man), Tawab (pleasant/functional) Zah (this / that / these) WaAl-Bashawarah (and to 𐤁𐤔𐤅𐤓𐤄) Tawabah (pleasant/functional news) YaBawaa (comes).”
28 Achay-Maitz (Ahimaaz) WaYaQaraa (and called), WaYaAmar (and said) Al-HaMalak (to the king), “Shalawam (peace / safety).” WaYaThaShachahaw (and he [reflexive] bowed him) LaMalak (king) LaApayaw (his face) Aratzah (to earth), WaYaAmar (and said), “Barawak (blessed) Yahawah () Alahayam (God), AsharaYaSagar (who/that delivered up) Ath-HaAyanashayam (the entirety of the men) Ashar-Nashaaw (who/that lift) Ath-Yadam (the entirety of lifted their hand) Adawan () HaMalak (against the king)!”
29 WaYaAmar (And said), HaMalak (the king) “Shalawam (peace / safety) LaNair (young man) Abay-Shalawam (Absalom)?” Achay-Maitz (Ahimaaz) WaYaAmar (and answered), “Raahayathay (saw/seen) HaHamawan (the tumult), HaGadawal (the great) LaShalach (sent) Ath-Ibad (the entirety of servant), HaMalak (the king's) Yawaab (Joab) WaAth-Ibadak (and the entirety of your servant), WaLaa (And not) Yadaithay (know/understand) Mah (what / why / how).”
30 WaYaAmar (And said), HaMalak (the king) “Sabab (surround / encompass), HathaYatzab ([reflexive] stand) Kah (here).” WaYaSabab (and he turned aside), WaYaImad (and stood).
31 WaHanah (And behold) HaKawashay (Behold the cushite) YaBawaa (came). WaYaAmar (and said), HaKawashay (the cushite) “YaThaBashar (𐤁𐤔𐤓) Adawan () HaMalak (News the king); Kay-Shapatak (surely avenged you) Yahawah () HaYawam (this day) MaYad (from hand) Kal (every) HaQawamayam (who rose up against - plural) Ilayak (my _ over yours).”
32 WaYaAmar (And said) HaMalak (the king) Al-HaKawashay (to the cushite), “HaShalawam (well) LaNair (young man) Abay-Shalawam (Absalom)?” WaYaAmar (and answered), HaKawashay (the cushite) “YaHayahaw (came to pass) KaNair (as young man), Ayabay (enemy) Adawan () HaMalak (the king), WaKal (and every) Ashar-Qawamaw (who/that rise) Ilayak (my _ over yours) LaRaih (up against to harm).”
33 It was amar (spoke) Yawaab (Joab), "Behold, the malak (king) bakah (weeps) and bakah (mourns) for Abay-Shalawam (Absalom).