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1 Kings 18:19-24

19Nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258thereforeH6258sendשְׁלַ֨חshe.LachH7971,andgatherקְבֹ֥ץke.VotzH6908tomeallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478untomountCarmelהַכַּרְמֶ֑לha.kar.MelH3760,andtheprophetsנְבִיאֵ֨יne.vi.'EiH5030ofBaalהַבַּ֜עַלha.Ba.'alH1168fourאַרְבַּ֧ע'ar.Ba'H702hundredH3967andfiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֗יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572,andtheprophetsוּנְבִיאֵ֤יu.ne.vi.'EiH5030oftheAsherahהָֽאֲשֵׁרָה֙ha.'a.she.RahH842fourאַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'H702hundredH3967,thateatאֹכְלֵ֖י'o.khe.LeiH398atJezebel’stableשֻׁלְחַ֥ןshul.ChanH7979.

20SoAhabאַחְאָ֖ב'ach.'AvH256sentH7971untoallthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andgatheredוַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץvai.yik.BotzH6908theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030togetherH6908untomountCarmelהַכַּרְמֶֽל׃ha.kar.MelH3760.

21AndElijahאֵלִיָּ֜הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452camenearuntoallthepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971,andsaidH559,Howlonggoye limpingbetweenthetwoשְׁתֵּ֣יshe.TeiH8147sides?ifJehovahbeGodהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430,followhim;butifBaalהַבַּ֖עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,thenfollowhim.Andthepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971answeredhimnotawordדָּבָֽר׃da.VarH1697.

22ThensaidH559Elijahאֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙'e.li.Ya.huH452untothepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,I, evenIonlyH905,amleftH3498aprophetנָבִ֛יאna.Vi'H5030ofJehovah;butBaal’sprophetsוּנְבִיאֵ֣יu.ne.vi.'EiH5030arefourאַרְבַּע־'ar.ba'-H702hundredH3967andfiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

23Letthemthereforegiveוְיִתְּנוּ־ve.yi.te.nu-H5414ustwoשְׁנַ֣יִםshe.Na.yimH8147bullocks;andletthemchooseוְיִבְחֲר֣וּve.yiv.cha.RuH977oneH259bullockforthemselves,andcutוִֽינַתְּחֻ֗הוּvi.na.te.Chu.huH5408itinpieces,andlayitonthewoodהָ֣עֵצִ֔יםha.'e.TzimH6086,andputוְנָֽתַתִּי֙ve.na.ta.TiH5414nofireוְאֵ֖שׁve.'EshH784under;andIwilldresstheotherbullock,andlayitonthewoodהָ֣עֵצִ֔יםha.'e.TzimH6086,andputH5414nofireוְאֵ֖שׁve.'EshH784under.

24Andcallוּקְרָאתֶ֞םu.ke.ra.TemH7121yeonthenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034ofyourgodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,andIwillcallאֶקְרָ֣א'ek.Ra'H7121onthenameבְשֵׁם־ve.shem-H8034ofJehovah;andtheGodהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430thatanswerethbyfireבָאֵ֖שׁva.'EshH784,lethimbeוְהָיָ֧הve.ha.YahH1961Godהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430.Andallthepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971answeredandsaidH559,Itiswellspoken.

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