| 21. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 24:21:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand he said 2 Samuel 24:21:2 ⧉אֲרַ֔וְנָהaravenaAraunah 2 Samuel 24:21:3 ⧉מַדּ֛וּעַmadduawhy 2 Samuel 24:21:4 ⧉בָּ֥אbahas come 2 Samuel 24:21:5 ⧉אֲדֹנִֽי־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְadonihamelekhmy lord the king 2 Samuel 24:21:6 ⧉אֶל־עַבְדּ֑וֹelavdoto his servant 2 Samuel 24:21:7 ⧉וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvayomerand he said 2 Samuel 24:21:8 ⧉דָּוִ֜דdavidDavid 2 Samuel 24:21:9 ⧉לִקְנ֧וֹתliknotto buy 2 Samuel 24:21:10 ⧉מֵעִמְּךָ֣meimmekhafrom with you 2 Samuel 24:21:11 ⧉אֶת־הַגֹּ֗רֶןethagorenthe threshing floor 2 Samuel 24:21:12 ⧉לִבְנ֤וֹתlivnotto build 2 Samuel 24:21:13 ⧉מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙mizbeakhan altar 2 Samuel 24:21:14 ⧉לַֽיהוָ֔הlayahwehto the LORD 2 Samuel 24:21:15 ⧉וְתֵעָצַ֥רveteatsarand it may be restrained 2 Samuel 24:21:16 ⧉הַמַּגֵּפָ֖הhamaggefathe plague 2 Samuel 24:21:17 ⧉מֵעַ֥לmealfrom upon 2 Samuel 24:21:18 ⧉הָעָֽם׃haamthe people |
| 21. Formal Translation And Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the LORD {Yahweh, Plague Remover} so that the plague may be stopped from upon the people.” |
| 21. Dynamic Translation Araunah asked, “Why has my lord the king come to see his servant?” David replied, “I have come to purchase your threshing floor, so I can build an altar to the LORD {Yahweh, Healer of Israel} so that the plague will be stopped among the people.” |