| 6. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Chronicles 21:6:1 ⧉וְלֵוִי֙veleviand Levi 1 Chronicles 21:6:2 ⧉וּבִנְיָמִ֔ןuvinyaminand Benjamin 1 Chronicles 21:6:3 ⧉לֹ֥אlonot 1 Chronicles 21:6:4 ⧉פָקַ֖דfakadhe counted or mustered 1 Chronicles 21:6:5 ⧉בְּתוֹכָ֑םbetokhamamong them or in their midst 1 Chronicles 21:6:6 ⧉כִּֽי־נִתְעַ֥בkiniteavfor it was abhorred 1 Chronicles 21:6:7 ⧉דְּבַר־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְdevarhamelekhthe word of the king 1 Chronicles 21:6:8 ⧉אֶת־יוֹאָֽב׃etyoav{direct object marker} Joab |
| 6. Formal Translation But Levi and Benjamin were not counted {paqad: numbered, registered} among them, because the king’s command was loathsome {nit’av: abhorred, morally repugnant} to Joab. |
| 6. Dynamic Translation Joab did not count Levi and Benjamin with the others, because he found the king’s command repulsive. |