2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 8:2:1 ⧉וַתָּ֙קָם֙vatakamand she arose 2 Kings 8:2:2 ⧉הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הhaishathe woman 2 Kings 8:2:3 ⧉וַתַּ֕עַשׂvataasand she did 2 Kings 8:2:4 ⧉כִּדְבַ֖רkidvaraccording to the word of 2 Kings 8:2:5 ⧉אִ֣ישׁisha man 2 Kings 8:2:6 ⧉הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםhaelohimof God 2 Kings 8:2:7 ⧉וַתֵּ֤לֶךְvatelekhand she went 2 Kings 8:2:8 ⧉הִיא֙hishe 2 Kings 8:2:9 ⧉וּבֵיתָ֔הּuveitaand her household 2 Kings 8:2:10 ⧉וַתָּ֥גָרvatagarand she sojourned 2 Kings 8:2:11 ⧉בְּאֶֽרֶץ־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםbeeretspelishtimin the land of the Philistines 2 Kings 8:2:12 ⧉שֶׁ֥בַעshevaseven 2 Kings 8:2:13 ⧉שָׁנִֽים׃shanimyears |
2. Formal Translation The woman got up and carried out what the man of God had spoken. She left with her household and lived as a resident alien in the land of the Philistines for seven years. |
2. Dynamic Translation She obeyed what the man of God told her. Taking her family, she went to Philistine territory and stayed there for seven years. |