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2 Kings 8:4-6

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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