| 20. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 19:20:1 ⧉וַיַּעֲזֹ֣בvayazovand he left 1 Kings 19:20:2 ⧉אֶת־הַבָּקָ֗רethabakar{the direct object} the cattle 1 Kings 19:20:3 ⧉וַיָּ֙רָץ֙vayaratsand he ran 1 Kings 19:20:4 ⧉אַחֲרֵ֣יakhareafter 1 Kings 19:20:5 ⧉אֽ͏ֵלִיָּ֔הוּeliyahuElijah 1 Kings 19:20:6 ⧉וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvayomerand he said 1 Kings 19:20:7 ⧉אֶשְּׁקָה־נָּא֙eshekanalet me kiss, please 1 Kings 19:20:8 ⧉לְאָבִ֣יleavito my father 1 Kings 19:20:9 ⧉וּלְאִמִּ֔יuleimiand to my mother 1 Kings 19:20:10 ⧉וְאֵלְכָ֖הveelkhaand let me go 1 Kings 19:20:11 ⧉אַחֲרֶ֑יךָakharekhaafter you 1 Kings 19:20:12 ⧉וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvayomerand he said 1 Kings 19:20:13 ⧉לוֹ֙loto him 1 Kings 19:20:14 ⧉לֵ֣ךְlekhgo 1 Kings 19:20:15 ⧉שׁ֔וּבshuvreturn 1 Kings 19:20:16 ⧉כִּ֥יkifor 1 Kings 19:20:17 ⧉מֶה־עָשִׂ֖יתִיmeasitiwhat have I done 1 Kings 19:20:18 ⧉לָֽךְ׃lakhto you |
| 20. Formal Translation And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah. Then he said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will go after you.” And he said to him, “Go back, for what have I done to you?” |
| 20. Dynamic Translation So Elisha left the oxen and chased Elijah. “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will come with you,” he said. Elijah replied, “Go back—what have I done to you?” |