Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 36:1-3

1Now it came to pass in the fourteenthבְּאַרְבַּע֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨הbe.'ar.Ba' 'es.RehH6240 H702yearשָׁנָ֜הsha.NahH8141of kingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396, thatSennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֤יבsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurH804came upעָלָ֞ה'a.LahH5927against all the defencedהַבְּצֻר֖וֹתha.be.tzu.RotH1219citiesעָרֵ֧י'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063,and tookוַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃Vai.yit.pe.SemH8610them.

2And the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֣וּר׀'a.ShurH804sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971RabshakehH7262from Lachishמִלָּכִ֧ישׁmi.la.KhishH3923to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלְַ֛מָהye.ru.sha.Le.mahH3389unto kingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396with a greatכָּבֵ֑דka.VedH3515armyH2426.And he stoodוַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975by the conduitבִּתְעָלַת֙bit.'a.LatH8585of the upperהָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔הha.'el.yo.NahH5945poolהַבְּרֵכָ֣הha.be.re.KhahH1295in the highwayבִּמְסִלַּ֖תbim.si.LatH4546of the fuller’sכוֹבֵֽס׃kho.VesH3526fieldשְׂדֵ֥הse.DehH7704.

3Then came forthוַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'H3318unto him Eliakimאֶלְיָקִ֥ים'el.ya.KimH471,Hilkiah’sחִלְקִיָּ֖הוּchil.ki.Ya.huH2518sonבֶּן־ben-H1121,which was over the houseהַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitH1004,and Shebnaוְשֶׁבְנָא֙ve.shev.Na'H7644the scribeהַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.FerH5608,and Joahוְיוֹאָ֥חve.yo.'AchH3098,Asaph’sאָסָ֖ף'a.SafH623sonבֶּן־ben-H1121,the recorderהַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃ha.maz.KirH2142.

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