Revised Literal Translation

2 Kings 8:1-6

1Then spakeדִּבֶּ֣רdi.BerH1696Elishaוֶאֱלִישָׁ֡עve.'e.li.Sha'H477unto the womanהָאִשָּׁה֩ha.'i.ShahH802,whose sonבְּנָ֜הּbe.NahH1121he had restored to lifeהֶחֱיָ֨הhe.che.YahH2421,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Ariseק֤וּמִיKu.miH6965,and goH3212thou and thine householdוּבֵיתֵ֔ךְu.vei.TekhH1004,and sojournוְג֖וּרִיve.Gu.riH1481wheresoeverH834thou canst sojournתָּג֑וּרִיta.Gu.riH1481:for Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath calledקָרָ֤אka.Ra'H7121for a famineלָֽרָעָ֔בla.ra.'AvH7458;and it shall also comeבָּ֥אba'H935upon the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776sevenשֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141.

2And the womanהָֽאִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.ShahH802aroseוַתָּ֙קָם֙va.Ta.komH6965,and didוַתַּ֕עַשׂva.Ta.'asH6213after the sayingכִּדְבַ֖רkid.VarH1697of the manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376of Godהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430:and she wentH3212with her householdוּבֵיתָ֔הּu.vei.TahH1004,and sojournedוַתָּ֥גָרva.Ta.gorH1481in the landבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםpe.lish.TimH6430sevenשֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141.

3And it came to pass at the sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651years’שָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141endמִקְצֵה֙mik.TzehH7097,that the womanהָאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.ShahH802returnedוַתָּ֥שָׁבva.Ta.shovH7725out of the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpe.lish.TimH6430:and she went forthוַתֵּצֵא֙va.te.Tze'H3318to cryלִצְעֹ֣קlitz.'OkH6817unto the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428for her houseבֵּיתָ֖הּbei.TahH1004and for her landשָׂדָֽהּ׃sa.DahH7704.

4And the kingוְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428talkedמְדַבֵּר֙me.da.BerH1696with Gehaziגֵּ֣חֲזִ֔יge.cha.ZiH1522the servantנַ֥עַרNa.'arH5288of the manאִישׁ־'ish-H376of Godהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Tellסַפְּרָה־sa.pe.rah-H5608me, I pray thee, all the great thingsהַגְּדֹל֖וֹתha.ge.do.LotH1419that Elishaאֱלִישָֽׁע׃'e.li.Sha'H477hath doneעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213.

5And it came to pass, as he was tellingמְסַפֵּ֣רme.sa.PerH5608the kingלַמֶּלֶךְ֮la.me.leKhH4428how he had restoredH2421a dead bodyהַמֵּת֒ha.MetH4191to lifeH2421,that, behold, the womanהָאִשָּׁ֜הha.'i.ShahH802,whose sonבְּנָהּ֙be.NahH1121he had restored to lifeH2421,criedצֹעֶ֣קֶתtzo.'E.ketH6817to the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428for her houseבֵּיתָ֖הּbei.TahH1004and for her landשָׂדָ֑הּsa.DahH7704.And Gehaziגֵּֽחֲזִי֙ge.cha.ZiH1522saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,My lordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113,O kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, this isthe womanהָֽאִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.ShahH802, and this isher sonבְּנָ֖הּbe.NahH1121,whom Elishaאֱלִישָֽׁע׃'e.li.Sha'H477restored to lifeH2421.

6And when the kingהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428askedוַיִּשְׁאַ֥לvai.yish.'AlH7592the womanלָאִשָּׁ֖הla.'i.ShahH802,she toldוַתְּסַפֶּר־va.te.sa.per-H5608him. So the kingהַמֶּלֶךְ֩ha.me.leKhH4428appointedוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414unto her a certainאֶחָ֜ד'e.ChadH259officerסָרִ֨יסsa.RisH5631,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Restoreהָשֵׁ֤יבha.SheivH7725all that washers, and all the fruitsתְּבוּאֹ֣תte.vu.'OtH8393of the fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֔הha.sa.DehH7704since the dayמִיּ֛וֹםmi.YomH3117that she leftעָזְבָ֥ה'a.ze.VahH5800the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776, even until now.

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