Talmud for II Samuel 15:21
וַיַּ֧עַן אִתַּ֛י אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר חַי־יְהוָ֗ה וְחֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּ֠י אִם־בִּמְק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִֽהְיֶה־שָּׁ֣ם ׀ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אִם־לְמָ֙וֶת֙ אִם־לְחַיִּ֔ים כִּי־שָׁ֖ם יִהְיֶ֥ה עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃
And Ittai answered the king, and said: ‘As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be.’
Tractate Soferim
[With the following] it is the reverse;62Of those mentioned in the preceding Rule. The former are to be read but are not written; the latter are written but are not to be read. they are written [in the text] but are not to be read: Amnon;63In 2 Sam. 13, 33 the word ’im is written but not to be read. as he shall say;64In Jer. 39, 12 where similarly, ’im is written but not read. V incorrectly indicates the verse with ba’asher for ka’asher. in (what) place;65In 2 Sam. 15, 21 the word אם is written but not read. kinsman;66In Ruth 3, 12, the word ’im is written but not read. let … bend;67In Jer. 51, 3 the verb is repeated in the text. five.68In Ezek. 48, 16 the south side … five hundred the number five is written twice but read only once. [H adds two further instances: נא in 2 Kings 5, 18 and ’eth in Jer. 38, 16.]
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