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2 Kings 6:18-22

18AndtheycameH3381downוַיֵּרְדוּ֮vai.ye.re.DuH3381tohim;andElishaאֱלִישָׁ֤ע'e.li.Sha'H477prayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419toJehovahandsaidH559,Smitethisnationהַגּוֹי־ha.goy-H1471,IprayH6419thee,withblindnessבַּסַּנְוֵרִ֑יםba.san.ve.RimH5575.Andhesmotethemwithblindnessבַּסַּנְוֵרִ֖יםba.san.ve.RimH5575accordingtothewordכִּדְבַ֥רkid.VarH1697ofElishaאֱלִישָֽׁע׃'e.li.Sha'H477.

19AndElishaאֱלִישָׁ֗ע'e.li.Sha'H477saidH559tothem,Thisisnotthewayהַדֶּרֶךְ֮ha.de.reKhH1870,neitheristhisthecityהָעִיר֒ha.'IrH5892:followme,andIwillbringyoutothemanהָאִ֖ישׁha.'IshH376whomyeseekתְּבַקֵּשׁ֑וּןte.va.ke.ShunH1245.AndheledthemtoSamariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹנָה׃sho.me.Ro.nahH8111.

20AnditcameH935topasswhentheyenteredintoSamariaשֹׁמְרוֹן֒sho.me.rOnH8111,thatElishaאֱלִישָׁ֔ע'e.li.Sha'H477saidH559,Jehovah,openפְּקַ֥חpe.KachH6491theeyesעֵינֵֽי־'ei.nei-H5869ofthese[men]thattheymayseeH7200.AndJehovahopenedוַיִּפְקַ֤חvai.yif.KachH6491theireyesעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם'ei.nei.HemH5869,andtheysawH7200,andbehold,theywereH1961inthemidstבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofSamariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111.

21Andthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478saidH559toElishaאֱלִישָׁ֔ע'e.li.Sha'H477,whenhesawH7200them,Myfatherאָבִֽי׃'a.ViH1,shallIsmite?shallIsmite[them]?

22AndhesaidH559, Thou shaltnotsmite[them]: wouldest thousmitethosewhomthou hasttakenH7617captiveשָׁבִ֛יתָsha.Vi.taH7617withthyswordבְּחַרְבְּךָ֥be.char.be.KhaH2719andwiththybowוּֽבְקַשְׁתְּךָ֖u.ve.kash.te.ChaH7198?SetH7760breadH3899andwaterוָמַ֜יִםva.Ma.yimH4325beforethem,thattheymayeatוְיֹֽאכְלוּ֙ve.yo.khe.LuH398anddrinkוְיִשְׁתּ֔וּve.yish.TuH8354,andgototheirmasterאֲדֹנֵיהֶֽם׃'a.do.nei.HemH113.

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