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1 Kings 18:25-29

25AndElijahאֵלִיָּ֜הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452saidH559totheprophetsלִנְבִיאֵ֣יlin.vi.'EiH5030ofBaalהַבַּ֗עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,Chooseבַּחֲר֨וּba.cha.RuH977oneהָֽאֶחָד֙ha.'e.ChadH259bullockforyourselves,andsacrificeitfirstרִאשֹׁנָ֔הri.sho.NahH7223;foryearethemanyהָרַבִּ֑יםha.ra.BimH7227;andcallוְקִרְאוּ֙ve.kir.'UH7121onthenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034ofyourgodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,butputH7760nofireוְאֵ֖שׁve.'EshH784.

26AndtheytookH3947thebullockwhichhadbeengivenH5414them,andsacrificedit,andcalledוַיִּקְרְא֣וּvai.yik.re.'UH7121onthenameבְשֵׁם־ve.shem-H8034ofBaalהַ֠בַּעַלHa.ba.'alH1168frommorningמֵהַבֹּ֨קֶרme.ha.Bo.kerH1242untilnoonH6672,sayingלֵאמֹר֙le.MorH559,OBaalהַבַּ֣עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,answerH6030us!ButtherewasnovoiceH6963,andnoneanswered.Andtheyleapedaboutthealtarהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַha.miz.Be.achH4196thathadbeenmadeH6213.

27AnditcametopassatnoonH6672thatElijahאֵלִיָּ֗הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452mockedthemandsaidH559,Cryaloud;forheisagodאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430;forheismeditating,orgoneaside,orheisonajourneyדֶ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870;perhapsאוּלַ֛י'u.LaiH194hesleeps,andwillawake.

28Andtheycriedaloud,andcutוַיִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙vai.yit.go.de.DuH1413themselvesaftertheirmannerwithswordsבַּחֲרָב֖וֹתba.cha.ra.VotH2719andspearsH7420,tillthebloodדָּ֖םdamH1818gushedoutuponthem.

29AnditcametopassH5674whenmiddaywaspast,thattheyprophesiedH5012untilthe[time]oftheofferingהַמִּנְחָ֑הha.min.ChahH4503upoftheoblation;buttherewasneithervoiceH6963,noranythatansweredעֹנֶ֖ה'o.NehH6030,noranyattentionקָֽשֶׁב׃Ka.shevH7182.

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