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1 Kings 18:25-27

25AndElijahאֵלִיָּ֜הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to theprophetsלִנְבִיאֵ֣יlin.vi.'EiH5030ofBaalהַבַּ֗עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,Chooseבַּחֲר֨וּba.cha.RuH977oneהָֽאֶחָד֙ha.'e.ChadH259bullהַפָּ֤רha.ParH6499for yourselves, andprepareוַעֲשׂ֣וּva.'a.SuH6213itfirstרִאשֹׁנָ֔הri.sho.NahH7223; for ye aremanyהָרַבִּ֑יםha.ra.BimH7227; andcallוְקִרְאוּ֙ve.kir.'UH7121on thenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034of yourgodsאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430, butputתָשִֽׂימוּ׃ta.Si.muH7760nofireוְאֵ֖שׁve.'EshH784under .

26And theytookוַ֠יִּקְחוּVai.yik.chuH3947thebullהַפָּ֨רha.ParH6499which wasgivenנָתַ֣ןna.TanH5414them, and theypreparedוַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֒vai.ya.'a.SuH6213it, andcalledוַיִּקְרְא֣וּvai.yik.re.'UH7121on thenameבְשֵׁם־ve.shem-H8034ofBaalהַ֠בַּעַלHa.ba.'alH1168frommorningמֵהַבֹּ֨קֶרme.ha.Bo.kerH1242even untilnoonהַצָּהֳרַ֤יִםha.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672,sayingלֵאמֹר֙le.MorH559, OBaalהַבַּ֣עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,hearעֲנֵ֔נוּ'a.Ne.nuH6030us. But there wasnoH369voiceק֖וֹלKolH6963, nor any thatansweredעֹנֶ֑ה'o.NehH6030. And theyleapedוַֽיְפַסְּח֔וּvay.fa.se.ChuH6452upon thealtarהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַha.miz.Be.achH4196which wasmadeעָשָֽׂה׃'a.SahH6213.

27And it came to pass atnoonבַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִםva.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672, thatElijahאֵלִיָּ֗הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452mockedוַיְהַתֵּ֧לvay.ha.TelH2048them, andsaidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559,Cryקִרְא֤וּkir.'UH7121aloudבְקוֹל־ גָּדוֹל֙ve.kol- ga.dOlH1419 H6963: for he is agodאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430; either he istalkingשִׂ֧יחַSi.achH7879, or he ispursuingשִׂ֛יגsigH7873, or he is on ajourneyדֶ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870, orperhapsאוּלַ֛י'u.LaiH194hesleepethיָשֵׁ֥ןya.ShenH3463, and must beawakenedוְיִקָֽץ׃ve.yi.KatzH3364.

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