| 16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 15:16:1 ⧉אָ֣זazthen or at that time 2 Kings 15:16:2 ⧉יַכֶּֽה־מְ֠נַחֵםyakkemenakhemMenahem struck or attacked 2 Kings 15:16:3 ⧉אֶת־תִּפְסַ֨חettifsakh{direct object marker} Tiphsah 2 Kings 15:16:4 ⧉וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֤הּveetkalasherbaand all that was in it 2 Kings 15:16:5 ⧉וְאֶת־גְּבוּלֶ֙יהָ֙veetgevulehaand its border or territory 2 Kings 15:16:6 ⧉מִתִּרְצָ֔הmitirtsafrom Tirzah 2 Kings 15:16:7 ⧉כִּ֛יkibecause 2 Kings 15:16:8 ⧉לֹ֥אlonot 2 Kings 15:16:9 ⧉פָתַ֖חpatakhhe opened 2 Kings 15:16:10 ⧉וַיַּ֑ךְvayakhand he struck 2 Kings 15:16:11 ⧉אֵ֛תet 2 Kings 15:16:12 ⧉כָּל־הֶהָ֥רוֹתֶ֖יהָkalheheratehaall her pregnant women 2 Kings 15:16:13 ⧉בִּקֵּֽעַ׃פbikkeahe ripped open or split open |
| 16. Formal Translation Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and everyone in it, along with its territory from Tirzah, because it refused to open, and he struck all its pregnant women, ripping them open. |
| 16. Dynamic Translation At that time, Menahem besieged Tiphsah and its inhabitants and its borders from Tirzah, for the city would not open to him. He then killed all the pregnant women, tearing them open. |