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2 Kings 2:9-12

9AnditcametopassH5674,whentheywereH1961goneover,thatElijahוְאֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּve.'E.li.Ya.huH452saidH559untoElishaאֱלִישָׁע֙'e.li.Sha'H477,Askשְׁאַל֙she.'AlH7592whatIshalldoforthee,beforeIamH1961takenH3947fromthee.AndElishaאֱלִישָׁ֔ע'e.li.Sha'H477saidH559,Ipraythee,letadoubleportionofthyspiritבְּרוּחֲךָ֖be.ru.cha.KhaH7307beH1961uponme.

10AndhesaidH559, Thou hastaskedלִשְׁא֑וֹלlish.'olH7592ahardH7185thing:nevertheless,ifthouseeתִּרְאֶ֨הtir.'EhH7200mewhenIamיְהִֽי־ye.hi-H1961takenH3947fromthee,itshallbeיִהְיֶֽה׃yih.YehH1961soH3651unto thee;butifnot,itshallnotbeH1961soH3651.

11Anditcametopass,astheystillwentH1980on,andtalked,that,behold,thereappearedachariotרֶֽכֶב־re.khev-H7393offireאֵשׁ֙'eshH784,andhorsesH5483offireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784,whichpartedthembothasunder;andElijahאֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452wentH1980upbyawhirlwindintoheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

12AndElishaוֶאֱלִישָׁ֣עve.'e.li.Sha'H477sawH7200it,andhecriedמְצַעֵק֙me.tza.'EkH6817,Myfatherאָבִ֣י׀'a.ViH1,myfatherאָבִ֗י'a.ViH1,thechariotsH7393ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478andthehorsemenוּפָ֣רָשָׁ֔יוu.Fa.ra.ShavH6571thereof!AndhesawH7200himnomore:andhetookH2388holdוַֽיַּחֲזֵק֙vai.ya.cha.ZekH2388ofhisownclothesבִּבְגָדָ֔יוbiv.ga.DavH899,andrentthemintwoלִשְׁנַ֥יִםlish.Na.yimH8147pieces.

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