Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 4:1-7

1Nowהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961therecriedצָעֲקָ֨הtza.'a.KahH6817acertainאַחַ֣ת'a.ChatH259womanוְאִשָּׁ֣הve.'i.ShahH802of thewivesמִנְּשֵׁ֣יmi.ne.SheiH802of thesonsבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121of theprophetsהַ֠נְּבִיאִיםHa.ne.vi.'imH5030untoElishaאֱלִישָׁ֜ע'e.li.Sha'H477,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, ThyservantH5650myhusbandאִישִׁי֙'i.ShiH376isdeadמֵ֔תMetH4191: and thou knowest that thyservantH5650didH376fearH3372theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: and thecreditorוְהַ֨נֹּשֶׁ֔הve.Ha.no.ShehH5383iscomeבָּ֗אBa'H935totakeלָקַ֜חַתla.Ka.chatH3947unto him mytwoשְׁנֵ֧יshe.NeiH8147childrenH1121to be bondmen.

2AndElishaאֱלִישָׁע֙'e.li.Sha'H477saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoherH3605,Whatמָ֣הmahH4100shall Idoאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213for thee?tellהַגִּ֣ידִיha.Gi.diH5046meאֵלֶ֤יהָ'e.Lei.haH413;whatמַה־mah-H4100hast thou in thehouseבַּבָּ֑יִתba.Ba.yitH1004? AndsheH3588saidוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559, Thine handmaid hathnotאֵ֣ין'einH369anyH3605thingH3588in thehouseבַּבַּ֔יִתba.Ba.yitH1004, save a pot ofoilשָֽׁמֶן׃Sha.menH8081.

3Then hesaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Go,borrowH7592theevesselsכֵּלִים֙ke.LimH3627abroadהַח֔וּץha.ChutzH2351ofallכָּל־kol-H3605thy neighbours,evenH853emptyרֵקִ֖יםre.KimH7386vesselsכֵּלִ֥יםke.LimH3627;borrowH7592notאַל־'al-H408afewתַּמְעִֽיטִי׃tam.'I.tiH4591.

4And thou shaltgoוּבָ֗אתu.VatH935in, andshutוְסָגַ֤רְתְּve.sa.GartH5462thedoorהַדֶּ֙לֶת֙ha.De.letH1817uponH5921thee anduponH5921thysonsבָּנַ֔יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121, andpourוְיָצַ֕קְתְּve.ya.TzaktH3332outH5265intoH935allכָּל־kol-H3605thoseH428vesselsהַכֵּלִ֖יםha.ke.LimH3627; and thou shaltsetתַּסִּֽיעִי׃ta.Si.'iH5265asideH5265thatwhichH428isfullוְהַמָּלֵ֖אve.ha.ma.Le'H4392.

5SoH5066sheH1931wentH5066from him, andshutוַתִּסְגֹּ֣רva.tis.GorH5462thedoorהַדֶּ֔לֶתha.De.letH1817uponH413herH413anduponH413herH413sonsבָּנֶ֑יהָba.Nei.haH1121; theybroughtמַגִּשִׁ֥יםma.gi.ShimH5066the vessels toherH413, andsheH1931pouredH3332outH3332.

6And itcameH1961topassH1961, when thevesselsהַכֵּלִ֗יםha.ke.LimH3627werefullכִּמְלֹ֣אתkim.LotH4390, that shesaidוַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merH559untoherאֶל־'el-H413sonבְּנָהּ֙be.NahH1121,Bringהַגִּ֨ישָׁהha.Gi.shahH5066meאֵלַ֥י'e.LaiH413yet avesselכֶּ֔לִיKe.liH3627. And hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoherאֵלֶ֔יהָ'e.Lei.haH413, There isnotאֵ֥ין'einH369avesselכֶּ֑לִיKe.liH3627moreH5750. And theoilהַשָּֽׁמֶן׃ha.Sha.menH8081stayedוַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975.

7Then shecameH935andtoldוַתַּגֵּד֙va.ta.GedH5046themanלְאִ֣ישׁle.'IshH376ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430. And hesaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,GoH935,sellמִכְרִ֣יmikh.RiH4376theoilהַשֶּׁ֔מֶןha.She.menH8081, andpayוְשַׁלְּמִ֖יve.sha.le.MiH7999thydebtנִשְׁיֵ֑ךְnish.ye.kheH5386, andliveתִֽחְיִ֖יtich.YiH2421thou and thysonsוּבָנַ֔יִךְve.ba.nei.kheH1121of therestבַּנּוֹתָֽר׃ פba.no.TarH3498.

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