| 11. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 21:11:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּvayomeruand they said 1 Samuel 21:11:2 ⧉עַבְדֵ֤יavedeservants of 1 Samuel 21:11:3 ⧉אָכִישׁ֙akhishAchish 1 Samuel 21:11:4 ⧉אֵלָ֔יוelavto him 1 Samuel 21:11:5 ⧉הֲלֹא־זֶ֤הhalozeis not this 1 Samuel 21:11:6 ⧉דָוִד֙davidDavid 1 Samuel 21:11:7 ⧉מֶ֣לֶךְmelekhking of 1 Samuel 21:11:8 ⧉הָאָ֔רֶץhaaretsthe land 1 Samuel 21:11:9 ⧉הֲלֹ֣אhalodid not 1 Samuel 21:11:10 ⧉לָזֶ֗הlazeto this one 1 Samuel 21:11:11 ⧉יַעֲנ֤וּyaanuthey answered 1 Samuel 21:11:12 ⧉בַּמְּחֹלוֹת֙bammekholotin the dances 1 Samuel 21:11:13 ⧉לֵאמֹ֔רlemorsaying 1 Samuel 21:11:14 ⧉הִכָּ֤הhikahas struck down 1 Samuel 21:11:15 ⧉שָׁאוּל֙shaulSaul 1 Samuel 21:11:16 ⧉בַּאֲלָפָ֔יוbaalafavin his thousands 1 Samuel 21:11:17 ⧉וְדָוִד֙vedavidand David 1 Samuel 21:11:18 ⧉בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃berivvetaivin his ten thousands |
| 11. Formal Translation And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this David, the king of the land? Is he not the one of whom they sing to one another in dances, saying, ‘Saul has struck his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?” |
| 11. Dynamic Translation Then Achish’s servants said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another about him in their dances, saying, ‘Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?” |