| 9. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 18:9:1 ⧉וַֽיְהִ֞יvayehiand it happened 2 Kings 18:9:2 ⧉בַּשָּׁנָ֤הbashanain the year 2 Kings 18:9:3 ⧉הָֽרְבִיעִית֙hareviitthe fourth 2 Kings 18:9:4 ⧉לַמֶּ֣לֶךְlamelekhof the king 2 Kings 18:9:5 ⧉חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּkhizkiyahuHezekiah 2 Kings 18:9:6 ⧉הִ֚יאhiit was 2 Kings 18:9:7 ⧉הַשָּׁנָ֣הhashanathe year 2 Kings 18:9:8 ⧉הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יתhasheviitthe seventh 2 Kings 18:9:9 ⧉לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַlehosheaof Hoshea 2 Kings 18:9:10 ⧉בֶּן־אֵלָ֖הbenelason of Elah 2 Kings 18:9:11 ⧉מֶ֣לֶךְmelekhking 2 Kings 18:9:12 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelof Israel 2 Kings 18:9:13 ⧉עָלָ֞הalacame up 2 Kings 18:9:14 ⧉שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֧סֶרshalmaneserShalmaneser 2 Kings 18:9:15 ⧉מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֛וּרmelekhashurking of Assyria 2 Kings 18:9:16 ⧉עַל־שֹׁמְר֖וֹןalshomeronagainst Samaria 2 Kings 18:9:17 ⧉וַיָּ֥צַרvayatsarand he besieged 2 Kings 18:9:18 ⧉עָלֶֽיהָ׃alehaagainst it |
| 9. Formal Translation And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, went up against Samaria and besieged it. |
| 9. Dynamic Translation During the fourth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, which was also the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser, the ruler of Assyria, marched against Samaria and surrounded it with a siege. |