| 18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 17:18:1 ⧉וַיַּ֤רְאvayareand he saw 2 Samuel 17:18:2 ⧉אֹתָם֙otamthem 2 Samuel 17:18:3 ⧉נַ֔עַרnaara young man 2 Samuel 17:18:4 ⧉וַיַּגֵּ֖דvayaggedand he told 2 Samuel 17:18:5 ⧉לְאַבְשָׁלֹ֑םleavshalomto Absalom 2 Samuel 17:18:6 ⧉וַיֵּלְכוּ֩vayelkhuand they went 2 Samuel 17:18:7 ⧉שְׁנֵיהֶ֨םshenehemboth of them 2 Samuel 17:18:8 ⧉מְהֵרָ֜הmeheraquickly 2 Samuel 17:18:9 ⧉וַיָּבֹ֣אוּvayavouand they came 2 Samuel 17:18:10 ⧉אֶל־בֵּֽית־אִ֣ישׁelbetishto the house of a man 2 Samuel 17:18:11 ⧉בְּבַחוּרִ֗יםbevakhurimin Bahurim 2 Samuel 17:18:12 ⧉וְל֥וֹveloand he had 2 Samuel 17:18:13 ⧉בְאֵ֛רbeera well 2 Samuel 17:18:14 ⧉בַּחֲצֵר֖וֹbakhatseroin his courtyard 2 Samuel 17:18:15 ⧉וַיֵּ֥רְדוּvayerduand they went down 2 Samuel 17:18:16 ⧉שָֽׁם׃shamthere |
| 18. Formal Translation A young man saw them and told Absalom. Then the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim; he had a well in his courtyard, and they went down there. |
| 18. Dynamic Translation But a young man spotted them and reported it to Absalom, so the two men left at once and arrived at a man’s house in Bahurim. There was a well in the yard, and they climbed down into it. |