Revised Literal Translation

2 Kings 25:1-3

1And it came to pass in the ninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֜יתha.te.shi.'ItH8671yearבִשְׁנַ֨תvish.NatH8141of his reignלְמָלְכ֗וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427,in the tenthהָעֲשִׂירִי֮ha.'a.si.RiH6224monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,in the tenthבֶּעָשׂ֣וֹרbe.'a.SorH6218dayof the monthלַחֹדֶשׁ֒la.cho.DeshH2320, thatNebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֨רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֜לba.VelH894cameבָּ֠אba'H935,he, and all his armyחֵיל֛וֹchei.LoH2428,against Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,and pitchedוַיִּ֣חַןvai.Yi.chanH2583against it; and they builtוַיִּבְנ֥וּvai.yiv.NuH1129fortsדָּיֵ֥קda.YekH1785against it round aboutסָבִֽיב׃sa.VivH5439.

2And the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892was besiegedוַתָּבֹ֥א בַּמָּצ֑וֹרva.ta.Vo' ba.ma.TzorH4692 H935unto the eleventhעַשְׁתֵּ֣י עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'ash.Tei 'es.RehH6240 H6249yearשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141of kingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667.

3And on the ninthבְּתִשְׁעָ֣הbe.tish.'AhH8672day of the fourthmonthH2320the famineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458prevailedוַיֶּחֱזַ֥קvai.ye.che.ZakH2388in the cityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892,and there was no breadלֶ֖חֶםLe.chemH3899for the peopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971of the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

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