1 Kings 18
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1 Kings 18:27-29

27וַיְהִ֨יvay.HiH1961At noonבַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִםva.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672Elijahאֵלִיָּ֗הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452began to tauntוַיְהַתֵּ֧לvay.ha.TelH2048them,sayingוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, “Shoutקִרְא֤וּ בְקוֹל־kir.'U ve.kol-H7121H6963louderגָּדוֹל֙ga.dOlH1419,forכִּֽי־ki-H3588he isה֔וּא כִּ֣יHu' kiH1931H3588a godאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430!Perhaps he is deep in thoughtשִׂ֧יחַ וְכִֽי־Si.ach ve.khi-H7879H3588,or occupiedשִׂ֛יגsigH7873וְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588,or on a journeyדֶ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870.Perhapsאוּלַ֛י'u.LaiH194he isה֖וּאhu'H1931sleepingיָשֵׁ֥ןya.ShenH3463and must be awakenedוְיִקָֽץ׃ve.yi.KatzH3364!”
28So they shouted louderוַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙ בְּק֣וֹל גָּד֔וֹלvai.yik.re.'U be.Kol ga.DolH7121H6963H1419and cutוַיִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙vai.yit.go.de.DuH1413themselves with knivesבַּחֲרָב֖וֹתba.cha.ra.VotH2719and lancesוּבָֽרְמָחִ֑יםu.va.re.ma.ChimH7420,as was their customכְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔םke.mish.pa.TamH4941,untilעַד־'ad-H5704the bloodדָּ֖םdamH1818gushedשְׁפָךְ־she.fokh-H8210over themעֲלֵיהֶֽם׃'a.lei.HemH5921.
29וַֽיְהִי֙vay.HiH1961Midday passedכַּעֲבֹ֣ר הַֽצָּהֳרַ֔יִםka.'a.Vor ha.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH5674H6672,and they kept on ravingוַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֔וּvai.yit.na.be.'UH5012untilעַ֖ד'adH5704theלַעֲל֣וֹתla.'a.LotH5927timeof the evening sacrificeהַמִּנְחָ֑הha.min.ChahH4503.But there was noוְאֵֽין־ve.'ein-H369responseק֥וֹלKolH6963;noוְאֵין־ve.'ein-H369one answeredעֹנֶ֖ה'o.NehH6030,noוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369one paid attentionקָֽשֶׁב׃Ka.shevH7182.
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