14. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 10:14:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vayomerand he said 2 Kings 10:14:2 ⧉תִּפְשׂ֣וּםtifsesumseize them 2 Kings 10:14:3 ⧉חַיִּ֔יםkhayimalive 2 Kings 10:14:4 ⧉וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֖וּםvayitpesesumand they seized them 2 Kings 10:14:5 ⧉חַיִּ֑יםkhayimalive 2 Kings 10:14:6 ⧉וַֽיִּשְׁחָט֞וּםvayishkhatumand they slaughtered them 2 Kings 10:14:7 ⧉אֶל־בּ֣וֹרelborto the pit of 2 Kings 10:14:8 ⧉בֵּֽית־עֵ֗קֶדbeitekedBeth-eked 2 Kings 10:14:9 ⧉אַרְבָּעִ֤יםarbaimforty 2 Kings 10:14:10 ⧉וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ushenayimand two 2 Kings 10:14:11 ⧉אִ֔ישׁishman or person 2 Kings 10:14:12 ⧉וְלֹֽא־הִשְׁאִ֥ירvelohisheirand he did not leave 2 Kings 10:14:13 ⧉אִ֖ישׁisha man or anyone 2 Kings 10:14:14 ⧉מֵהֶֽם׃סmehemfrom them |
14. Formal Translation And he said, “Capture them alive.” So they captured them alive and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-Eked—forty-two men—and he left none of them. |
14. Dynamic Translation He commanded, “Take them alive!” They seized them alive and killed them by the well at Beth-Eked—forty-two men in all. Not one of them was spared. |