| 34. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 20:34:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand he said 1 Kings 20:34:2 ⧉אֵלָ֡יוelavto him 1 Kings 20:34:3 ⧉הֶעָרִ֣יםhearimthe cities 1 Kings 20:34:4 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־לָֽקַח־אָבִי֩asherlakhakhaviwhich my father took 1 Kings 20:34:5 ⧉מֵאֵ֨תmeetfrom 1 Kings 20:34:6 ⧉אָבִ֜יךָavikhayour father 1 Kings 20:34:7 ⧉אָשִׁ֗יבashivI will restore 1 Kings 20:34:8 ⧉וְ֠חוּצוֹתvekhutsotand streets or marketplaces 1 Kings 20:34:9 ⧉תָּשִׂ֨יםtasimyou shall set 1 Kings 20:34:10 ⧉לְךָ֤lekhafor yourself 1 Kings 20:34:11 ⧉בְדַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙bedamesekin Damascus 1 Kings 20:34:12 ⧉כַּאֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֤םkaashersamas 1 Kings 20:34:13 ⧉אָבִי֙avimy father 1 Kings 20:34:14 ⧉בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןbeshomeronin Samaria 1 Kings 20:34:15 ⧉וַאֲנִ֖יvaaniand I 1 Kings 20:34:16 ⧉בַּבְּרִ֣יתbaberitby the covenant or with the covenant 1 Kings 20:34:17 ⧉אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑ךָּashallekhaI will send you away 1 Kings 20:34:18 ⧉וַיִּכְרָת־ל֥וֹvayikhratloand he cut for him 1 Kings 20:34:19 ⧉בְרִ֖יתberita covenant 1 Kings 20:34:20 ⧉וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃סvayeshallekhehuand he sent him away |
| 34. Formal Translation And Ben-Hadad said to him, “The cities that my father took from your father I will restore, and you shall establish marketplaces for yourself in Damascus just as my father did in Samaria.” Then Ahab said, “By the covenant I will send you away.” So he made a covenant with him and sent him away. |
| 34. Dynamic Translation Ben-Hadad said to him, “I will return the towns my father took from your father, and you can set up your own trading areas in Damascus just as my father did in Samaria.” Then Ahab said, “I will let you go on these terms.” So he made a covenant with him and let him go. |