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2 Kings 2:9-12

9Afterוַיְהִ֣יvay.HiH1961they had crossed overכְעָבְרָ֗םkhe.'a.ve.RamH5674,Elijahוְאֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּve.'E.li.Ya.huH452saidאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559toאֶל־'el-H413Elishaאֱלִישָׁע֙'e.li.Sha'H477, “Tell meשְׁאַל֙she.'AlH7592,whatמָ֣הmahH4100can I doאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213for youbeforeבְּטֶ֖רֶםbe.Te.remH2962I am taken awayאֶלָּקַ֣ח'e.la.KachH3947from youמֵעִמָּ֑ךְme.'i.MakhH5973?” “Pleaseנָ֛אna'H4994,let meוִֽיהִי־vi.hi-H1961inheritאֵלָֽי׃'e.LaiH413a doubleשְׁנַ֥יִםshe.Na.yimH8147portionפִּֽי־pi-H6310of your spiritבְּרוּחֲךָ֖be.ru.cha.KhaH7307,”Elishaאֱלִישָׁ֔ע'e.li.Sha'H477repliedוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559.

10“You have requestedלִשְׁא֑וֹלlish.'olH7592a difficult thingהִקְשִׁ֣יתָhik.Shi.taH7185,”said Elijahוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559. “Nevertheless,ifאִם־'im-H518you seeתִּרְאֶ֨הtir.'EhH7200meאֹתִ֜י'o.TiH853as I am takenלֻקָּ֤חlu.KachH3947from youמֵֽאִתָּךְ֙me.'i.toKhH854,it will beיְהִֽי־ye.hi-H1961yoursכֵ֔ןKhenH3651.But ifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518notאַ֖יִן'A.yinH369,then it will notלֹ֥אlo'H3808beיִהְיֶֽה׃yih.YehH1961so.”

11וַיְהִ֗יvay.HiH1961As theyהֵ֣מָּהHe.mahH1992were walking alongH1980and talking togetherוְדַבֵּ֔רve.da.BerH1696,suddenlyוְהִנֵּ֤הve.hi.NehH2009a chariotרֶֽכֶב־re.khev-H7393of fireאֵשׁ֙'eshH784with horsesוְס֣וּסֵיve.Su.seiH5483of fireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784appeared and separatedוַיַּפְרִ֖דוּ בֵּ֣יןvai.yaf.Ri.du beinH6504 H996the two of themשְׁנֵיהֶ֑םshe.nei.HemH8147,and Elijahאֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452went upוַיַּ֙עַל֙vai.Ya.'alH5927into heavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064in a whirlwindבַּֽסְעָרָ֖הba.se.'a.RahH5591.

12As Elishaוֶאֱלִישָׁ֣עve.'e.li.Sha'H477watchedרֹאֶ֗הro.'EhH7200,heוְה֤וּאve.Hu'H1931cried outמְצַעֵק֙me.tza.'EkH6817, “My fatherאָבִ֣י׀'a.ViH1,my fatherאָבִ֗י'a.ViH1,the chariotsרֶ֤כֶבRe.khevH7393and horsemenוּפָ֣רָשָׁ֔יוu.Fa.ra.ShavH6571of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478!”And he sawרָאָ֖הוּra.'A.huH7200Elijahnoוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808moreע֑וֹדodH5750.So taking holdוַֽיַּחֲזֵק֙vai.ya.cha.ZekH2388of his own clothesבִּבְגָדָ֔יוbiv.ga.DavH899,he tore themוַיִּקְרָעֵ֖םvai.yik.ra.'EmH7167in twoלִשְׁנַ֥יִם קְרָעִֽים׃lish.Na.yim ke.ra.'ImH8147 H7168.

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