| 42. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 20:42:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand he said 1 Kings 20:42:2 ⧉אֵלָ֗יוelavto him 1 Kings 20:42:3 ⧉כֹּ֚הkothus 1 Kings 20:42:4 ⧉אָמַ֣רamarsaid 1 Kings 20:42:5 ⧉יְהוָ֔הyahwehLORD 1 Kings 20:42:6 ⧉יַ֛עַןyaanbecause 1 Kings 20:42:7 ⧉שִׁלַּ֥חְתָּshillakhtayou sent away or let go 1 Kings 20:42:8 ⧉אֶת־אִישׁ־חֶרְמִ֖יetishikhermithe man of my devoted-thing or my ban 1 Kings 20:42:9 ⧉מִיָּ֑דmiyadfrom {the} hand 1 Kings 20:42:10 ⧉וְהָיְתָ֤הvehayetaand it will be 1 Kings 20:42:11 ⧉נַפְשְׁךָ֙nafeshekhayour life 1 Kings 20:42:12 ⧉תַּ֣חַתtakhatinstead of or under 1 Kings 20:42:13 ⧉נַפְשׁ֔וֹnafshohis life 1 Kings 20:42:14 ⧉וְעַמְּךָ֖veammekhaand your people 1 Kings 20:42:15 ⧉תַּ֥חַתtakhatinstead of or under 1 Kings 20:42:16 ⧉עַמּֽוֹ׃amohis people |
| 42. Formal Translation And he said to him, “Thus says the LORD {Yahweh, Just Arbiter}: Because you have released the man I had devoted to destruction from your hand, your life shall go in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.” |
| 42. Dynamic Translation He told him, “This is what the LORD {Yahweh, Ultimate Arbiter} says: Because you freed the man I had set apart for destruction, your life will pay for his life, and your people will pay for his people.” |