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1
. And Benhadad the king
ubn-edd mlk - arm qbtz ath - kl - chilu ushlshim ushnim mlk of Syria gathered all his
andBen-Hadad king-of Aram he-convened all-of army-ofhim andthirty andtwo king host together: and [there
were] thirty and two kings
 
with him, and horses, and
chariots: and he went up
athu usus urkb uiol uitzr ol - shmrun
and besieged Samaria, and
withhim andhorse andchariot andhe-is-going-up andhe-is-besieging on Samaria
warred against it.
:
uilchm be :
andhe-is-nfighting inher

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:
2
(20:3) And he sent messengers to
uishlch mlakim al - achab mlk - ishral eoire : Ahab king of Israel into the
andhe-is-sending messengers to Ahab king-of Israel thecityward city, and said unto him,
Thus saith Benhadad,

 +
uiamr lu ke amr bn-edd ksphk
andhe-is-saying tohim thus he-says Ben-Hadad silver-ofyou

20:3 (20:3) +
+ +


3
Thy silver and thy gold
uzebk li - eua unshik ubnik etubim li - [is] mine; thy wives also
andgold-ofyou tome he andwomen-ofyou andsons-ofyou thegood-ones tome and thy children, [even] the
goodliest, [are] mine.
:
em :
they

20:4

+


4
And the king of Israel
uion mlk - ishral uiamr kdbrk adni emlk answered and said, My lord,
andhe-is-answering king-of Israel andhe-is-saying asword-ofyou lord-ofme theking O king, according to thy
saying, I [am] thine, and all
+ : that I have.
lk ani ukl - ashr - li :
toyou I andall-of which tome

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5
And the messengers came
uishbu emlakim uiamru ke - amr bn-edd again, and said, Thus
andthey-are-returning themessengers andthey-are-saying thus he-says Ben-Hadad speaketh Benhadad, saying,
Although I have sent unto
+ + + + thee, saying, Thou shalt
deliver me thy silver, and
lamr ki - shlchthi alik lamr ksphk uzebk unshik
thy gold, and thy wives, and
toto-say-of that I-sent toyou toto-say-of silver-ofyou andgold-ofyou andwomen-ofyou
thy children;
+
:
ubnik li ththn :
andsons-ofyou tome you-shall-give

20:6
+
6
Yet I will send my
ki am - koth mchr ashlch ath - obdi alik uchphshu servants unto thee to
but rather asthetime tomorrow I-shall-send servants-ofme toyou andthey-msearch morrow about this time, and
they shall search thine
+
+
house, and the houses of thy
servants; and it shall be,
ath - bithk uath bthi obdik ueie kl - mchmd
[that] whatsoever is
house-ofyou and houses-of servants-ofyou andhe-becomes any-of coveted-thing-of
pleasant in thine eyes, they
shall put [it] in their hand,
+ : and take [it] away.
oinik ishimu bidm ulqchu :
eyes-ofyou they-shall-place inhand-ofthem andthey-take

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7
Then the king of Israel
uiqra mlk - ishral lkl - zqni eartz uiamr called all the elders of the
andhe-is-calling king-of Israel toall-of old-ones-of theland andhe-is-saying land, and said, Mark, I pray
you, and see how this [man]

seeketh mischief: for he
sent unto me for my wives,
dou - na urau ki roe ze mbqsh ki - shlch ali
and for my children, and for
know-you(p) ! please ! andsee-you(p) ! that evil this-man mseeking that he-sent tome
my silver, and for my gold;
and I denied him not.



lnshi ulbni ulksphi ulzebi ula mnothi
forwomen-ofme andforsons-ofme andforsilver-ofme andforgold-ofme andnot I-withheld

:
mmnu :
fromhim

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8
And all the elders and all
uiamru aliu kl - ezqnim ukl - eom al - the people said unto him,
andthey-are-saying tohim all-of theold-ones andall-of thepeople must-not-be Hearken not [unto him], nor

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consent.

:
thshmo ulua thabe :
you-are-listening andnot you-shall-comply

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9
Wherefore he said unto
uiamr lmlaki bn-edd amru ladni emlk kl ashr - the messengers of
andhe-is-saying tomessengers-of Ben-Hadad say-you(p) ! tolord-ofme theking all which Benhadad, Tell my lord the
king, All that thou didst
+
send for to thy servant at the
first I will do: but this thing
shlchth al - obdk brashne aoshe uedbr eze la aukl
I may not do. And the
you-sent to servant-ofyou inthefirst I-shall-do andthematter thethis not I-am-being-able
messengers departed, and
brought him word again.
 :
loshuth uilku emlakim uishbeu dbr :
toto-do-of andthey-are-going themessengers andthey-are-cbringing-backhim word

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10
And Benhadad sent unto
uishlch aliu bn-edd uiamr ke - ioshun li aleim him, and said, The gods do
andhe-is-sending tohim Ben-Hadad andhe-is-saying thus they-shall-do tome Elohim so unto me, and more also,
if the dust of Samaria shall


suffice for handfuls for all
the people that follow me.
uke iusphu am - ishphq ophr shmrun lsholim lkl - eom
andthus they-shall-cadd if he-is-slapping soil-of Samaria forhandfuls toall-of thepeople

:
ashr brgli :
who infeet-ofme

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11
And the king of Israel
uion mlk - ishral uiamr dbru al - answered and said, Tell
andhe-is-answering king-of Israel andhe-is-saying mspeak-you(p) ! must-not-be [him], Let not him that
girdeth on [his harness]

: boast himself as he that
putteth it off.
ithell chgr kmphthch :
he-is-sboasting one-girding asone-munloosing

20:12

12
. And it came to pass,
uiei kshmo ath - edbr eze ueua shthe eua uemlkim when [Benhadad] heard this
andhe-is-becoming asto-hear-of theword thethis andhe drinking he andthekings message, as he [was]
drinking, he and the kings



in the pavilions, that he said
unto his servants, Set
bskuth uiamr al - obdiu shimu uishimu ol -
[yourselves in array]. And
inthebooths andhe-is-saying to servants-ofhim place-you(p) ! andthey-are-placing on
they set [themselves in
array] against the city.
:
eoir :
thecity

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13
And, behold, there came
uene nbia achd ngsh al - achab mlk - ishral uiamr ke a prophet unto Ahab king of
andbehold ! prophet one he-ncame-close to Ahab king-of Israel andhe-is-saying thus Israel, saying, Thus saith
the LORD, Hast thou seen

   all this great multitude?
behold, I will deliver it into
amr ieue eraith ath kl - eemun egdul eze enni nthnu
thine hand this day; and
he-says Yahweh ?you-see all-of thethrong thegreat thethis beholdme ! giving-ofhim
thou shalt know that I [am]
the LORD.
+  :
bidk eium uidoth ki - ani ieue :
inhand-ofyou theday andyou-know that I Yahweh

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14
And Ahab said, By
uiamr achab bmi uiamr ke - amr ieue bnori whom? And he said, Thus
andhe-is-saying Ahab inwhom ? andhe-is-saying thus he-says Yahweh inlads-of saith the LORD, [Even] by
the young men of the


princes of the provinces.
Then he said, Who shall
shri emdinuth uiamr mi - iasr emlchme uiamr
order the battle? And he
chiefs-of theprovinces andhe-is-saying who ? he-shall-engage thebattle andhe-is-saying
answered, Thou.
:
athe :
you

20:15 

15
Then he numbered the
uiphqd ath - nori shri emdinuth uieiu mathim young men of the princes of
andhe-is-mustering lads-of chiefs-of theprovinces andthey-are-becoming two-hundreds the provinces, and they
were two hundred and thirty



two: and after them he
numbered all the people,
shnim ushlshim uachriem phqd ath - kl - eom kl - bni ishral
[even] all the children of
two andthirty andafterthem he-mustered all-of thepeople all-of sons-of Israel

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Israel, [being] seven
: thousand.
shboth alphim :
seven-of thousands

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16
And they went out at
uitzau btzerim ubn-edd shthe shkur bskuth eua noon. But Benhadad [was]
andthey-are-going-forth inthenoons andBen-Hadad drinking drunken inthebooths he drinking himself drunk in
the pavilions, he and the



 : kings, the thirty and two
kings that helped him.
uemlkim shlshim - ushnim mlk ozr athu :
andthekings thirty andtwo king helping him

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17
And the young men of
uitzau nori shri emdinuth brashne uishlch the princes of the provinces
andthey-are-coming-forth lads-of chiefs-of theprovinces inthefirst andhe-is-sending went out first; and
Benhadad sent out, and they


: told him, saying, There are
men come out of Samaria.
bn-edd uigidu lu lamr anshim itzau mshmrun :
Ben-Hadad andthey-are-ctelling tohim toto-say-of mortals they-come-forth fromSamaria

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18
And he said, Whether
uiamr am - lshlum itzau thphshum chiim uam they be come out for peace,
andhe-is-saying if forpeace they-come-forth you(p)-shall-graspthem alive-ones andif take them alive; or whether
they be come out for war,
: take them alive.
lmlchme itzau chiim thphshum :
forbattle they-come-forth alive-ones you(p)-shall-graspthem

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19
So these young men of
uale itzau mn - eoir nori shri emdinuth uechil the princes of the provinces
andthese they-came-forth from thecity lads-of chiefs-of theprovinces andthearmy came out of the city, and the
army which followed them.

:
ashr achriem :
which behindthem

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20
And they slew every one
uiku aish aishu uinsu arm uirdphm his man: and the Syrians
andthey-are-csmiting man man-ofhim andthey-are-fleeing Aram andhe-is-pursuingthem fled; and Israel pursued
them: and Benhadad the

: king of Syria escaped on an
horse with the horsemen.
ishral uimlt bn-edd mlk arm ol - sus uphrshim :
Israel andhe-is-nescaping Ben-Hadad king-of Aram on horse andhorsemen

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21
And the king of Israel
uitza mlk ishral uik ath - esus uath - erkb went out, and smote the
andhe-is-going-forth king-of Israel andhe-is-csmiting thehorse and thechariot horses and chariots, and
slew the Syrians with a
 : great slaughter.
ueke barm mke gdule :
andhe-csmote inAram smiting great

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22
. And the prophet came
uigsh enbia al - mlk ishral uiamr lu lk to the king of Israel, and
andhe-is-coming-close theprophet to king-of Israel andhe-is-saying tohim go-you ! said unto him, Go,
strengthen thyself, and


mark, and see what thou
doest: for at the return of
ethchzq udo urae ath ashr - thoshe ki lthshubth
the year the king of Syria
fortify-yourself ! andknow-you ! andsee-you ! which you-shall-do that toreturn-of
will come up against thee.

+ :
eshne mlk arm ole olik : s
theyear king-of Aram coming-up onyou

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23
And the servants of the
uobdi mlk - arm amru aliu alei erim aleiem ol-kn king of Syria said unto him,
andservants-of king-of Aram they-said tohim Elohim-of mountains Elohim-ofthem onso Their gods [are] gods of the
hills; therefore they were
 stronger than we; but let us
fight against them in the
chzqu mmnu uaulm nlchm athm bmishur am -
plain, and surely we shall be
they-were-courageous fromus andnevertheless we-shall-nfight withthem inthelevel-ground if
stronger than they.

:
la nchzq mem :
not we-are-being-courageous fromthem

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24
And do this thing, Take
uath - edbr eze oshe esr emlkim aish the kings away, every man
and thething thethis do-you ! cause-to-withdraw-you ! thekings man out of his place, and put

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captains in their rooms:


:
mmqmu ushim phchuth thchthiem :
fromplaceri-ofhim andplace-you ! viceroys instead-ofthem

20:25
+


25
And number thee an
uathe thmne - lk chil kchil enphl mauthk usus army, like the army that
andyou you-shall-assign foryou army asthearmy theone-falling fromyou andhorse thou hast lost, horse for
horse, and chariot for


 chariot: and we will fight
against them in the plain,
ksus urkb krkb unlchme authm bmishur am - la
[and] surely we shall be
asthehorse andchariot asthechariot andwe-shall-nfight them inthelevel-ground if not
stronger than they. And he
hearkened unto their voice,

: and did so.

nchzq mem uishmo lqlm uiosh kn : p
we-are-being-courageous fromthem andhe-is-listening tovoice-ofthem andhe-is-doing so

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26
And it came to pass at
uiei lthshubth eshne uiphqd bn-edd ath - arm the return of the year, that
andhe-is-becoming toreturn-of theyear andhe-is-mustering Ben-Hadad Aram Benhadad numbered the
Syrians, and went up to
: Aphek, to fight against
Israel.
uiol aphqe lmlchme om - ishral :
andhe-is-going-up Aphekward forthebattle with Israel

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27
And the children of
ubni ishral ethphqdu uklklu Israel were numbered, and
andsons-of Israel they-presented-themselves-to-be-mustered andthey-mwere-sustained were all present, and went
against them: and the

children of Israel pitched
before them like two little
uilku lqrathm uichnu bni - ishral ngdm
flocks of kids; but the
andthey-are-going toto-meet-ofthem andthey-are-encamping sons-of Israel in-front-ofthem
Syrians filled the country.

:
kshni chshphi ozim uarm mlau ath - eartz :
astwo-of ?ridges-of? goats andAram they-mfilled theland

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28
And there came a man of
uigsh aish ealeim uiamr al - mlk ishral God, and spake unto the
andhe-is-coming-close man-of theElohim andhe-is-saying to king-of Israel king of Israel, and said,
Thus saith the LORD,


Because the Syrians have
said, The LORD [is] God of
uiamr ke - amr ieue ion ashr amru arm alei erim ieue
the hills, but he [is] not God
andhe-is-saying thus he-says Yahweh because which they-said Aram Elohim-of mountains Yahweh
of the valleys, therefore will
I deliver all this great


  multitude into thine hand,
ula - alei omqim eua unththi ath - kl - eemun egdul eze and ye shall know that I
andnot Elohim-of vales he andI-give all-of thethrong thegreat thethis [am] the LORD.
+
:
bidk uidothm ki - ani ieue :
inhand-ofyou andyou(p)-know that I Yahweh

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29
And they pitched one
uichnu ale nkch ale shboth imim uiei bium over against the other seven
andthey-are-encamping these opposite these seven-of days andhe-is-becoming intheday days. And [so] it was, that
in the seventh day the battle

was joined: and the children

of Israel slew of the Syrians
eshbioi uthqrb emlchme uiku bni - ishral ath - arm
an hundred thousand
theseventh andshe-is-drawing-near thebattle andthey-are-csmiting sons-of Israel Aram
footmen in one day.
 :
mae - alph rgli bium achd :
hundred thousand footman inday one

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30
But the rest fled to
uinsu enuthrim aphqe al - eoir uthphl Aphek, into the city; and
andthey-are-fleeing theones-being-left Aphekward to thecity andshe-is-falling [there] a wall fell upon
twenty and seven thousand



of the men [that were] left.
And Benhadad fled, and
echume ol - oshrim ushboe alph aish enuthrim ubn-edd ns
came into the city, into an
thewall on twenty andseven thousand man theones-being-left andBen-Hadad he-fled
inner chamber.
:
uiba al - eoir chdr bchdr : s
andhe-is-coming to thecity chamber inchamber

20:31


31
. And his servants said
uiamru aliu obdiu ene - na shmonu ki mlki unto him, Behold now, we
andthey-are-saying tohim servants-ofhim behold ! please ! we-heard that kings-of have heard that the kings of

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the house of Israel [are]

merciful kings: let us, I pray
bith ishral ki - mlki chsd em nshime na shqim bmthninu thee, put sackcloth on our
house-of Israel that kings-of kindness they we-shall-place please ! sackcloths inwaists-ofus loins, and ropes upon our
heads, and go out to the


king of Israel: peradventure
uchblim brashnu untza al - mlk ishral auli ichie he will save thy life.
andlines inhead-ofus andwe-shall-go-forth to king-of Israel perhaps he-shall-mkeep-alive

+ :
ath - nphshk :
soul-ofyou

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32
So they girded sackcloth
uichgru shqim bmthniem uchblim brashiem on their loins, and [put]
andthey-are-girding sackcloths inwaists-ofthem andlines inheads-ofthem ropes on their heads, and
came to the king of Israel,


+ and said, Thy servant
Benhadad saith, I pray thee,
uibau al - mlk ishral uiamru obdk bn-edd amr
let me live. And he said, [Is]
andthey-are-coming to king-of Israel andthey-are-saying servant-ofyou Ben-Hadad he-says
he yet alive? he [is] my
brother.


:
thchi - na nphshi uiamr eoudnu chi achi eua :
she-shall-live please ! soul-ofme andhe-is-saying ?stillhim living brother-ofme he

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33
Now the men did
ueanshim inchshu uimeru uichltu emmnu diligently observe whether
andthemortals they-are-mauguring andthey-are-mhastening andthey-are-ccatching ?fromhim [any thing would come]
from him, and did hastily

+
catch [it]: and they said,
Thy brother Benhadad.
uiamru achik bn-edd uiamr bau qcheu
Then he said, Go ye, bring
andthey-are-saying brother-ofyou Ben-Hadad andhe-is-saying come-you(p) ! take-you(p)him !
him. Then Benhadad came
forth to him; and he caused
: him to come up into the
uitza aliu bn-edd uioleu ol - emrkbe : chariot.
andhe-is-coming-forth tohim Ben-Hadad andhe-is-causing-to-get-uphim on thechariot

20:34
+
34
And [Benhadad] said
uiamr aliu eorim ashr - lqch - abi math abik unto him, The cities, which
andhe-is-saying tohim thecities which he-took father-ofme fromwith father-ofyou my father took from thy
father, I will restore; and
 + thou shalt make streets for
thee in Damascus, as my
ashib uchutzuth thshim lk bdmshq kashr - shm
father made in Samaria.
I-shall-creturn andstreet-markets you-shall-place foryou inDamascus aswhich he-placed
Then [said Ahab], I will
send thee away with this

 covenant. So he made a
abi bshmrun uani bbrith ashlchk uikrth - lu covenant with him, and sent
father-ofme inSamaria andI inthecovenant I-shall-mlet-goyou andhe-is-cutting tohim him away.
:
brith uishlcheu : s
covenant andhe-is-mletting-gohim

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35
And a certain man of the
uaish achd mbni enbiaim amr al - roeu bdbr ieue sons of the prophets said
andman one fromsons-of theprophets he-said to associate-ofhim inword-of Yahweh unto his neighbour in the
word of the LORD, Smite
 : me, I pray thee. And the
man refused to smite him.
ekini na uiman eaish lekthu :
csmite-youme ! please ! andhe-is-mrefusing theman toto-csmite-ofhim

20:36
  +
36
Then said he unto him,
uiamr lu ion ashr la - shmoth bqul ieue enk Because thou hast not
andhe-is-saying tohim because which not you-listened invoice-of Yahweh beholdyou ! obeyed the voice of the
LORD, behold, as soon as

 +
 thou art departed from me, a
lion shall slay thee. And as
eulk mathi uekk earie uilk matzlu
soon as he was departed
going fromwithme andhe-csmitesyou thelion andhe-is-going frombesidehim
from him, a lion found him,
and slew him.
:
uimtzaeu earie uikeu :
andhe-is-findinghim thelion andhe-is-csmitinghim

20:37

37
Then he found another
uimtza aish achr uiamr ekini na man, and said, Smite me, I
andhe-is-finding man another andhe-is-saying csmite-youme ! please ! pray thee. And the man
smote him, so that in
: smiting he wounded [him].
uikeu eaish eke uphtzo :
andhe-is-csmitinghim theman to-csmite andto-injure

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38
So the prophet departed,
uilk enbia uiomd lmlk ol - edrk and waited for the king by
andhe-is-going theprophet andhe-is-standing fortheking on theway the way, and disguised
himself with ashes upon his
: face.
uithchphsh baphr ol - oiniu :
andhe-disguising-himself intheash over eyes-ofhim

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39
And as the king passed
uiei emlk obr ueua tzoq al - emlk uiamr by, he cried unto the king:
andhe-is-becoming theking passing-by andhe he-cried to theking andhe-is-saying and he said, Thy servant
went out into the midst of
+ the battle; and, behold, a
man turned aside, and
obdk itza bqrb - emlchme uene - aish sr
brought a man unto me, and
servant-ofyou he-went-forth inwithin-of thebattle andbehold ! man he-withdrew
said, Keep this man: if by
any means he be missing,

then shall thy life be for his
uiba ali aish uiamr shmr ath - eaish eze am - life, or else thou shalt pay a
andhe-is-cbringing tome man andhe-is-saying guard-you ! theman thethis if talent of silver.
+  
ephqd iphqd ueithe nphshk thchth nphshu au kkr -
to-be-nmissing he-is-nmissing andshe-becomes soul-ofyou instead-of soul-ofhim or talent-of

 :
ksph thshqul :
silver you-shall-weigh

20:40 +

40
And as thy servant was
uiei obdk oshe ene uene ueua ainnu busy here and there, he was
andhe-is-becoming servant-ofyou doing-of hither andthither andhe there-is-nohim gone. And the king of Israel
said unto him, So [shall] thy

+ : judgment [be]; thyself hast
decided [it].
uiamr aliu mlk - ishral kn mshphtk athe chrtzth :
andhe-is-saying tohim king-of Israel so judgment-ofyou you you-decided
K Q
20:41

41
And he hasted, and took
uimer uisr ath - eaphr mol moli oiniu the ashes away from his
andhe-is-mhastening andhe-is-ctaking-off theash fromon fromover eyes-ofhim face; and the king of Israel
discerned him that he [was]

: of the prophets.
uikr athu mlk ishral ki menbaim eua :
andhe-is-crecognizing him king-of Israel that fromtheprophets he

20:42

42
And he said unto him,
uiamr aliu ke amr ieue ion shlchth ath - aish - chrmi Thus saith the LORD,
andhe-is-saying tohim thus he-says Yahweh because you-mlet-go man-of doom-ofme Because thou hast let go out
of [thy] hand a man whom I
+  + appointed to utter
destruction, therefore thy
mid ueithe nphshk thchth nphshu uomk thchth
life shall go for his life, and
fromhand andshe-becomes soul-ofyou instead-of soul-ofhim andpeople-ofyou instead-of
thy people for his people.
 :
omu :
people-ofhim

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43
And the king of Israel
uilk mlk - ishral ol - bithu sr uzoph uiba went to his house heavy and
andhe-is-going king-of Israel on house-ofhim sullen andturbulent andhe-is-coming displeased, and came to
Samaria.

:
shmrune : p
Samariaward

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