| 17. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 19:17:1 ⧉וְאֶ֨לֶףveelefand a thousand 2 Samuel 19:17:2 ⧉אִ֣ישׁishmen or man 2 Samuel 19:17:3 ⧉עִמּ֔וֹimmowith him 2 Samuel 19:17:4 ⧉מִבְּנְיָמִ֖ןmibeneyaminfrom Benjamin 2 Samuel 19:17:5 ⧉וְצִיבָ֣אvetsivaand Ziba 2 Samuel 19:17:6 ⧉נַֽעַרnaarservant boy or attendant 2 Samuel 19:17:7 ⧉בֵּ֣יתbethouse of 2 Samuel 19:17:8 ⧉שָׁא֔וּלshaulSaul 2 Samuel 19:17:9 ⧉וַחֲמֵ֥שֶׁתvakhameshetand five {of} 2 Samuel 19:17:10 ⧉עָשָׂ֖רasarten 2 Samuel 19:17:11 ⧉בָּנָ֣יוbanavhis sons 2 Samuel 19:17:12 ⧉וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםveesrerimand twenty 2 Samuel 19:17:13 ⧉עֲבָדָ֖יוavadavhis servants 2 Samuel 19:17:14 ⧉אִתּ֑וֹittowith him 2 Samuel 19:17:15 ⧉וְצָלְח֥וּvetsalekhuand they rushed or pressed on 2 Samuel 19:17:16 ⧉הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןhayardenthe Jordan 2 Samuel 19:17:17 ⧉לִפְנֵ֥יlifnebefore 2 Samuel 19:17:18 ⧉הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃hamelekhthe king |
| 17. Formal Translation And a thousand men were with him from Benjamin, and Ziba, servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants were with him, and they crossed the Jordan before the king. |
| 17. Dynamic Translation A thousand Benjamite men accompanied him, along with Ziba, the servant of Saul’s household, his fifteen sons, and twenty servants, and they crossed the Jordan ahead of the king. |