| 24. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 19:24:1 ⧉וּמְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙umefivoshetand Mephibosheth 2 Samuel 19:24:2 ⧉בֶּן־שָׁא֔וּלbenshaulson of Saul 2 Samuel 19:24:3 ⧉יָרַ֖דyaradcame down 2 Samuel 19:24:4 ⧉לִקְרַ֣אתlikraatto meet 2 Samuel 19:24:5 ⧉הַמֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekhthe king 2 Samuel 19:24:6 ⧉וְלֹא־עָשָׂ֨הveloasaand he had not done 2 Samuel 19:24:7 ⧉רַגְלָ֜יוraglavaivhis feet 2 Samuel 19:24:8 ⧉וְלֹא־עָשָׂ֣הveloasaand he had not done 2 Samuel 19:24:9 ⧉שְׂפָמ֗וֹsefamohis moustache or his beard 2 Samuel 19:24:10 ⧉וְאֶת־בְּגָדָיו֙veetbegadavand his garments 2 Samuel 19:24:11 ⧉לֹ֣אlonot 2 Samuel 19:24:12 ⧉כִבֵּ֔סkhibeshe washed 2 Samuel 19:24:13 ⧉לְמִן־הַיּ֖וֹםleminhayomfrom the day 2 Samuel 19:24:14 ⧉לֶ֣כֶתlekhetof going 2 Samuel 19:24:15 ⧉הַמֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekhof the king 2 Samuel 19:24:16 ⧉עַד־הַיּ֖וֹםadhayomuntil the day 2 Samuel 19:24:17 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אasherbawhen he came 2 Samuel 19:24:18 ⧉בְשָׁל֖וֹם׃beshalomin peace |
| 24. Formal Translation And Mephibosheth, son of Saul, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace. |
| 24. Dynamic Translation Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, came down to meet the king. From the day the king left until he returned in safety, he had neither tended his feet nor groomed his beard nor washed his clothes. |