| 1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 16:1:1 ⧉וְדָוִ֗דvedavidand David 2 Samuel 16:1:2 ⧉עָבַ֤רavarpassed over 2 Samuel 16:1:3 ⧉מְעַט֙meata little 2 Samuel 16:1:4 ⧉מֵֽהָרֹ֔אשׁmeharoshfrom the top 2 Samuel 16:1:5 ⧉וְהִנֵּ֥הvehinneand behold 2 Samuel 16:1:6 ⧉צִיבָ֛אtsivaZiba 2 Samuel 16:1:7 ⧉נַ֥עַרnaarservant 2 Samuel 16:1:8 ⧉מְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁתmefivoshetof Mephibosheth 2 Samuel 16:1:9 ⧉לִקְרָאת֑וֹlikratoto meet him 2 Samuel 16:1:10 ⧉וְצֶ֨מֶדvetsemedand a pair 2 Samuel 16:1:11 ⧉חֲמֹרִ֜יםkhamorimof donkeys 2 Samuel 16:1:12 ⧉חֲבֻשִׁ֗יםkhavushimsaddled 2 Samuel 16:1:13 ⧉וַעֲלֵיהֶם֩vaalehemand on them 2 Samuel 16:1:14 ⧉מָאתַ֨יִםmaatayimtwo hundred 2 Samuel 16:1:15 ⧉לֶ֜חֶםlekhembread 2 Samuel 16:1:16 ⧉וּמֵאָ֧הumeaand one hundred 2 Samuel 16:1:17 ⧉צִמּוּקִ֛יםtsimukimraisins 2 Samuel 16:1:18 ⧉וּמֵ֥אָהumeaand one hundred 2 Samuel 16:1:19 ⧉קַ֖יִץkayitssummer fruit 2 Samuel 16:1:20 ⧉וְנֵ֥בֶלveneveland a skin or jar 2 Samuel 16:1:21 ⧉יָֽיִן׃yayinwine |
| 1. Formal Translation And David passed a little beyond the summit, and behold Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, carrying a pair of saddled donkeys and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred portions of summer fruit, and a skin of wine. |
| 1. Dynamic Translation David had gone a short distance beyond the hilltop when Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth arrived to greet him with a pair of saddled donkeys bearing two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred portions of summer fruit, and a wine skin. |