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2 Kings 4:8-10

8And it fell on a dayהַיּ֜וֹםhai.YomH3117,that Elishaאֱלִישָׁ֣ע'e.li.Sha'H477passedוַיַּעֲבֹ֧רvai.ya.'a.VorH5674to Shunemשׁוּנֵ֗םshu.NemH7766, where wasa greatגְדוֹלָ֔הge.do.LahH1419womanאִשָּׁ֣ה'i.ShahH802;and she constrainedוַתַּחֲזֶק־va.ta.cha.zek-H2388him to eatלֶאֱכָל־le.'e.khol-H398breadלָ֑חֶםLa.chemH3899. And so it was, thatas oftמִדֵּ֣יmi.DeiH1767as he passed byעָבְר֔וֹa.ve.RoH5674,he turnedיָסֻ֥רya.SurH5493in thither to eatלֶאֱכָל־le.'e.khol-H398breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.

9And she saidוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merH559unto her husbandאִישָׁ֔הּ'i.ShahH376,Behold now, I perceiveיָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that this isan holyקָד֣וֹשׁka.Do.oshH6918manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376of Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430,which passethעֹבֵ֥ר'o.VerH5674by us continuallyתָּמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548.

10Let us makeנַֽעֲשֶׂה־na.'a.seh-H6213a littleקְטַנָּ֔הke.ta.NahH6996chamberעֲלִיַּת־'a.li.yat-H5944,I pray thee, on the wallקִיר֙kirH7023;and let us setוְנָשִׂ֨יםve.na.SimH7760for him there a bedמִטָּ֥הmi.TahH4296,and a tableוְשֻׁלְחָ֖ןve.shul.ChanH7979,and a stoolוְכִסֵּ֣אve.khi.Se'H3678,and a candlestickוּמְנוֹרָ֑הu.me.no.RahH4501:and it shall be, when he comethבְּבֹא֥וֹbe.vo.'OH935to us, that he shall turnיָס֥וּרya.SurH5493in thither.

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