| 18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 16:18:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand he said 2 Samuel 16:18:2 ⧉חוּשַׁי֮khushaiHushai 2 Samuel 16:18:3 ⧉אֶל־אַבְשָׁלֹם֒elavshalomto Absalom 2 Samuel 16:18:4 ⧉לֹ֕אlono 2 Samuel 16:18:5 ⧉כִּי֩kifor 2 Samuel 16:18:6 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֨רasherwhom or that which 2 Samuel 16:18:7 ⧉בָּחַ֧רbakharhas chosen 2 Samuel 16:18:8 ⧉יְהוָ֛הyahwehthe LORD 2 Samuel 16:18:9 ⧉וְהָעָ֥םvehaamand the people 2 Samuel 16:18:10 ⧉הַזֶּ֖הhazethis 2 Samuel 16:18:11 ⧉וְכָל־אִ֣ישׁvekholishand all the man or every man 2 Samuel 16:18:12 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelof Israel 2 Samuel 16:18:13 ⧉לאloto him 2 Samuel 16:18:14 ⧉ל֥וֹloto him 2 Samuel 16:18:15 ⧉אֶהְיֶ֖הeheyeI will be 2 Samuel 16:18:16 ⧉וְאִתּ֥וֹveitoand with him 2 Samuel 16:18:17 ⧉אֵשֵֽׁב׃eshevI will sit or I will remain |
| 18. Formal Translation And Hushai said to Absalom, “Not so; but I will be for the one whom the LORD {Yahweh, Sovereign Chosen}, this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, and I will remain with him.” |
| 18. Dynamic Translation Hushai replied to Absalom, “No, I will stand with the one chosen by the LORD {Yahweh, Ultimate Selector} and by these people and all the men of Israel, and I will stay with him.” |