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1 Kings 8:46-53

46IftheysinH2398againstthee (forthereisnomanH120thatsinnethnot),andthoubeangryוְאָנַפְתָּ֣ve.'a.naf.TaH599withthem,anddeliverthemtotheenemyאוֹיֵ֑ב'o.YevH341,sothattheycarrythemawaycaptiveH7617untothelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776oftheenemyהָאוֹיֵ֔בha.'o.YevH341,farH7350offornear;

47yetiftheyshallbethink themselvesinthelandבָּאָ֖רֶץba.'A.retzH776whithertheyarecarriedcaptiveH7617,andturnH7725again,andmakesupplication unto theeinthelandבְּאֶ֤רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofthemthatcarriedthemcaptiveH7617,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,WehavesinnedH2398,andhavedoneperversely,wehavedealtwickedlyרָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃ra.Sha.'e.nuH7561;

48iftheyreturnוְשָׁ֣בוּve.Sha.vuH7725unto theewithalltheirheartלְבָבָם֙le.va.VamH3824andwithalltheirsoulH5315inthelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776oftheirenemiesאֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341,whocarriedthemcaptiveשָׁב֣וּsha.VuH7617,andprayוְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֣וּve.hit.pa.LuH6419unto theetowardtheirlandאַרְצָם֙'ar.TzamH776,whichthou gavest untotheirfathersH1,thecityהָעִיר֙ha.'IrH5892whichthou hastchosenH977,andthehouseוְהַבַּ֖יִתve.ha.Ba.yitH1004whichIhavebuiltH1129forthynameלִשְׁמֶֽךָ׃lish.Me.khaH8034:

49thenhearוְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ve.sha.ma'.TaH8085thoutheirprayerתְּפִלָּתָ֖םte.fi.la.TamH8605andtheirsupplicationתְּחִנָּתָ֑םte.chi.na.TamH8467inheavenהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064thy dwelling-place,andmaintaintheircause;

50andforgiveוְסָלַחְתָּ֤ve.sa.lach.TaH5545thypeopleלְעַמְּךָ֙le.'a.me.KhaH5971whohavesinnedH2398againstthee,andalltheirtransgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֖םpish.'ei.HemH6588whereintheyhavetransgressedH6586againstthee;andgiveH5414themcompassionוְרִֽחֲמֽוּם׃ve.Ri.cha.MumH7355beforethosewhocarriedthemcaptiveH7617,thattheymayhavecompassionH7355onthem

51(fortheyarethypeopleעַמְּךָ֥'a.me.KhaH5971,andthineinheritanceוְנַחֲלָתְךָ֖ve.na.cha.la.te.KhaH5159,whichthou broughtestforthH3318outofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,fromthemidstמִתּ֖וֹךְmi.TokhH8432ofthefurnaceכּ֥וּרkurH3564ofironהַבַּרְזֶֽל׃ha.bar.ZelH1270);

52thatthineeyesעֵינֶ֤יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869maybeלִהְי֨וֹתlih.YotH1961openפְתֻחוֹת֙fe.tu.chOtH6605untothesupplicationתְּחִנַּ֣תte.chi.NatH8467ofthyservantעַבְדְּךָ֔'av.de.KhaH5650,anduntothesupplicationתְּחִנַּ֖תte.chi.NatH8467ofthypeopleעַמְּךָ֣'a.me.KhaH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,tohearken untothemwhensoevertheycryunto thee.

53Forthou didstseparateH914themfromamongallthepeoplesH5971oftheearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,tobethineinheritanceלְֽנַחֲלָ֔הle.na.cha.LahH5159,asthou spakestbyMosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872thyservantעַבְדֶּ֗ךָ'av.De.khaH5650,whenthou broughtestourfathersH1outofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֖יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,OLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah.

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