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1 Kings 18:4-11

4anditwasH1961so,whenJezebelאִיזֶ֔בֶל'i.Ze.velH348cutבְּהַכְרִ֣יתbe.hakh.RitH3772offtheprophetsנְבִיאֵ֣יne.vi.'EiH5030ofJehovah,thatObadiahעֹבַדְיָ֜הוּ'oad.Ya.huH5662tookH3947ahundredמֵאָ֣הme.'AhH3967prophetsנְבִאִ֗יםne.vi.'ImH5030,andhidוַֽיַּחְבִּיאֵ֞םvai.yach.bi.'EmH2244thembyfiftyחֲמִשִּׁ֥יםcha.mi.ShimH2572inacaveבַּמְּעָרָ֔הba.me.'a.RahH4631,andmaintainedthemwithbreadH3899andwaterוָמָֽיִם׃va.Ma.yimH4325);

5andAhabאַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvH256saidH559toObadiahעֹ֣בַדְיָ֔הוּ'oad.Ya.huH5662, Gothroughthelandבָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ba.'A.retzH776,toallthefountainsofwaterהַמַּ֔יִםha.Ma.yimH4325andtoallthetorrents,perhapsאוּלַ֣י׀'u.LaiH194wemayfindנִמְצָ֣אnim.Tza'H4672grassחָצִ֗ירcha.TzirH2682tosavethehorsesס֣וּסsusH5483andthemulesוָפֶ֔רֶדva.Fe.redH6505aliveוּנְחַיֶּה֙u.ne.chai.YehH2421,sothatwemaynothavetodestroysomeof[our]beasts.

6AndtheydividedH2505thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776betweenthemtopassלַֽעֲבָר־la.'a.vor-H5674throughit:Ahabאַחְאָ֞ב'ach.'AvH256wentH1980oneH259wayH1870byhimself,andObadiahוְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּve.'oad.Ya.huH5662wentH1980anotherwayH1870byhimself.

7AndasObadiahעֹבַדְיָ֙הוּ֙'oad.Ya.huH5662wasH1961onthewayבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870,behold,Elijahאֵלִיָּ֖הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452methim;andheknewhim,andfellH5307onhisfaceפָּנָ֔יוpa.NavH6440,andsaidH559,Isitindeedthou,mylordאֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.NiH113Elijahאֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃'e.li.Ya.huH452?

8AndhesaidH559tohim,I[amhe]:go,sayH559tothylordH113,BeholdElijahאֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃'e.li.Ya.huH452!

9AndhesaidH559,WhathaveIsinnedH2398,thatthou givest thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֛'av.de.KhaH5650intothehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofAhabאַחְאָ֖ב'ach.'AvH256,toputH5414metodeathלַהֲמִיתֵֽנִי׃la.ha.mi.Te.niH4191?

10AsJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430liveth,thereisnonationגּ֤וֹיGoyH1471orkingdomוּמַמְלָכָה֙u.mam.la.KhahH4467whithermylordhasnotsentH7971toseekלְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔le.va.kesh.ChaH1245thee;andwhentheysaidH559,Heisnot[here],hetookanoathH7650ofthekingdomהַמַּמְלָכָה֙ha.mam.la.KhahH4467ornationהַגּ֔וֹיha.GoyH1471thattheyfoundH4672theenot.

11Andnowוְעַתָּ֖הve.'a.TahH6258thou sayest,Go,sayH559tothylordH113,BeholdElijahאֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃'e.li.Ya.huH452!

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