| 7. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 15:7:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֕יvayehiand it came to pass 2 Samuel 15:7:2 ⧉מִקֵּ֖ץmikketsfrom the end of 2 Samuel 15:7:3 ⧉אַרְבָּעִ֣יםarbaimforty 2 Samuel 15:7:4 ⧉שָׁנָ֑הshanayear 2 Samuel 15:7:5 ⧉וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvayomerand said 2 Samuel 15:7:6 ⧉אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙avshalomAbsalom 2 Samuel 15:7:7 ⧉אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְelhamelekhto the king 2 Samuel 15:7:8 ⧉אֵ֣לֲכָהelekhalet me go 2 Samuel 15:7:9 ⧉נָּ֗אnaplease 2 Samuel 15:7:10 ⧉וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֛םvaashalemand let me pay 2 Samuel 15:7:11 ⧉אֶת־נִדְרִ֛יetnidrithe vow of me, my vow 2 Samuel 15:7:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־נָדַ֥רְתִּיashernadartiwhich I vowed 2 Samuel 15:7:13 ⧉לַֽיהוָ֖הlayahwehto the LORD 2 Samuel 15:7:14 ⧉בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃bekhevronin Hebron |
| 7. Formal Translation And it was at the end of four years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow which I vowed to the LORD {Yahweh, Recipient of Vows} in Hebron.” |
| 7. Dynamic Translation After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go and fulfill my vow to the LORD {Yahweh, One Who Hears Prayers} in Hebron.” |