1 Chronicles 21 — English–Hebrew Parallel

1 WaYaImad (And stood up against) Shatan (Satan) Il (over) Yashar-Al (Israel), WaYaSawath (and moved) Ath (the entirety of) Dawad (David) LaManahawath (to number - plural) Ath (the entirety of) Yashar-Al (Israel).

2 WaYaAmar (And said) Dawad (David) Al (to) Yawaab (Joab) WaAl-Sharay (and to princes) HaIm (the people), “Yalakaw (you go), Saparaw (you number even) Ath (the entirety of) Yashar-Al (Israel) Baar-Shabai (Beersheba) Shabai (𐤔𐤁𐤏) WaId (and as far as) Dan (Dan); WaHaBawayaaw (and you [causing] bring) Alay (word me), WaAYadaih (And I know) Ath-Masaparam (the entirety of their sum).”

3 WaYaAmar (And said), Yawaab (Joab) “YaYawasap (again / another) Yahawah () Il-Imaw (over his people) KaHam (as they / them) Maah (hundred) Paimayam (times) HaLaa (many)., Adawan () HaMalak (the king), Kalam (their every) Adawan () LaIbadayam (aren't servants)? LaMah (what / why / how) YaBaqash (Why require) Zaath (thing) Adawan ()? LaMah (what / why / how) YaHayah (came to pass) LaAshamah (why cause of guilt) Yashar-Al (Israel)?”

4 WaDabar (And word) HaMalak (the king's) YaChazaq (prevailed against Therefore departed) Il (over) Yawaab (Joab). WaYaYatzaa (and go out / come out) Yawaab (Joab), WaYaThaHalak (and [reflexive] went throughout) BaKal (in every) Yashar-Al (Israel), WaYaBawaa (and came) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem).

5 WaYaNathan (And gave) Yawaab (Joab) Ath-Masapar (the entirety of 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤓) Mapaqad (sum numbering) HaIm (the people) Al (to) Dawad (David). WaYaHayah (and came to pass) Kal (every) Yashar-Al (Israel) Alap (thousand) Alapayam (thousand - plural) WaMaah (and million hundred) Alap (thousand) Ayash (man) Shalap (drew) Charab (sword): WaYahawadah (And judah) Arabai (four) Maahawath (hundred - plural) WaShabaiyam (and seventy) Alap (a thousand) Ayash (man) Shalap (drew) Charab (sword).

6 WaLaway (And Levi) Ban-Yamayan (Benjamin) Laa (NOT) YaPaqad (he count) BaThawakam (their among); Kay-YaNaThaib (surely abominable) Dabar (word / matter) HaMalak (the king's) Ath (entirety) Yawaab (Joab).

7 WaYaRaii (And wicked / dysfunctional / evil) BaIyanay (in eye) HaAlahayam (the God) Il (displeased thing); HaDabar (the word / matter) HaZah (this / that / these) WaYaNakah (and he struck) Ath (the entirety of) Yashar-Al (Israel).

8 WaYaAmar (And said) Dawad (David) Al-HaAlahayam (to the God), “Chataathay (sinned) Maad (exceedingly / very), AsharaIshahayathay (who/that make) Ath-HaDabar (the entirety of the thing). HaZah (this / that / these) WaIthah (and now), HaIbar (pass over/through), Naa (beg), Ath-Iwawan (the entirety of iniquity) Ibadak (your servant); KayaNaSakalathay (surely 𐤎𐤊𐤋) Maad (done very foolishly).”

9 WaYaDabar (And spoke) Yahawah () Al (to) Gad (Gad), Chazah (seer), Dawad (David's) LaAmar (saying),

10 “Yalak (Go / Move) WaDabarath (and you speak) Al (to) Dawad (David), LaAmar (saying), Kah (𐤊𐤄) ‘YaAmar (thus says) Yahawah (), Shalawash (three) Anay (things) “Natah (offer). Ilayak (my _ over yours) Bachar (Chosen / Selected) Lak (for you) Achath (one), MaHanah (From behold) WaAIshah (And I do) Lak (for you).”’”

11 WaYaBawaa (And came) Gad (Gad) Al (to) Dawad (David), WaYaAmar (and said), “Law (for him) Kah (𐤊𐤄) YaAmar (thus says) Yahawah (), ‘Qabal (take choice): Lak (for you)

12 Am-Shalawash (Although - rhetorical three) Shanahayam (years) Raib (famine); WaAm-Shalawashah (and only / if only three) Chadashayam (months) NaSapah (consumed) MaPanayam (from before) Tzarayak (your foes), WaCharab (and sword) Awayabak (your enemies) LaMaNashagath (overtakes); WaAm-Shalawashath (and only / if only three) Yawamayam (days) Charab (sword) Yahawah (), WaDabar (and pestilence) BaAratz (in land), WaMalaak (and angel) Yahawah () MaShachayath (destroying) BaKal (in every) Gabawal (border/boundary) Yashar-Al (Israel). WaIthah (and now / present moment) Raah (see/look) Mah (what / why / how) AShawayab (I return) Ath-Shalachay (entirety sent me) Dabar (word / matter).’”

13 WaYaAmar (And said) Dawad (David) Al (to) Gad (Gad), “YaTzar (distress). Lay (for me) Maad (exceedingly / very) ANapalah (I fall), Naa (pray), BaYad (into hand) Yahawah (); Kay-Rabayam (surely very great - plural) Rachamayaw (his mercies). Maad (exceedingly / very) WaBaYad (and into hand) Adam (man/mankind) Al (not) ANapal (I fall).”

14 WaYaNathan (And sent) Yahawah () Dabar (word / matter) Yashar-Al (Israel); WaYaNapal (and fell) Shabaiyam (seventy) Alap (thousand) Ayash (man) Yashar-Al (Israel).

15 WaYaShalach (And sent) HaAlahayam (the God) Malaak (angel / messenger of Yah) LaYarawashalam (to Jerusalem) LaHaShachayathah (to [causing] destroy her). WaKaHaShachayath (and as [causing] about to destroy), YaRaah (saw), Yahawah () WaYaNaNacham (and relented disaster), Il-HaRaih (over the evil / dysfunction) WaYaAmar (and said) LaMalaak (angel), HaMaShachayath (the destroying) “Rab (many); Ithah (now / present moment) HaRapah ([causing] now stay) Yadak (your hand).” WaMalaak (and angel) Yahawah () Imad (stood) Im-Garan (with threshing floor) Aranan (Ornan) HaYabawasay (the Jebusite).

16 WaYaNashaa (And lifted up) Dawad (David) Ath-Iyanayaw (the entirety of his eyes), WaYaRaah (and saw) Ath-Malaak (the entirety of angel / messenger of Yah) Yahawah () Imad (stood) BayanaHaAratz (between the earth) WaBayanaHaShamayam (and between the sky), WaCharabaw (and his sword) Shalawapah (having drawn) BaYadaw (in his hand) Natahawayah (stretched out over) Il (over) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem). WaYaNapal (and fell) Dawad (David) WaHaZaqanayam (and the elders), MaKasahayam (clothed - plural sackcloth), BaShaqayam (in 𐤔𐤒 - plural) Il-Panayamam (over their faces).

17 WaYaAmar (And said) Dawad (David) Al-HaAlahayam (to the God), “HaLaa (NOT) Anay (I / Me) Amarathay (said/spoke) LaManahawath (to numbered - plural) BaIm (Isn't commanded in people)? WaAnay (and I / Me) Hawaa (which/who/that is) Ashar-Chataathay (who/that sinned) WaHaRaii (and [causing] done very) HaRaiiwathay ([causing] wickedly him); WaAlah (and these) HaTzaan (these sheep), Mah (what / why / how) Ishahaw (they done)? Yahawah () Alahayam (God), ThaHayah (you against), Naa (Now) Yadak (your hand O), Bay (within him me) WaBaBayath (and in house) Abay (my father's); WaBaImak (and in your people), Laa (NOT) LaMagapah (plagued).”

18 WaMalaak (And angel) Yahawah () YaAmar (commanded tell) Al (to) Gad (Gad) LaAmar (said) LaDawad (David) KayaYaIlah (surely go up), Dawad (David) LaHaQawayam ([causing] raise) Mazabach (altar) Yahawah () BaGaran (in threshing floor) Aranan (Ornan) HaYabawasay (the Jebusite).

19 WaYaIlah (And went up) Dawad (David) BaDabar (at saying) Gad (Gad), AsharaYaDabar (who/that he spoke) BaSham (in name) Yahawah ().

20 WaYaShawab (And turned back), Aranan (Ornan) WaYaRaah (and saw) Ath-HaMalaak (the entirety of the angel) WaArabaith (and four) Banayaw (his sons) Imaw (with him) MaThaChabaayam ([reflexive] hid - plural themselves). WaAranan (and Ornan); Dawash (Now threshing) Chatahayam (wheat - plural).

21 WaYaBawaa (And came) Dawad (David) Id (as far as) Aranan (Ornan), WaYaNabat (and looked) WaYaNabat (and saw) Aranan (Ornan) WaYaRaah (and saw) Ath (the entirety of) Dawad (David), WaYaYatzaa (and went out) Man-HaGaran (from the threshing floor), WaYaThaShachahaw (and [reflexive] bowed him) LaDawad (to David) Apayam (himself face - plural) Aratzah (to ground).

22 WaYaAmar (And said) Dawad (David) Al (to) Aranan (Ornan), “Nathanah (give - emphatic) Lay (for me) Maqawam (place) HaGaran (this threshing floor), WaABanahah (And I build) Baw (within him) Mazabach (thereon altar) Yahawah (). BaKasap (in price), Malaa (sell full) Nathanaw (gave him) Lay (for me) WaThaItzar (and you stopped) HaMagapah (the plague) MaIlaHaIm (from over the people).”

23 WaYaAmar (And said) Aranan (Ornan) Al (to) Dawad (David), “Laqach (take / seize) Lak (yourself), WaYaIshah (and do) Adawan () HaMalak (let the king) HaTawab (that good) BaIyanayaw (in his eyes). Raah (see/look), Nathanathay (gave) HaBaqar (the morning) LaIlahawath (oxen for burnt offerings), WaHaMawaragayam (and the threshing instruments) LaItzayam (for wood - plural), WaHaChatahayam (and the wheat - plural) LaManachah (for meal offering). HaKal (the every) Nathanathay (gave).”

24 WaYaAmar (And said) HaMalak (the king) Dawad (David) LaAranan (to Ornan), “Laa (NOT) Kay-Qanah (surely most certainly purchase) AQanah (purchase) BaKasap (in price) Malaa (full). KayaLaa (surely NOT) ANashaa (I take yours) Ashar-Lak (who/that for you) Yahawah (), WaHaIlahawath (and [causing] offer - plural) Iwalah (burnt offering) Chanam (without cost).”

25 WaYaNathan (And gave) Dawad (David) LaAranan (to Ornan) BaMaqawam (in place) Shaqalay (shekels) Zahab (gold) Mashaqal (weight) Shash (six) Maahawath (hundred - plural).

26 WaYaBanah (And built) Sham (there) Dawad (David) Mazabach (altar) Yahawah () WaYaIlah (and offered) Ilahawath (burnt offerings) WaShalamayam (and whole / complete - plural) WaYaQaraa (and called) Al (to) Yahawah (), WaYaInahaw (and he answered him) BaAsh (by fire) Man-HaShamayam (from the sky) IlaMazabach (over altar) HaIlah (the of burnt offering); HaIlah (the peace offerings).

27 WaYaAmar (And said) Yahawah () LaMalaak (commanded angel); WaYaShawab (and he put up) Charabaw (his sword) Al-Nadanah (to again its sheath).

28 BaIth (At time), HaHawayaa (which/who/that is) BaRaahawath (in saw - plural) Dawad (David) Kay-Inahaw (surely answered him) Yahawah () BaGaran (in threshing floor) Aranan (Ornan) HaYabawasay (the Jebusite), WaYaZabach (and he sacrificed) Sham (there).

29 WaMashakan (And tabernacle) Yahawah (), Ashar-YaIshah (who/that made) Mashah (Moses) BaMadabar (in wilderness), WaMazabach (and altar) HaIwalah (the burnt offering), BaIth (at time) HaHawayaa (which/who/that is) BaBamah (in high place) BaGabaiwan (at Gibeon).

30 WaLaa (And not) YaYakal (𐤉𐤊𐤋) Dawad (David) LaYalakath (couldn't go) LaPanayamaw (his before) LaDarash (to inquire) Alahayam (God); KayaYaNaBaith (surely he afraid) MaPanayam (because) Charab (sword) Malaak (angel / messenger of Yah) Yahawah ().