4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 3:4:1 ⧉וּמֵישַׁ֥עumeshaand Mesha 2 Kings 3:4:2 ⧉מֶֽלֶךְ־מוֹאָ֖בmelekhmoavking of Moab 2 Kings 3:4:3 ⧉הָיָ֣הhayawas 2 Kings 3:4:4 ⧉נֹקֵ֑דnokeda sheep-breeder or sheep-master 2 Kings 3:4:5 ⧉וְהֵשִׁ֤יבveheshivand he brought back or paid 2 Kings 3:4:6 ⧉לְמֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙lemelekhyisraelto the king of Israel 2 Kings 3:4:7 ⧉מֵאָה־אֶ֣לֶףmeaelefa hundred thousand 2 Kings 3:4:8 ⧉כָּרִ֔יםkarimlambs 2 Kings 3:4:9 ⧉וּמֵ֥אָהumeaand a hundred 2 Kings 3:4:10 ⧉אֶ֖לֶףelefthousand 2 Kings 3:4:11 ⧉אֵילִ֥יםelimrams 2 Kings 3:4:12 ⧉צָֽמֶר׃tsamerwool |
4. Formal Translation Now Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheepbreeder; he paid the king of Israel a tribute of one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams. |
4. Dynamic Translation Mesha, Moab’s king, raised sheep and supplied the king of Israel with one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams. |