6. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 2:6:1 ⧉וַיֹּאמֶר֩vayomerand he said 2 Kings 2:6:2 ⧉ל֨וֹloto him 2 Kings 2:6:3 ⧉אֵלִיָּ֜הוּeliyahuElijah 2 Kings 2:6:4 ⧉שֵֽׁב־נָ֣אshevnaplease stay 2 Kings 2:6:5 ⧉פֹ֗הpohere 2 Kings 2:6:6 ⧉כִּ֤יkifor 2 Kings 2:6:7 ⧉יְהוָה֙yahwehthe LORD 2 Kings 2:6:8 ⧉שְׁלָחַ֣נִיshelakhanihas sent me 2 Kings 2:6:9 ⧉הַיַּרְדֵּ֔נָהhayardenato the Jordan 2 Kings 2:6:10 ⧉וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvayomerand he said 2 Kings 2:6:11 ⧉חַי־יְהוָ֥הkhaiyahwehas the LORD lives 2 Kings 2:6:12 ⧉וְחֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֖vekheinafshekhaand as your soul lives 2 Kings 2:6:13 ⧉אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּimeezevkaif I leave you 2 Kings 2:6:14 ⧉וַיֵּלְכ֖וּvayelekhuand they went 2 Kings 2:6:15 ⧉שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃sheneihemboth of them |
6. Formal Translation And Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, for the LORD {Yahweh, Divine Sender} has sent me to the Jordan.” But he said, “As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So the two of them walked on together. |
6. Dynamic Translation Then Elijah told him, “Stay here, I beg you, because the LORD {Yahweh, Living God} has sent me to the Jordan River.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they continued on together. |