18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 2:18:1 ⧉וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּvayashuvuand they returned 2 Kings 2:18:2 ⧉אֵלָ֔יוelavto him 2 Kings 2:18:3 ⧉וְה֖וּאvehuand he 2 Kings 2:18:4 ⧉יֹשֵׁ֣בyoshevwas sitting or staying 2 Kings 2:18:5 ⧉בִּירִיח֑וֹbirikhoin Jericho 2 Kings 2:18:6 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand he said 2 Kings 2:18:7 ⧉אֲלֵהֶ֔םalehemto them 2 Kings 2:18:8 ⧉הֲלֽוֹא־אָמַ֥רְתִּיhaloamartidid I not say 2 Kings 2:18:9 ⧉אֲלֵיכֶ֖םalekhemto you 2 Kings 2:18:10 ⧉אַל־תֵּלֵֽכוּ׃altelekhudo not go |
18. Formal Translation And they returned to him, and he was sitting in Jericho. And he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go?’” |
18. Dynamic Translation When they returned to him, he was still in Jericho. He said to them, “Did I not tell you, ‘Do not go’?” |