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1 Kings 18:25-29

25AndElijahאֵלִיָּ֜הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto theprophetsלִנְבִיאֵ֣יlin.vi.'EiH5030ofBaalהַבַּ֗עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,Chooseבַּחֲר֨וּba.cha.RuH977youאַתֶּ֖ם'a.TemH859one bullock for yourselves, and dress itfirstרִאשֹׁנָ֔הri.sho.NahH7223; for ye aremanyהָרַבִּ֑יםha.ra.BimH7227; andcallוְקִרְאוּ֙ve.kir.'UH7121on thenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034of yourgodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430, butputתָשִֽׂימוּ׃ta.Si.muH7760noלֹ֥אlo'H3808fireוְאֵ֖שׁve.'EshH784under.

26And theytookוַ֠יִּקְחוּVai.yik.chuH3947the bullockwhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834wasgivenH5414them, and they dressed it, andcalledוַיִּקְרְא֣וּvai.yik.re.'UH7121on thenameבְשֵׁם־ve.shem-H8034ofBaalהַ֠בַּעַלHa.ba.'alH1168frommorningמֵהַבֹּ֨קֶרme.ha.Bo.kerH1242evenH5704untilH5704noonהַצָּהֳרַ֤יִםha.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672,sayingלֵאמֹר֙le.MorH559, OBaalהַבַּ֣עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,hearH6963usH5414. But there wasnoH369voiceH6963,norH369anyH369thatansweredH559. And they leapedaboutעַל־'al-H5921thealtarהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַha.miz.Be.achH4196whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834wasmadeH6213.

27And itcameH1961topassH1961atnoonבַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִםva.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672, thatElijahאֵלִיָּ֗הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452mockedוַיְהַתֵּ֧לvay.ha.TelH2048them, andsaidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559,Cryקִרְא֤וּkir.'UH7121aloud: for he is agodאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430;eitherH3588he is musing, or he isgoneH1961aside, or he is in ajourneyדֶ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

28And theycriedוַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙vai.yik.re.'UH7121aloud, andcutוַיִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙vai.yit.go.de.DuH1413themselvesH5921afterH5921theirmannerכְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔םke.mish.pa.TamH4941withknivesבַּחֲרָב֖וֹתba.cha.ra.VotH2719andlancesוּבָֽרְמָחִ֑יםu.va.re.ma.ChimH7420,tillעַד־'ad-H5704thebloodדָּ֖םdamH1818gushedH8210outH8210uponH5921them.

29And it wassoוַֽיְהִי֙vay.HiH1961, when midday was past, that theyprophesiedוַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֔וּvai.yit.na.be.'UH5012untilעַ֖ד'adH5704the time of the offering of the evening oblation; but there wasneitherH369voiceק֥וֹלKolH6963,norH369anyH369toanswerעֹנֶ֖ה'o.NehH6030,norH369anyH369that regarded.

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