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