| 18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 19:18:1 ⧉וְנָתְנ֥וּvenatenuand they have put or set 2 Kings 19:18:2 ⧉אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖םetelohehemthe gods of them 2 Kings 19:18:3 ⧉בָּאֵ֑שׁbaeshin the fire 2 Kings 19:18:4 ⧉כִּי֩kifor 2 Kings 19:18:5 ⧉לֹ֨אlonot 2 Kings 19:18:6 ⧉אֱלֹהִ֜יםelohimgods 2 Kings 19:18:7 ⧉הֵ֗מָּהhemathey 2 Kings 19:18:8 ⧉כִּ֣יkifor 2 Kings 19:18:9 ⧉אִם־מַעֲשֵׂ֧הimmaasebut rather a work or deed of 2 Kings 19:18:10 ⧉יְדֵֽי־אָדָ֛םyedeadamhands of man or humankind 2 Kings 19:18:11 ⧉עֵ֥ץetswood or tree 2 Kings 19:18:12 ⧉וָאֶ֖בֶןvaevenand stone 2 Kings 19:18:13 ⧉וַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃vayeabdemand they destroyed them |
| 18. Formal Translation And they placed their gods in the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of human hands—wood and stone—and they destroyed them. |
| 18. Dynamic Translation They threw {natan: cast, put} their gods into the fire because they were not real gods but only creations made by human hands—wood and stone—so they were destroyed. |