| 18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 25:18:1 ⧉וַיִּשְׁלַ֞חvayishlakhand he sent 2 Chronicles 25:18:2 ⧉יוֹאָ֣שׁyoashJoash 2 Chronicles 25:18:3 ⧉מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לmelekhyisraelking of Israel 2 Chronicles 25:18:4 ⧉אֶל־אֲמַצְיָ֣הוּelamatsyahuto Amaziah 2 Chronicles 25:18:5 ⧉מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה֮melekhyehudaking of Judah 2 Chronicles 25:18:6 ⧉לֵאמֹר֒lemorsaying 2 Chronicles 25:18:7 ⧉הַח֜וֹחַhakhoakhthe thornbush 2 Chronicles 25:18:8 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwhich 2 Chronicles 25:18:9 ⧉בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹןballevanonin Lebanon 2 Chronicles 25:18:10 ⧉שָׁ֠לַחshalakhsent 2 Chronicles 25:18:11 ⧉אֶל־הָאֶ֜רֶזelhaerezto the cedar 2 Chronicles 25:18:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֤רasherwhich 2 Chronicles 25:18:13 ⧉בַּלְּבָנוֹן֙ballevanonin Lebanon 2 Chronicles 25:18:14 ⧉לֵאמֹ֔רlemorsaying 2 Chronicles 25:18:15 ⧉תְּנָֽה־אֶת־בִּתְּךָ֥tenaetbittekhagive your daughter 2 Chronicles 25:18:16 ⧉לִבְנִ֖יlivnito my son 2 Chronicles 25:18:17 ⧉לְאִשָּׁ֑הleishshaas a wife 2 Chronicles 25:18:18 ⧉וַֽתַּעֲבֹ֞רvataavorand passed by 2 Chronicles 25:18:19 ⧉חַיַּ֤תkhayata wild animal of 2 Chronicles 25:18:20 ⧉הַשָּׂדֶה֙hasadethe field 2 Chronicles 25:18:21 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwhich 2 Chronicles 25:18:22 ⧉בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹןballevanonin Lebanon 2 Chronicles 25:18:23 ⧉וַתִּרְמֹ֖סvatirmosand trampled 2 Chronicles 25:18:24 ⧉אֶת־הַחֽוֹחַ׃ethakhoakhthe thornbush |
| 18. Formal Translation And Joash, king of Israel, sent word to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, “In Lebanon a thistle spoke to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ But a wild animal of the field in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.” |
| 18. Dynamic Translation Then Joash, king of Israel, sent word to Amaziah, king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon demanded of a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ Yet a wild animal in Lebanon came by and crushed the thistle underfoot.” |