| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 19:2:1 ⧉וַתִּשְׁלַ֤חvatishlakhand she sent 1 Kings 19:2:2 ⧉אִיזֶ֙בֶל֙izevelJezebel 1 Kings 19:2:3 ⧉מַלְאָ֔ךְmalekha messenger 1 Kings 19:2:4 ⧉אֶל־אֵלִיָּ֖הוּeleliyahuto Elijah 1 Kings 19:2:5 ⧉לֵאמֹ֑רlemorsaying 1 Kings 19:2:6 ⧉כֹּֽה־יַעֲשׂ֤וּןkoyaasunthus may they do 1 Kings 19:2:7 ⧉אֱלֹהִים֙elohimthe gods or God 1 Kings 19:2:8 ⧉וְכֹ֣הvekhoand thus 1 Kings 19:2:9 ⧉יוֹסִפ֔וּןyosifunmay they add 1 Kings 19:2:10 ⧉כִּֽי־כָעֵ֤תkikhaetfor at this time 1 Kings 19:2:11 ⧉מָחָר֙makhartomorrow 1 Kings 19:2:12 ⧉אָשִׂ֣יםasimI will make 1 Kings 19:2:13 ⧉אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֔etnafshekhayour life 1 Kings 19:2:14 ⧉כְּנֶ֖פֶשׁkenefeshas the life of 1 Kings 19:2:15 ⧉אַחַ֥דakhadone 1 Kings 19:2:16 ⧉מֵהֶֽם׃mehemfrom them |
| 2. Formal Translation Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods {Elohim, oath witnesses} do so to me, and may they add more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.” |
| 2. Dynamic Translation Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this oath: “May the gods {Elohim, oath witnesses} punish me and more besides if, by this time tomorrow, I have not made your life like one of theirs.” |