12. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 7:12:1 ⧉וַיָּ֨קָםvayakamand he rose 2 Kings 7:12:2 ⧉הַמֶּ֜לֶךְhamelekhthe king 2 Kings 7:12:3 ⧉לַ֗יְלָהlailaat night 2 Kings 7:12:4 ⧉וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vayomerand he said 2 Kings 7:12:5 ⧉אֶל־עֲבָדָ֔יוelavadaivto his servants 2 Kings 7:12:6 ⧉אַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣אagidanalet me tell, please 2 Kings 7:12:7 ⧉לָכֶ֔םlakhemto you 2 Kings 7:12:8 ⧉אֵ֛תet 2 Kings 7:12:9 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥שׂוּasherasuwhat they have done 2 Kings 7:12:10 ⧉לָ֖נוּlanuto us 2 Kings 7:12:11 ⧉אֲרָ֑םaramAram 2 Kings 7:12:12 ⧉יָדְע֞וּyadeuthey know 2 Kings 7:12:13 ⧉כִּי־רְעֵבִ֣יםkireevimthat hungry ones 2 Kings 7:12:14 ⧉אֲנַ֗חְנוּanakhnuwe are 2 Kings 7:12:15 ⧉וַיֵּצְא֤וּvayetseuand they went out 2 Kings 7:12:16 ⧉מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙minhamakhanefrom the camp 2 Kings 7:12:17 ⧉לְהֵחָבֵ֤הlekhekhaveto hide 2 Kings 7:12:18 ⧉בהשדהbhshdin the field 2 Kings 7:12:19 ⧉בַשָּׂדֶה֙vasadein the open country or in the field 2 Kings 7:12:20 ⧉לֵאמֹ֔רlemorsaying 2 Kings 7:12:21 ⧉כִּֽי־יֵצְא֤וּkiyetseuthat when they go out 2 Kings 7:12:22 ⧉מִן־הָעִיר֙minhairfrom the city 2 Kings 7:12:23 ⧉וְנִתְפְּשֵׂ֣םvenitpesemthen we will seize them 2 Kings 7:12:24 ⧉חַיִּ֔יםkhayimalive 2 Kings 7:12:25 ⧉וְאֶל־הָעִ֖ירveelhairand into the city 2 Kings 7:12:26 ⧉נָבֹֽא׃navowe will come |
12. Formal Translation And the king arose at night and said to his servants, “Let me now explain what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry, so they have gone out of the camp to hide in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we will seize them alive and then enter the city ourselves.’” |
12. Dynamic Translation The king got up in the night and told his servants, “Here is what the Arameans have done to us: They know we are starving, so they have abandoned their camp to conceal themselves in the fields. They are thinking, ‘When people come out of the city, we will catch them alive and then go into the city ourselves!’” |