2 Samuel 1:7
2 Samuel · שמואל ב · Nevi'im · 24 chapters · 695 verses
Values above are for the complete verse (7 words), calculated on the consonantal written text.
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־הַנַּעַר הַמַּגִּיד לוֹ אֵיךְ יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־מֵת שָׁאוּל וִיהֽוֹנָתָן בְּנֽוֹ
And David said unto the young man that told him: ‘How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?’
וַיֹּאמֶר הַנַּעַר הַמַּגִּיד לוֹ נִקְרֹא נִקְרֵיתִי בְּהַר הַגִּלְבֹּעַ וְהִנֵּה שָׁאוּל נִשְׁעָן עַל־חֲנִיתוֹ וְהִנֵּה הָרֶכֶב וּבַעֲלֵי הַפָּרָשִׁים הִדְבִּקֻֽהוּ
And the young man that told him said: ‘As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen pressed hard upon him.
וַיִּפֶן אַחֲרָיו וַיִּרְאֵנִי וַיִּקְרָא אֵלָי וָאֹמַר הִנֵּֽנִי
And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered: Here am I.
וַיֹּאמֶר לִי מִי־אָתָּה ויאמר אֵלָיו עֲמָלֵקִי אָנֹֽכִי
And he said unto me: Who art thou? And I answered him: I am an Amalekite.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי עֲמָד־נָא עָלַי וּמֹתְתֵנִי כִּי אֲחָזַנִי הַשָּׁבָץ כִּֽי־כָל־עוֹד נַפְשִׁי בִּֽי
And he said unto me: Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me, for the agony hath taken hold of me; because my life is just yet in me.