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1 Kings 19:2-4

2Then Jezebelאִיזֶ֙בֶל֙'i.Ze.velH348sentוַתִּשְׁלַ֤חva.tish.LachH7971a messengerמַלְאָ֔ךְmal.'AkhH4397unto Elijahאֵלִיָּ֖הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,So let the godsאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430doיַעֲשׂ֤וּןya.'a.SunH6213to me,and moreיוֹסִפ֔וּןyo.si.FunH3254also, if I makeאָשִׂ֣ים'a.SimH7760not thy lifeנַפְשְׁךָ֔naf.she.KhaH5315as the lifeכְּנֶ֖פֶשׁke.Ne.feshH5315of oneאַחַ֥ד'a.ChadH259of them by to morrowמָחָר֙ma.CharH4279about this timeכָעֵ֤תkha.'EtH6256.

3And when he sawוַיַּ֗רְאvai.Yar'H7200that,he aroseוַיָּ֙קָם֙vai.Ya.komH6965,and wentH3212for his lifeנַפְשׁ֔וֹnaf.ShoH5315,and cameוַיָּבֹ֕אvai.ya.Vo'H935to Beer–shebaH884, which belongethto Judahלִֽיהוּדָ֑הli.hu.DahH3063,and leftH3240his servantנַעֲר֖וֹna.'a.RoH5288there.

4But he himself wentהָלַ֤ךְha.LakhH1980a day’sי֔וֹםYomH3117journeyדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870into the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּר֙ba.mid.BarH4057,and cameוַיָּבֹ֕אvai.ya.Vo'H935and sat downוַיֵּ֕שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427under aאֶחָ֑ד'e.chatH259juniper treeרֹ֣תֶםRo.temH7574:and he requestedוַיִּשְׁאַ֤לvai.yish.'AlH7592for himselfנַפְשׁוֹ֙naf.ShoH5315that he might dieלָמ֔וּתla.MutH4191;and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀vai.Yo.merH559,It is enoughרַ֗בRavH7227;now, O Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,take awayקַ֣חkachH3947my lifeנַפְשִׁ֔יnaf.ShiH5315; for I amnot betterט֥וֹבTovH2896than my fathersמֵאֲבֹתָֽי׃me.'a.vo.TaiH1.

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