30. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 4:30:1 ⧉וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙vatomerand she said 2 Kings 4:30:2 ⧉אֵ֣םemmother 2 Kings 4:30:3 ⧉הַנַּ֔עַרhanaarof the boy 2 Kings 4:30:4 ⧉חַי־יְהוָ֥הkhaiyahwehas the LORD lives 2 Kings 4:30:5 ⧉וְחֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֖vekheinafshekhaand as your life lives 2 Kings 4:30:6 ⧉אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּimeezevkaif I will leave you 2 Kings 4:30:7 ⧉וַיָּ֖קָםvayakamand he arose 2 Kings 4:30:8 ⧉וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvayelekhand he went 2 Kings 4:30:9 ⧉אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃akharehaafter her |
30. Formal Translation And the mother of the boy said, “As the LORD {Yahweh, Oath Witness} lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So he arose and went after her. |
30. Dynamic Translation But the boy’s mother insisted, “As surely as the LORD {Yahweh, Living God} lives, and as you live, I will not desert you.” Then he got up and followed her. |