Revised Version 1895

1 Kings 18:32-38

32And with thestonesהָאֲבָנִ֛יםha.'a.va.NimH68hebuiltוַיִּבְנֶ֧הvai.yiv.NehH1129analtarמִזְבֵּ֖חַmiz.Be.achH4196in thenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068; and hemadeוַיַּ֣עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213a trenchaboutסָבִ֖יבsa.VivH5439thealtarלַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃la.miz.Be.achH4196, as great as would containtwoכְּבֵית֙ke.VeitH1004measuresסָאתַ֣יִםsa.Ta.yimH5429ofseedזֶ֔רַעZe.ra'H2233.

33And heputוַיָּ֖שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760thewoodהָֽעֵצִ֑יםha.'e.TzimH6086in order, andcutוַיְנַתַּח֙vay.na.TachH5408the bullock inpiecesH5408, andlaidH7760it on thewoodהָעֵצִֽים׃ha.'e.TzimH6086. And he said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on thewoodהָעֵצִ֑יםha.'e.TzimH6086.

34And hesaidH559,DoH8138it thesecondH8138time; and theydidH8027it thesecondH8138time. And hesaidH559,DoH8138it thethirdשַׁלֵּ֖שׁוּsha.Le.shuH8027time; and theydidH8027it thethirdוַיְשַׁלֵּֽשׁוּ׃vay.sha.Le.shuH8027time.

35And thewaterהַמַּ֔יִםha.Ma.yimH4325ranroundH5439aboutH5439thealtarלַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַla.miz.Be.achH4196; and hefilledמִלֵּא־mi.le'-H4390the trench also withwaterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.

36And itcameH1961topassH1961at the time of the offering of the evening oblation, thatElijahאֵלִיָּ֣הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452theprophetהַנָּבִיא֮ha.na.Vi'H5030cameH1961nearוַיִּגַּ֞שׁvai.yi.GashH5066, andsaidוַיֹּאמַר֒vai.yo.MarH559, OLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵי֙'e.lo.HeiH430ofAbrahamאַבְרָהָם֙'av.ra.HamH85, ofIsaacיִצְחָ֣קyitz.ChakH3327, and ofIsraelוְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,letH1961it beknownיִוָּדַ֗עyi.va.Da'H3045thisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117that thou artGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, and that I am thyservantעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ'av.De.khaH5650, and that I havedoneעָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213allכָּל־kol-H3605theseהָאֵֽלֶּה׃ha.'E.lehH428things at thywordH1697.

37HearmeH5437, OLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, hearmeH5437, that thispeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971mayknowוְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ve.ye.de.'UH3045that thou,LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, artGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, and that thou hastturnedהֲסִבֹּ֥תָha.si.Bo.taH5437theirheartלִבָּ֖םli.BamH3820backH322againH322.

38Then thefireאֵשׁ־'esh-H784of theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068fellוַתִּפֹּ֣לva.ti.PolH5307, andconsumedוַתֹּ֤אכַלva.To.khalH398theburntהָֽעֹלָה֙ha.'o.LahH5930offering, and thewoodהָ֣עֵצִ֔יםha.'e.TzimH6086, and thestonesהָאֲבָנִ֖יםha.'a.va.NimH68, and thedustהֶעָפָ֑רhe.'a.FarH6083, andlickedלִחֵֽכָה׃li.Che.khahH3897upH853thewaterהַמַּ֥יִםha.Ma.yimH4325that was in the trench.

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