| 6. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 17:6:1 ⧉בִּשְׁנַ֨תbishnatin year of 2 Kings 17:6:2 ⧉הַתְּשִׁיעִ֜יתhatteshiiitthe ninth 2 Kings 17:6:3 ⧉לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַlehosheato Hoshea 2 Kings 17:6:4 ⧉לָכַ֤דlakhadcaptured 2 Kings 17:6:5 ⧉מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙melekhashurking of Assyria 2 Kings 17:6:6 ⧉אֶת־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןetshomronSamaria 2 Kings 17:6:7 ⧉וַיֶּ֥גֶלvayegeland he led away 2 Kings 17:6:8 ⧉אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לetyisraelIsrael 2 Kings 17:6:9 ⧉אַשּׁ֑וּרָהashurato Assyria 2 Kings 17:6:10 ⧉וַיֹּ֨שֶׁבvayoshevand he caused to dwell or placed 2 Kings 17:6:11 ⧉אֹתָ֜םotamthem 2 Kings 17:6:12 ⧉בַּחְלַ֧חbakhlakhin Halah 2 Kings 17:6:13 ⧉וּבְחָב֛וֹרuvekhavorand in Habor 2 Kings 17:6:14 ⧉נְהַ֥רneharriver of 2 Kings 17:6:15 ⧉גּוֹזָ֖ןgozanGozan 2 Kings 17:6:16 ⧉וְעָרֵ֥יveareiand cities of 2 Kings 17:6:17 ⧉מָדָֽי׃פmadaiMedia |
| 6. Formal Translation In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and exiled Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah and in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and in the towns of Media. |
| 6. Dynamic Translation During the ninth year of Hoshea, the Assyrian king captured Samaria and exiled the Israelites to Assyria. He placed them in Halah and Habor by the Gozan River and among the towns of the Medes. |