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2 Kings 3:16-20

16And he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,Makeעָשֹׂ֛ה'a.SohH6213this valleyהַנַּ֥חַלha.Na.chalH5158full of ditchesH1356.

17For thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,Ye shall not seeתִרְא֥וּtir.'UH7200windר֙וּחַ֙Ru.achH7307,neither shall ye seeתִרְא֣וּtir.'UH7200rainגֶ֔שֶׁםGe.shemH1653;yet that valleyוְהַנַּ֥חַלve.ha.Na.chalH5158shall be filledיִמָּ֣לֵאyi.Ma.le'H4390with waterמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325,that ye may drinkוּשְׁתִיתֶ֛םu.she.ti.TemH8354,both ye, and your cattleוּמִקְנֵיכֶ֖םu.mik.nei.KhemH4735,and your beastsוּֽבְהֶמְתְּכֶֽם׃U.ve.hem.te.KhemH929.

18And this is buta light thingוְנָקַ֥לve.na.KalH7043in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068:he will deliverוְנָתַ֥ןve.na.TanH5414the Moabitesמוֹאָ֖בmo.'AvH4124also into your handבְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃be.yed.KhemH3027.

19And ye shall smiteוְהִכִּיתֶ֞םve.hi.ki.TemH5221every fencedמִבְצָר֙miv.TzarH4013cityעִ֤יר'irH5892,and every choiceמִבְח֔וֹרmiv.ChorH4004cityעִ֣יר'irH5892,and shall fellתַּפִּ֔ילוּta.Pi.luH5307every goodטוֹב֙tOvH2896treeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086,and stopתִּסְתֹּ֑מוּtis.To.muH5640all wellsמַעְיְנֵי־ma'.ye.nei-H4599of waterמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325,and marתַּכְאִ֖בוּtakh.'I.vuH3510every goodהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896pieceהַחֶלְקָ֣הha.chel.KahH2513of land with stonesבָּאֲבָנִֽים׃ba.'a.va.NimH68.

20And it came to pass in the morningבַבֹּ֙קֶר֙va.Bo.kerH1242,when the grain offeringהַמִּנְחָ֔הha.min.ChahH4503was offeredכַּעֲל֣וֹתka.'a.LotH5927,that, behold, there cameבָּאִ֖יםba.'ImH935waterמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325by the wayמִדֶּ֣רֶךְmi.De.rekhH1870of Edomאֱד֑וֹם'e.DomH123,and the countryהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776was filledוַתִּמָּלֵ֥אva.ti.ma.Le'H4390with waterהַמָּֽיִם׃ha.Ma.yimH4325.

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