Revised Literal Translation

2 Kings 25:1-4

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.

4And the cityהָעִ֗ירha.'IrH5892was broken upוַתִּבָּקַ֣עva.ti.ba.Ka'H1234,and all the menאַנְשֵׁ֨י'an.SheiH582of warהַמִּלְחָמָ֤ה׀ha.mil.cha.MahH4421fledby nightהַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ha.Lay.lahH3915by the wayדֶּ֜רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of the gateשַׁ֣עַר׀Sha.'arH8179between two wallsהַחֹמֹתַ֗יִםha.cho.mo.Ta.yimH2346, which isby the king’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gardenגַּ֣ןganH1588: (now the Chaldeesוְכַשְׂדִּ֥יםve.khas.DimH3778wereagainst the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892round aboutסָבִ֑יבsa.VivH5439:) and the kingwentH3212the wayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870toward the plainהָעֲרָבָֽה׃ha.'a.ra.VahH6160.

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