| 5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 21:5:1 ⧉וַיַּעַן֩vayaanand answered 1 Samuel 21:5:2 ⧉דָּוִ֨דdavidDavid 1 Samuel 21:5:3 ⧉אֶת־הַכֹּהֵ֜ןethakhohen{to} the priest 1 Samuel 21:5:4 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand said 1 Samuel 21:5:5 ⧉ל֗וֹloto him 1 Samuel 21:5:6 ⧉כִּ֣יkithat 1 Samuel 21:5:7 ⧉אִם־אִשָּׁ֔הimishaa woman 1 Samuel 21:5:8 ⧉עֲצֻרָ֖ה־לָ֣נוּatsuralanuhas been kept from us 1 Samuel 21:5:9 ⧉כִּתְמ֣וֹלkitmolas yesterday 1 Samuel 21:5:10 ⧉שִׁלְשֹׁ֑םshilshomand the day before 1 Samuel 21:5:11 ⧉בְּצֵאתִ֣יbetsetiwhen I went out 1 Samuel 21:5:12 ⧉וַיִּֽהְי֣וּvayihyuand they were 1 Samuel 21:5:13 ⧉כְלֵֽי־הַנְּעָרִ֗יםkheleihanearimthe vessels of the young men 1 Samuel 21:5:14 ⧉קֹ֛דֶשׁkodeshholy 1 Samuel 21:5:15 ⧉וְה֥וּאvehuand it 1 Samuel 21:5:16 ⧉דֶּֽרֶךְ־חֹ֖לderekhkholan ordinary way 1 Samuel 21:5:17 ⧉וְאַ֣ףveafand even 1 Samuel 21:5:18 ⧉כִּֽי־הַיּ֔וֹםkihayomthat today 1 Samuel 21:5:19 ⧉יִקְדַּ֥שׁyikdashit will be holy 1 Samuel 21:5:20 ⧉בַּכֶּֽלִי׃bakheliin the vessel |
| 5. Formal Translation And David said to Achiel the priest, “Truly the women have been withheld from us just as when I went out, for the bodies of the young men are consecrated in this matter.” |
| 5. Dynamic Translation David told Achiel the priest, “Actually women have been kept from us as usual when I go out, because the young men’s bodies are regarded as sacred in this matter.” |