8. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 2:8:1 ⧉וַיִּקַּח֩vayikkakhand he took 2 Kings 2:8:2 ⧉אֵלִיָּ֨הוּeliyahuElijah 2 Kings 2:8:3 ⧉אֶת־אַדַּרְתּ֤וֹetadarto{direct object marker} his mantle or his cloak 2 Kings 2:8:4 ⧉וַיִּגְלֹם֙vayiglomand he rolled up 2 Kings 2:8:5 ⧉וַיַּכֶּ֣הvayakkeand he struck 2 Kings 2:8:6 ⧉אֶת־הַמַּ֔יִםethamayim{direct object marker} the waters 2 Kings 2:8:7 ⧉וַיֵּחָצ֖וּvayekhatsuand they were divided 2 Kings 2:8:8 ⧉הֵ֣נָּהhenathis way or here 2 Kings 2:8:9 ⧉וָהֵ֑נָהvahenaand that way or there 2 Kings 2:8:10 ⧉וַיַּעַבְר֥וּvayaveruand they crossed over 2 Kings 2:8:11 ⧉שְׁנֵיהֶ֖םshenehemthe two of them 2 Kings 2:8:12 ⧉בֶּחָרָבָֽה׃bekharavaon the dry ground |
8. Formal Translation And Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the water with it; and the water was divided to one side and to the other, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground. |
8. Dynamic Translation Elijah picked up his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water with it. The water split in two—one part to this side and the other to that—and both crossed on dry ground. |