1 WaYaNagadaw (And told), LaDawad (David) “LaAmar (said) Hanah (Behold), Palashathay (Philistines) NaLachamayam (fighting - plural) BaQaiyalah (against Keilah), WaHamah (and they / them) Shasahayam (robbing - plural) Ath-HaGaranawath (the entirety of the threshing floors).”
2 WaYaShaal (And ask) Dawad (David) Yahawah () LaAmar (Therefore inquired saying), “HaAYalak (I go) WaHaNakahayathay (and [causing] strike) BaPalashathay (in Philistines)?” HaAlah (these) WaYaAmar (and said) Yahawah (), Al (to) Dawad (David), “Yalak (Go / Move) WaHaNakahayath (and you [causing] strike) BaPalashathay (in Philistines), WaHaYawashaith (and you [causing] save) Ath (the entirety of) Qaiyalah (Keilah).”
3 WaYaAmaraw (And said), Ayanashay (men) Dawad (David's) “Alayaw (to him) Hanah (Behold), Anachanaw (we) Pah (𐤐𐤄) BaYahawadah (in Judah) Yaraayam (afraid - plural here): WaAp (and indeed) Kay-NaYalak (surely we how much more go) Qaiyalah (Keilah) Al-Mairakahawath (to against armies) Palashathay (Philistines)?”
4 WaYaYawasap (And again / another) Iwad (more/again) Dawad (David) LaShaal (Ask) Yahawah () WaYaInahaw (and inquired again answered him), WaYaInahaw (and said him), Yahawah (). “WaYaAmar (and said) Qawam (rise up), Yarad (descend / lower) Qaiyalah (Keilah); Kay-Anay (surely I / Me) Nathan (gave) Ath-Palashathay (the entirety of Philistines) BaYadak (into your hand).”
5 WaYaYalak (And went) Dawad (David) WaAyanashaw (and his men) Qaiyalah (Keilah), WaYaLacham (and fought) BaPalashathay (with the Philistines), WaYaNahag (and brought away) Ath-Maqanahayam (the entirety of their livestock), WaYaNakah (and killed) Bam (within him them) Makah (slaughter) Gadawalah (very great/important/mighty). WaYaYashai (and saved) Dawad (David) AthaYashabay (the entirety of inhabit/dwell) Qaiyalah (Keilah).
6 Ab-Yathar (Abiathar) WaYaHayah (and came to pass) BaBarach (in fled) Ban (happened son) Achay-Malak (Ahimelech) Al (to) Dawad (David) Qaiyalah (Keilah), Apawad (ephod) YaYarad (he came down) BaYadaw (in his hand).
7 WaYaNagad (And it told) LaShaawal (Saul) Kay-YaBawaa (surely come) Dawad (David) Qaiyalah (Keilah). WaYaAmar (and said), Shaawal (Saul) “YaNakar (delivered) Athaw (the entirety of him) Alahayam (God) BaYaday (into my hand); KayaYaNaSagar (surely he shut), LaBawaa (entering) BaIyar (into town) Dalathayam (gates) WaBarayach (and bars).”
8 WaYaShamai (And hearken / hear) Shaawal (Saul) Ath-Kal (the entirety of every) HaIm (summoned the people) LaMalachamah (war), LaYaradath (to go down) Qaiyalah (Keilah), LaTzawar (to besiege) Al (to) Dawad (David) HaIm (the and his men) WaAl-Ayanashayaw (and to his man).
9 WaYaYadai (And knew) Dawad (David) KayaIlayaw (surely went up him) Shaawal (Saul) MaCharayash (devising) HaRaih (the mischief) WaYaAmar (and against); Ab-Yathar (Abiathar) Al (to) HaKahan (said the priest), “HaNagayashah (draw near / approach - emphatic) HaApawad (bring the ephod here).”
10 WaYaAmar (And said O), Dawad (David) “Yahawah (), Alahayam (God) Yashar-Al (Israel), Shamai (hearken / hear) YaShamai (heard) Ibadak (your servant) Kay-MaBaqash (surely require) Shaawal (Saul) LaBawaa (to come) Al (to) Qaiyalah (Keilah), LaShachath (to destroy) LaIyar (city for) BaIbawaray (In my because of).
11 HaYaSagaray (Deliver me up) Bailay (binder / owner / husband) Qaiyalah (Keilah) BaYadaw (into his hand)? HaYaYarad (come down), Shaawal (Saul) KaAsharaYaShamai (as who/that heard beg) Ibadak (your servant)? Yahawah (), Alahayam (God) Yashar-Al (Israel), HaNagad (Report / inform) Naa (Now) LaIbadak (your servant).” WaYaAmar (and said), Yahawah () “YaYarad (he come down).”
12 WaYaAmar (And said), Dawad (David) “HaYaSagaraw (deliver) Bailay (me and my men) Bailay (binder / owner / husband) Qaiyalah (Keilah) Athay (the entirety of me) WaAth-Ayanashay (and the entirety of my man) BaYad (into hand) Shaawal (Saul)?” WaYaAmar (and said), Yahawah () “YaSagayaraw (deliver up).”
13 WaYaQawam (And arose departed) Dawad (David) WaAyanashayaw (and his men), KaShash (as six) Maahawath (hundred - plural), Ayash (man) WaYaYatzaaw (and gave up going) MaQaiyalah (out of Keilah), WaYaThaHalakaw (and [reflexive] went) BaAsharaYaThaHalakaw (in who/that wherever [reflexive] go). WaLaShaawal (And saul) YaHaNagad (it [causing] told) Kay-YaNaMalat (surely escaped) Dawad (David) MaQaiyalah (from Keilah); WaYaChadal (and 𐤇𐤃𐤋) LaYatzaath (go out / come out).
14 WaYaYashab (And remained) Dawad (David) BaMadabar (stayed in wilderness strongholds), BaMatzadawath (in 𐤌𐤑𐤃 - plural) WaYaYashab (and inhabit/dwell) BaHar (in hill) BaMadabar (country in wilderness) Zayap (Ziph). WaYaBaqashaw (and sought him) Shaawal (Saul) Kal (every) HaYawamayam (the day - plural), WaLaa (And not) Nathanaw (deliver him) Alahayam (God) BaYadaw (into his hand).
15 WaYaRaah (And saw) Dawad (David) Kay-YaYatzaa (surely come out) Shaawal (Saul) LaBaqash (to seek) Ath-Napashaw (the entirety of his life) WaDawad (And david). BaMadabar (in wilderness) Zayap (Ziph) Charash (wood).
16 WaYaQawam (And arose), Yahawanathan (Jonathan), Ban (son), Shaawal (Saul's) WaYaYalak (and went) Al (to) Dawad (David) Charash (woods), WaYaChazaq (and strengthened) Ath-Yadaw (the entirety of his hand) BaAlahayam (in God).
17 WaYaAmar (And he said), “Alayaw (to him) Al (not) ThaYaraa (you afraid); KayaLaa (surely NOT) ThaMatzaak (you find you) Yad (hand) Shaawal (Saul) Abay (my father); WaAthah (and you) ThaMalak (you king over) Il (over) Yashar-Al (Israel), WaAnakay (and I) AHayah (came to pass) Lak (for you) LaMashanah (next); WaGam (and indeed / moreover) Shaawal (Saul) Abay (also my father) Yadai (know/understand) Kan (for sure).”
18 WaYaKarathaw (And made) Shanayamam (their both) Barayath (covenant) LaPanayam (before stayed) Yahawah (): WaYaYashab (and inhabit/dwell) Dawad (David) Charash (woods), WaYahawanathan (and Jonathan) YaHalak (went) LaBayathaw (to his house).
19 WaYaIlahaw (And came up) Zayapayayam (ziphites) Al (to) Shaawal (Saul) LaAmar (saying), “HaLawaa (NOT) Dawad (David) MaThaSathar (Doesn't [reflexive] hide himself strongholds) Imanaw (with us) BaMatzadawath (in 𐤌𐤑𐤃 - plural) Charash (wood), BaGabaihath (in the hill) BaGabaihath (in gibeah), HaChakayalah (the Hachilah), AsharaMaYamayan (who/that from south) HaYashayamawan (the desert)?
20 WaIthah (And now / present moment) LaKal (every) Awahath (according to desire) Napashak (your soul) HaMalak (Now therefore the king), LaYaradath (come down), Yarad (descend / lower); WaLanaw (and for us) HaSagayaraw ([causing] part to deliver him) BaYad (in hand) HaMalak (the king's).”
21 WaYaAmar (And said), Shaawal (Saul) “Barawakayam (blessed - plural) Athaham (you) Yahawah (); KayaChamalatham (surely you compassion) Ilay (went up me).
22 Yalakaw (You please go) Naa (Now) HaKawayanaw (you [causing] make) Iwad (more/again) WaYadaiw (and you more sure), WaRaahaw (and know you see) Ath-Maqawamaw (the entirety of his place) AsharaThaHayah (who/that came to pass) Ragalaw (his haunt), May (Who) Raahaw (seen him); Sham (there) KayaYaAmar (surely it told) Alay (to me) Irawam (deals very) YaIram (subtly) Hawaa (which/who/that is).
23 WaRaahaw (And you see therefore), WaYadaiw (and you knowledge) MaKal (from every) HaMachabaayam (the lurking places) AsharaYaThaChabaa (who/that he [reflexive] hides) Sham (himself), WaShawabatham (and you come again) Alay (to me) Al-NaKawan (to certainty), WaHalakathay (and go): Athakam (entirety you) WaYaHayah (and came to pass) Am-Yashanaw (although - rhetorical Exist), BaAratz (in land), WaChapashathay (and search) Athaw (the entirety of him) BaKal (in every) Alapay (thousand) Yahawadah (Judah).”
24 WaYaQawamaw (And arose), WaYaYalakaw (and went) Zayap (Ziph) LaPanayam (before) Shaawal (Saul): WaDawad (and David) WaAyanashayaw (and his men) BaMadabar (in wilderness) maiwan (maon), BaIrabah (in Arabah) AlaYamayan (to right hand) HaYashayamawan (the desert).
25 WaYaYalak (And went) Shaawal (Saul) WaAyanashayaw (and his men) LaBaqash (to seek). WaYaNagadaw (and told), LaDawad (David) WaYaYarad (and he went down) HaSalai (the rock), WaYaYashab (and inhabit/dwell) BaMadabar (stayed in wilderness) maiwan (maon). WaYaShamai (and heard), Shaawal (Saul) WaYaRadap (and he pursued) Acharay (after/following) Dawad (David) Madabar (wilderness) maiwan (maon).
26 WaYaYalak (And went) Shaawal (Saul) MaTzad (from side) HaHar (the mountain), MaZah (from and his men) WaDawad (and David) WaAyanashayaw (and his man) MaTzad (from side) HaHar (the mountain) MaZah (from and his men) WaYaHayah (and came to pass) Dawad (David) NaChapaz (made haste) LaYalakath (to get away) MaPanayam (from fear); Shaawal (Saul) WaShaawal (And saul): WaAyanashayaw (and his man) Itarayam (𐤏𐤈𐤓 - plural) Al (to) Dawad (David) MaZah (surrounded from and his men) WaAl-Ayanashayaw (and to his man) LaThapasham (take them).
27 WaMalaak (And messenger) YaBawaa (came) Al (to) Shaawal (Saul), LaAmar (saying), “Maharah (toward 𐤌𐤄𐤓) WaYalakah (And hurry toward come); Kay-Pashataw (surely made raid) Palashathay (Philistines) Il-HaAratz (over the land)!”
28 WaYaShawab (And returned) Shaawal (Saul) MaRadap (from pursuing) Acharay (after/following) Dawad (David), WaYaYalak (and went) LaQaraath (called) Palashathay (Philistines) Il (over): Kan (for sure) Qaraaw (they called) LaMaqawam (place) HaHawaa (which/who/that is) Salai-Hamachalaqawath (Sela Hammahlekoth).
29 It happened, when Shaawal (Saul) was yashab (inhabit/dwell) from following the Palashath (Philistines), that it was told him, saying, "Behold, Dawad (David) is in the wilderness of Iyan-Gaday (En) Gedi.