הַתִּשְׁבִּ֔י the Tishbite , hat·tiš·bî ק֣וּם . . . qūm עֲלֵ֔ה “ Go up ‘ă·lêh לִקְרַ֖את to meet liq·raṯ מַלְאֲכֵ֣י the messengers mal·’ă·ḵê מֶֽלֶךְ־ of the king me·leḵ- שֹׁמְר֑וֹן of Samaria šō·mə·rō·wn וְדַבֵּ֣ר and ask them , wə·ḏab·bêr אֲלֵהֶ֔ם . . . ’ă·lê·hem הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י ‘ [Is [it] because ha·mib·bə·lî אֵין־ [there is] no ’ên- אֱלֹהִים֙ God ’ĕ·lō·hîm בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל in Israel bə·yiś·rā·’êl אַתֶּם֙ that you ’at·tem הֹֽלְכִ֔ים are on your way hō·lə·ḵîm לִדְרֹ֕שׁ to inquire liḏ·rōš בְּבַ֥עַל vvv bə·ḇa·‘al זְב֖וּב of Baal-zebub , zə·ḇūḇ אֱלֹהֵ֥י the god ’ĕ·lō·hê עֶקְרֽוֹן׃ of Ekron ? ’ ‘eq·rō·wn 2 Kings 1:4 וְלָכֵן֙ Therefore wə·lā·ḵên כֹּֽה־ this is what kōh- יְהוָ֔ה YHWH Yah·weh אָמַ֣ר says : ’ā·mar לֹֽא־ ‘ You will not lō- תֵרֵ֥ד get up ṯê·rêḏ מִמֶּ֖נָּה from mim·men·nāh כִּ֣י . . . kî הַמִּטָּ֞ה the bed ham·miṭ·ṭāh אֲשֶׁר־ on which ’ă·šer- עָלִ֥יתָ you are lying . ‘ā·lî·ṯā שָּׁ֛ם . . . šām מ֣וֹת You will surely die mō·wṯ תָּמ֑וּת . . . . ’” tā·mūṯ אֵלִיָּֽה׃ So Elijah ’ê·lî·yāh וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ departed . way·yê·leḵ 2 Kings 1:5 הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים When the messengers ham·mal·’ā·ḵîm וַיָּשׁ֥וּבוּ returned way·yā·šū·ḇū אֵלָ֑יו to the king , ’ê·lāw וַיֹּ֥אמֶר he asked them , way·yō·mer אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם . . . ’ă·lê·hem מַה־ “ Why mah- זֶּ֥ה . . . zeh שַׁבְתֶּֽם׃ have you returned ? ” šaḇ·tem 2 Kings 1:6 וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ They replied way·yō·mə·rū אֵלָ֜יו , ’ê·lāw אִ֣ישׁ׀ “ A man ’îš עָלָ֣ה came up ‘ā·lāh לִקְרָאתֵ֗נוּ to meet us liq·rā·ṯê·nū וַיֹּ֣אמֶר and said way·yō·mer אֵלֵינוּ֮ - , ’ê·lê·nū לְכ֣וּ ‘ Go lə·ḵū שׁוּבוּ֮ back šū·ḇū אֶל־ to ’el- הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ the king ham·me·leḵ אֲשֶׁר־ who ’ă·šer- שָׁלַ֣ח sent šā·laḥ אֶתְכֶם֒ you ’eṯ·ḵem וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֣ם and tell wə·ḏib·bar·tem אֵלָ֗יו him ’ê·lāw כֹּ֚ה that this is what kōh יְהוָ֔ה YHWH Yah·weh אָמַ֣ר says : ’ā·mar הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י Is it because ha·mib·bə·lî אֵין־ there is no ’ên- אֱלֹהִים֙ God ’ĕ·lō·hîm בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל in Israel bə·yiś·rā·’êl אַתָּ֣ה that you are ’at·tāh שֹׁלֵ֔חַ sending šō·lê·aḥ לִדְרֹ֕שׁ these men to inquire liḏ·rōš בְּבַ֥עַל vvv bə·ḇa·‘al זְב֖וּב of Baal-zebub , zə·ḇūḇ אֱלֹהֵ֣י the god ’ĕ·lō·hê עֶקְר֑וֹן of Ekron ? ‘eq·rō·wn לָ֠כֵן Therefore lā·ḵên לֹֽא־ you will not lō- תֵרֵ֥ד get up ṯê·rêḏ הַמִּטָּ֞ה from the bed ham·miṭ·ṭāh אֲשֶׁר־ on which ’ă·šer- עָלִ֥יתָ you are lying ‘ā·lî·ṯā שָּׁ֛ם . . . . šām מִמֶּ֖נָּה - mim·men·nāh כִּֽי־ - kî- מ֥וֹת You will surely die mō·wṯ תָּמֽוּת׃ . . . . ’” tā·mūṯ 2 Kings 1:7 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר The king asked them , way·ḏab·bêr אֲלֵהֶ֔ם . . . ’ă·lê·hem מֶ֚ה “ What meh

