| 14. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 20:14:1 ⧉וַיָּבֹא֙vavaand came 2 Kings 20:14:2 ⧉יְשַֽׁעְיָ֣הוּyeshayahuIsaiah 2 Kings 20:14:3 ⧉הַנָּבִ֔יאhanavithe prophet 2 Kings 20:14:4 ⧉אֶל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְelhamelekhto the king 2 Kings 20:14:5 ⧉חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּkhizkiyahuHezekiah 2 Kings 20:14:6 ⧉וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvayomerand he said 2 Kings 20:14:7 ⧉אֵלָ֜יוelavto him 2 Kings 20:14:8 ⧉מָ֥הmawhat 2 Kings 20:14:9 ⧉אָמְר֣וּameruthey said 2 Kings 20:14:10 ⧉הָאֲנָשִׁ֣יםhaanashimthe men 2 Kings 20:14:11 ⧉הָאֵ֗לֶּהhaelethese 2 Kings 20:14:12 ⧉וּמֵאַ֙יִן֙umeenand from where 2 Kings 20:14:13 ⧉יָבֹ֣אוּyavoudid they come 2 Kings 20:14:14 ⧉אֵלֶ֔יךָelekhato you 2 Kings 20:14:15 ⧉וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vayomerand he said 2 Kings 20:14:16 ⧉חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּkhizkiyahuHezekiah 2 Kings 20:14:17 ⧉מֵאֶ֧רֶץmeeretsfrom a land 2 Kings 20:14:18 ⧉רְחוֹקָ֛הrekhokafar 2 Kings 20:14:19 ⧉בָּ֖אוּbauthey have come 2 Kings 20:14:20 ⧉מִבָּבֶֽל׃mibavelfrom Babylon |
| 14. Formal Translation Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men discuss, and from which region did they arrive to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came to me from a distant land, from Babylon.” |
| 14. Dynamic Translation Then Isaiah the prophet approached King Hezekiah and asked, “What did those men say to you, and what place did they come from?” Hezekiah replied, “They came from a faraway land—from Babylon.” |