25. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 6:25:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֨יvayehiand it happened 2 Kings 6:25:2 ⧉רָעָ֤בraava famine 2 Kings 6:25:3 ⧉גָּדוֹל֙gadolgreat 2 Kings 6:25:4 ⧉בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןbeshomrevonin Samaria 2 Kings 6:25:5 ⧉וְהִנֵּ֖הvehinneand look 2 Kings 6:25:6 ⧉צָרִ֣יםtsarimbesieging 2 Kings 6:25:7 ⧉עָלֶ֑יהָalehaagainst it 2 Kings 6:25:8 ⧉עַ֣דaduntil 2 Kings 6:25:9 ⧉הֱי֤וֹתheyotthere being 2 Kings 6:25:10 ⧉רֹאשׁ־חֲמוֹר֙roshkhamora head of a donkey 2 Kings 6:25:11 ⧉בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣יםbishmonimfor eighty 2 Kings 6:25:12 ⧉כֶּ֔סֶףkesefsilver 2 Kings 6:25:13 ⧉וְרֹ֛בַעverovaand a fourth part 2 Kings 6:25:14 ⧉הַקַּ֥בhakabof the kab 2 Kings 6:25:15 ⧉חרייוניםkhareyonimdung 2 Kings 6:25:16 ⧉דִבְיוֹנִ֖יםdivyonimof doves 2 Kings 6:25:17 ⧉בַּחֲמִשָּׁה־כָֽסֶף׃bakhamishakhaseffor five {shekels of} silver |
25. Formal Translation And it happened that there was a great famine in Samaria, and behold, they were besieging it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a quarter of a kab of doves’ dung for five pieces of silver. |
25. Dynamic Translation During the siege, a severe famine struck Samaria, so that a donkey’s head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and just a small portion—a quarter of a kab—of doves’ dung cost five pieces of silver. |