| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 24:2:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvayomerand said 2 Samuel 24:2:2 ⧉הַמֶּ֜לֶךְhamelekhthe king 2 Samuel 24:2:3 ⧉אֶל־יוֹאָ֣בelyoavto Joab 2 Samuel 24:2:4 ⧉שַׂר־הַחַ֣יִלsarhakhayilcommander of the army 2 Samuel 24:2:5 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֗וֹasheritowho was with him 2 Samuel 24:2:6 ⧉שֽׁוּט־נָ֞אshutnago about, please 2 Samuel 24:2:7 ⧉בְּכָל־שִׁבְטֵ֤יbekholshivtein all the tribes of 2 Samuel 24:2:8 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yisraelIsrael 2 Samuel 24:2:9 ⧉מִדָּן֙midanfrom Dan 2 Samuel 24:2:10 ⧉וְעַד־בְּאֵ֣רveadbeerand as far as Beer 2 Samuel 24:2:11 ⧉שֶׁ֔בַעshevaSheba 2 Samuel 24:2:12 ⧉וּפִקְד֖וּufikduand muster 2 Samuel 24:2:13 ⧉אֶת־הָעָ֑םethaamthe people 2 Samuel 24:2:14 ⧉וְיָ֣דַעְתִּ֔יveyadattiso that I may know 2 Samuel 24:2:15 ⧉אֵ֖תet 2 Samuel 24:2:16 ⧉מִסְפַּ֥רmisparnumber of 2 Samuel 24:2:17 ⧉הָעָֽם׃סhaamthe people |
| 2. Formal Translation And the king said to Joab, the commander of the army who was with him, “Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and enroll the people so that I may know the number of the people.” |
| 2. Dynamic Translation The king told Joab, his top army commander, “Go through every tribe of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people so that I may know their total.” |