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1 Kings 18:42-44

42So Ahabאַחְאָ֖ב'ach.'AvH256went upוַיַּעֲלֶ֥הvai.ya.'a.LehH5927to eatלֶאֱכֹ֣לle.'e.KholH398and drinkוְלִשְׁתּ֑וֹתve.lish.TotH8354.But Elijahוְאֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּve.'E.li.Ya.huH452climbedעָלָ֨ה'a.LahH5927toאֶל־'el-H413the summitרֹ֤אשׁroshH7218of Carmelהַכַּרְמֶל֙ha.kar.MelH3760,bent downוַיִּגְהַ֣רvai.yig.HarH1457on the groundאַ֔רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776,and putוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760his faceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440betweenבֵּ֥יןbeinH996his kneesבִּרְכָּֽיו׃be.ra.khovH1290.

43“Goעֲלֵֽה־ נָא֙'a.leh- na'H5927 H4994and lookהַבֵּ֣טha.BetH5027towardדֶּֽרֶךְ־de.rekh-H1870the seaיָ֔םYamH3220,”he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toאֶֽל־'el-H413his servantנַעֲר֗וֹna.'a.RoH5288.So the servant wentוַיַּ֙עַל֙vai.Ya.'alH5927and lookedוַיַּבֵּ֔טvai.ya.BetH5027,and he saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “There isnothing thereאֵ֣ין מְא֑וּמָה'ein me.'U.mahH369 H3972.”Sevenשֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'H7651timesפְּעָמִֽים׃pe.'a.MimH6471Elijah saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Go backשֻׁ֖בshuvH7725.”

44וַֽיְהִי֙vay.HiH1961On the seventh timeבַּשְּׁבִעִ֔יתba.she.vi.'ItH7637the servantreportedוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “There isהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009a cloudעָ֛ב'avH5645as smallקְטַנָּ֥הke.ta.NahH6996as a man’sאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376handכְּכַף־ke.khaf-H3709risingעֹלָ֣ה'o.LahH5927from the seaמִיָּ֑םmi.YamH3220.”And Elijah repliedוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Goעֲלֵ֨ה'a.LehH5927and tellאֱמֹ֤ר אֶל־'e.Mor 'el-H559 H413Ahabאַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvH256, ‘Prepareאֱסֹ֣ר'e.SorH631your chariotand go downוָרֵ֔דva.RedH3381before the rainוְלֹ֥א הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃ve.Lo' ha.Ga.shemH1653 H3808stops youיַעַצָרְכָ֖הya.'a.tza.re.KhahH6113.’”

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