| 16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 14:16:1 ⧉כִּ֚יkifor 2 Samuel 14:16:2 ⧉יִשְׁמַ֣עyishmahe will hear 2 Samuel 14:16:3 ⧉הַמֶּ֔לֶךְhammelekhthe king 2 Samuel 14:16:4 ⧉לְהַצִּ֥ילlehatsilto deliver 2 Samuel 14:16:5 ⧉אֶת־אֲמָת֖וֹetamato{the} direct object marker with his female servant 2 Samuel 14:16:6 ⧉מִכַּ֣ףmikkaffrom the hand of 2 Samuel 14:16:7 ⧉הָאִ֑ישׁhaishthe man 2 Samuel 14:16:8 ⧉לְהַשְׁמִ֨ידlehashmidto destroy 2 Samuel 14:16:9 ⧉אֹתִ֤יotime 2 Samuel 14:16:10 ⧉וְאֶת־בְּנִי֙veetbeniand {the} direct object marker my son 2 Samuel 14:16:11 ⧉יַ֔חַדyakhadtogether 2 Samuel 14:16:12 ⧉מִֽנַּחֲלַ֖תminnakhalatfrom {the} inheritance of 2 Samuel 14:16:13 ⧉אֱלֹהִֽים׃elohimGod |
| 16. Formal Translation For the king will hear to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy both me and my son together from the inheritance of God {Elohim, Divine Possessor}. |
| 16. Dynamic Translation Perhaps the king will listen and rescue his servant from the grip of the man intent on wiping out both me and my son from God’s {Elohim, Allotment Giver} inheritance. |