7. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 10:7:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֗יvayehiand it happened 2 Kings 10:7:2 ⧉כְּבֹ֤אkevowhen came 2 Kings 10:7:3 ⧉הַסֵּ֙פֶר֙haseferthe letter 2 Kings 10:7:4 ⧉אֲלֵיהֶ֔םalehemto them 2 Kings 10:7:5 ⧉וַיִּקְחוּ֙vayikkhuand they took 2 Kings 10:7:6 ⧉אֶת־בְּנֵ֣יetbenei{direct object} the sons of 2 Kings 10:7:7 ⧉הַמֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekhthe king 2 Kings 10:7:8 ⧉וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּvayishkhatuand they slaughtered 2 Kings 10:7:9 ⧉שִׁבְעִ֣יםshiveimseventy 2 Kings 10:7:10 ⧉אִ֑ישׁishman or persons 2 Kings 10:7:11 ⧉וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּvayasimuand they put 2 Kings 10:7:12 ⧉אֶת־רָֽאשֵׁיהֶם֙etrashehem{direct object} their heads 2 Kings 10:7:13 ⧉בַּדּוּדִ֔יםbadudimin the baskets 2 Kings 10:7:14 ⧉וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּvayishlekhuand they sent 2 Kings 10:7:15 ⧉אֵלָ֖יוelavto him 2 Kings 10:7:16 ⧉יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃yizreelato Jezreel |
7. Formal Translation When the letter reached them, they took the king’s sons, slaughtered seventy men, put their heads into baskets, and sent them to him at Jezreel. |
7. Dynamic Translation As soon as the letter arrived, they seized the sons of the king, killed seventy men, placed the heads in baskets, and dispatched them to Jehu at Jezreel. |