The rare double merkha - look for it and the preceding accent

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There it is - the rare double merkha, the kefula. Supposedly only 5 times in Torah and 7 times elsewhere (according to the article.) Let's see...

I said in a comment on this post that I would report later. And I have just noted that promise while looking for something else.

I have 9 additional occurrences outside of Torah. I have treated this sign as equivalent to a merkha by itself. Perhaps it might have a different sound, much as a string player might tweak a string in a particular manner.

The incidents are Gen 27:25, Ex 5:15, Lev 10:1, Numb 32:42, 14:3, (the 5 of Torah)
1 Kings 10:3, 20:9, Ezek 14:4, Hab 1:3, Zech 3:2, Ezra 7:25, Neh 3:38,
[CR avoids bug in interpreting the link] 2 Chr 9:2, 20:30. Nine additional.

(I added these places to the article referenced. The occurrence counts were masked in the original by the repetitions in the same book.)

Could this sign be anything else? As you can see, I haven't got to most of these. But I'm not sure the English would help us see any significance to this accent.

One thing stands out. This accent always occurs immediately after a darga and immediately before a tifcha. Now I am sure that will make a great deal of sense to you.

Is it I wonder, an aid to the singer who finds the jump of an augmented 5th awkward? The only place I can find that interval unmediated by an intermediate note is in Deut 13:15. So my thesis is plausible.

Genesis 27
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הַגִּ֤שָׁה לִּי֙ וְאֹֽכְלָה֙ מִצֵּ֣יד בְּנִ֔י לְמַ֥עַן תְּבָֽרֶכְךָ֖ נַפְשִׁ֑י וַיַּגֶּשׁ־לוֹ֙ וַיֹּאכַ֔ל וַיָּ֧בֵא ל֦וֹ יַ֖יִן וַיֵּֽשְׁתְּ	25	And he said, Bring it close to me that I may eat from the provender of my son so that my being may bless you. And he brought it close to him and he ate, and he brought to him wine, and he imbibed.	23 15
Exodus 5
וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר לָ֧מָּה תַעֲשֶׂ֦ה כֹ֖ה לַעֲבָדֶֽיךָ	15		20 11
Leviticus 10
וַיִּקְח֣וּ בְנֵֽי־אַ֠הֲרֹן נָדָ֨ב וַאֲבִיה֜וּא אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּת֗וֹ וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ בָהֵן֙ אֵ֔שׁ וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ עָלֶ֖יהָ קְטֹ֑רֶת וַיַּקְרִ֜בוּ לִפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֵ֣שׁ זָרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹ֦א צִוָּ֖ה אֹתָֽם	1		33 18
Numbers 14
וְלָמָ֣ה יְ֠הוָה מֵבִ֨יא אֹתָ֜נוּ אֶל־הָאָ֤רֶץ הַזֹּאת֙ לִנְפֹּ֣ל בַּחֶ֔רֶב נָשֵׁ֥ינוּ וְטַפֵּ֖נוּ יִהְי֣וּ לָבַ֑ז הֲל֧וֹא ט֦וֹב לָ֖נוּ שׁ֥וּב מִצְרָֽיְמָה	3		32 9
Numbers 32
וְנֹ֣בַח הָלַ֔ךְ וַיִּלְכֹּ֥ד אֶת־קְנָ֖ת וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֶ֑יהָ וַיִּקְרָ֧א לָ֦ה נֹ֖בַח בִּשְׁמֽוֹ	42		17 8
1 Kings 10
וַיַּגֶּד־לָ֥הּ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אֶת־כָּל־דְּבָרֶ֑יהָ לֹֽא־הָיָ֤ה דָּבָר֙ נֶעְלָ֣ם מִן־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹ֦א הִגִּ֖יד לָֽהּ	3		13 17
1 Kings 20
וַֽיַּחֲנ֧וּ אֵ֦לֶּה נֹ֥כַח אֵ֖לֶּה שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַתִּקְרַב֙ הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וַיַּכּ֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל אֶת־אֲרָ֛ם מֵאָה־אֶ֥לֶף רַגְלִ֖י בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָֽד	29		14 35
Ezekiel 14
לָכֵ֣ן דַּבֵּר־א֠וֹתָם וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה אִ֣ישׁ אִ֣ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ יַעֲלֶ֨ה אֶת־גִּלּוּלָ֜יו אֶל־לִבּ֗וֹ וּמִכְשׁ֤וֹל עֲוֺנוֹ֙ יָשִׂים֙ נֹ֣כַח פָּנָ֔יו וּבָ֖א אֶל־הַנָּבִ֑יא אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה נַעֲנֵ֧יתִי ל֦וֹ בָ֖א בְּרֹ֥ב גִּלּוּלָֽיו	4		58 15
Habakkuk 1
לָ֣מָּה תַרְאֵ֤נִי אָ֙וֶן֙ וְעָמָ֣ל תַּבִּ֔יט וְשֹׁ֥ד וְחָמָ֖ס לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וַיְהִ֧י רִ֦יב וּמָד֖וֹן יִשָּֽׂא	3	Why do you show me mischief and misery you make me notice, and devastation and violence before me? And there is contention and sentence pronounced.	20 8
Zechariah 3
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־הַשָּׂטָ֗ן יִגְעַ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה בְּךָ֙ הַשָּׂטָ֔ן וְיִגְעַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ בְּךָ֔ הַבֹּחֵ֖ר בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם הֲל֧וֹא זֶ֦ה א֖וּד מֻצָּ֥ל מֵאֵֽשׁ	2		32 8
Ezra 7
וְאַ֣נְתְּ עֶזְרָ֗א כְּחָכְמַ֨ת אֱלָהָ֤ךְ דִּֽי־בִידָךְ֙ מֶ֣נִּי שָׁפְטִ֞ין וְדַיָּנִ֗ין דִּי־לֶהֱוֺ֤ן דָּאיְנִין֙ לְכָל־עַמָּה֙ דִּ֚י בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔ה לְכָל־יָדְעֵ֖י דָּתֵ֣י אֱלָהָ֑ךְ וְדִ֧י לָ֦א יָדַ֖ע תְּהוֹדְעֽוּן	25		47 8
Nehemiah 3
וַנִּבְנֶה֙ אֶת־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה וַתִּקָּשֵׁ֥ר כָּל־הַחוֹמָ֖ה עַד־חֶצְיָ֑הּ וַיְהִ֧י לֵ֦ב לָעָ֖ם לַעֲשֽׂוֹת	38		18 8
2 Chronicles 9
וַיַּגֶּד־לָ֥הּ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אֶת־כָּל־דְּבָרֶ֑יהָ וְלֹֽא־נֶעְלַ֤ם דָּבָר֙ מִשְּׁלֹמֹ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹ֦א הִגִּ֖יד לָֽהּ	2		13 15
2 Chronicles 20
וַתִּשְׁקֹ֖ט מַלְכ֣וּת יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט וַיָּ֧נַֽח ל֦וֹ אֱלֹהָ֖יו מִסָּבִֽיב	30		9 10

When is g-d not g-d?

Two links here Storied Theology  and Quadrilateral Thoughts on a Wheaton College incident - go-d grief - another situation created by people who really ought to resign from their authority. Afraid of losing money from the big evangelical givers.

That's not education nor is it able to be called by any good adjective (take your choice).

Job 38

I've been here before in 2010 but there was a different discipline in my first cut. Then I read books. Now I am letting the computer read the text to see what it tells me. This is the first of Yahweh's speeches after 6 preparatory chapters by Elihu, to which we will come later.

Here too are the short, hard hitting poetic lines (except verse 1 which is in the narrator's voice and uses prose accents). Only verse 41 has an additional internal cadence.

Note how many of the questions span multiple verses. Sometimes the music reflects this continuation, sometimes not. The significance of the starting note for a verse is not clear to me. Where I read a thought spanning verses, I have used a comma at the end of the verse, and a lower case beginning of the next verse.

Job 38		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יּוֹב מִ֥ן ׀ הַסְּעָרָ֗ה וַיֹּאמַֽר	1		And Yahweh answered Job from the tempest and said,	3e	4B	15
מִ֤י זֶ֨ה ׀ מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ עֵצָ֥ה בְמִלִּ֗ין בְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת	2	C	Who is this darkening counsel in speeches without knowledge?	3e	4C	12
אֱזָר־נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ וְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי	3		Gird if you will, as one who is valiant, your reins, and I will ask you and you make known to me.	3e	4B	10 9
אֵיפֹ֣ה הָ֭יִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־יָדַ֥עְתָּ בִינָֽה	4		Where were you when I founded Earth? Make it clear if you know discernment.	3e	4B	9 8
מִי־שָׂ֣ם מְ֭מַדֶּיהָ כִּ֣י תֵדָ֑ע א֤וֹ מִֽי־נָטָ֖ה עָלֶ֣יהָ קָּֽו	5		Who set her measure? For you know. Or who stretched out on her a line?	3e	4C	9 7
עַל־מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי־יָ֝רָ֗ה אֶ֣בֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ	6		On what is her socket sunk? Or who instructed her corner stone,	3e	4B	9 8
בְּרָן־יַ֭חַד כּ֣וֹכְבֵי בֹ֑קֶר וַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּ כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים	7		when, together, the stars of the morning shouted for joy, and all the children of God shouted in triumph?	3e	4B	8 10
וַיָּ֣סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ מֵרֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא	8		Or [who] screened in Ocean with portals, when he burst out, exiting from out of a womb,	3e	4B	7 8
בְּשׂוּמִ֣י עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ	9		when I set out Cloud for his clothing, and Murk, his swaddling clothes,	3e	4B	8 8
וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר עָלָ֣יו חֻקִּ֑י וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם	10		and shattered for him my decree, and set out runaway lanes and portals?	3e	4B	7 10
וָאֹמַ֗ר עַד־פֹּ֣ה תָ֭בוֹא וְלֹ֣א תֹסִ֑יף וּפֹ֥א־יָ֝שִׁ֗ית בִּגְא֥וֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ	11		And I said, To here you will come and no farther, and here mark the pride of your waves.	3e	4B	11 8
הְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָ‬ צִוִּ֣יתָ בֹּ֑קֶר יִדַּ֖עְתָּה‬ הַשַּׁ֣חַר מְקֹמֽוֹ	12	g	From your days, have you commanded Morning, made the dawn know its place,	3e	4B	10 9
לֶ֭אֱחֹז בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת הָאָ֑רֶץ וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מִמֶּֽנָּה	13	g	that it grasp the wings of the earth, to toss the wicked from her?	3e	4B	9 11
תִּ֭תְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹ֣מֶר חוֹתָ֑ם וְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּ כְּמ֣וֹ לְבֽוּשׁ	14	g	Changed as clay by the seal, they present themselves as clothing.	3e	4B	8 8
וְיִמָּנַ֣ע מֵרְשָׁעִ֣ים אוֹרָ֑ם וּזְר֥וֹעַ רָ֝מָ֗ה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר	15		And their light from the wicked is withheld, and an exalted arm is broken.	3e	4B	9 8
הֲ֭בָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָ֑ם וּבְחֵ֥קֶר תְּ֝ה֗וֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ	16	g	Have you come to the fountainheads of Ocean? And to examine Abyss, have you gone?	3e	4A	7 9
הֲנִגְל֣וּ לְ֭ךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָ֑וֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵ֖י צַלְמָ֣וֶת תִּרְאֶֽה	17		Have the gates of Death been disclosed to you, or the gates shadowing Death have you seen?	3e	4B	9 9
הִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־יָדַ֥עְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ	18	g	Have you understood to the breadth of Earth? Tell, if you know all of her.	3e	4A	9 8
אֵי־זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־א֑וֹר וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶ֥ה מְקֹמֽוֹ	19		Where is this, the way of the dwelling of Light? And Darkness, where is this, its place,	3e	4B	8 8
כִּ֣י תִ֭קָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּל֑וֹ וְכִֽי־תָ֝בִ֗ין נְתִיב֥וֹת בֵּיתֽוֹ	20	B	that you take it to its border, and that you understand the pathways of its house?	3e	4B	9 8
יָ֭דַעְתָּ כִּי־אָ֣ז תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וּמִסְפַּ֖ר יָמֶ֣יךָ רַבִּֽים	21	g	You know, for then you were born, and the count of your days is many.	3e	4B	8 8
הֲ֭בָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְר֣וֹת שָׁ֑לֶג וְאֹצְר֖וֹת בָּרָ֣ד תִּרְאֶֽה	22	g	Have you come to the treasuries of Snow, or the fashioners of Hail have you seen,	3e	4B	8 7
אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂ֥כְתִּי לְעֶת־צָ֑ר לְי֥וֹם קְ֝רָ֗ב וּמִלְחָמָֽה	23		which I have kept back for the time of trouble, for the day of close combat and of war?	3e	4A	8 8
אֵי־זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יֵחָ֣לֶק א֑וֹר יָפֵ֖ץ קָדִ֣ים עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ	24		Where is this, the way Light is divided, East wind smashed over earth?	3e	4B	9 7
מִֽי־פִלַּ֣ג לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף תְּעָלָ֑ה וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת	25		Who streams a conduit for the overflow, or a way for the thunderbolt's voices,	3e	4B	8 8
לְ֭הַמְטִיר עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ לֹא־אִ֑ישׁ מִ֝דְבָּ֗ר לֹא־אָדָ֥ם בּֽוֹ	26	g	to make rain on earth, no person, a wilderness, no humanity in it,	3e	4B	8 5
לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָה‬ וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא	27		to satisfy ruin and vanity, and sprout the bud of verdant herbs?	3e	4B	9 8
הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָ֥ר אָ֑ב א֥וֹ מִי־ה֝וֹלִ֗יד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל	28		Has Rain a father, or who gave birth to the cache of Dew?	3e	4A	6 6
מִבֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַקָּ֑רַח וּכְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽוֹ	29		From whose belly came forth the ice? And the covering over the heavens, who gave it birth?	3e	4B	9 8
כָּ֭אֶבֶן מַ֣יִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ וּפְנֵ֥י תְ֝ה֗וֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ	30	g	As a stone, waters are camouflaged, and the face of the abyss is captured.	3e	4B	8 8
הַֽ֭תְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת כִּימָ֑ה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ	31	g	Can you fasten the enthrallments of the Pleiades, or the belt of Orion open?	3e	4B	9 9
הֲתֹצִ֣יא מַזָּר֣וֹת בְּעִתּ֑וֹ וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶ֥יהָ תַנְחֵֽם	32		Do you bring forth constellations in their time? Or the Great Bear above her children, do you guide them?	3e	4B	9 9
הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ חֻקּ֣וֹת שָׁמָ֑יִם אִם־תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ בָאָֽרֶץ	33	g	Do you know the decrees of heaven? If you set up its overseer in the earth.	3e	4B	9 9
הֲתָרִ֣ים לָעָ֣ב קוֹלֶ֑ךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ	34		Do you lift high to the thick cloud your voice, so a profusion of waters cover you?	3e	4B	8 8
הַֽתְשַׁלַּ֣ח בְּרָקִ֣ים וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ וְיֹאמְר֖וּ לְךָ֣ הִנֵּֽנוּ	35		Do you send out Lightnings and they go? And say to you, Behold us!	3e	4B	10 8
מִי־שָׁ֭ת בַּטֻּח֣וֹת חָכְמָ֑ה א֤וֹ מִֽי־נָתַ֖ן לַשֶּׂ֣כְוִי בִינָֽה	36		Who imposes wisdom in the inward parts, or who gives to the sense understanding?	3e	4C	7 8
מִֽי־יְסַפֵּ֣ר שְׁחָקִ֣ים בְּחָכְמָ֑ה וְנִבְלֵ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם מִ֣י יַשְׁכִּֽיב	37		Who records the skies in wisdom, and with the skin-bottles of the heavens, who lies down,	3e	4B	10 8
בְּצֶ֣קֶת עָ֭פָר לַמּוּצָ֑ק וּרְגָבִ֥ים יְדֻבָּֽקוּ	38		infusing dust into mold, and clods clinging?	3e	4B	8 7
הֲתָצ֣וּד לְלָבִ֣יא טָ֑רֶף וְחַיַּ֖ת כְּפִירִ֣ים תְּמַלֵּֽא	39		Will you hound prey for the great cat, and the life of the cubs, will you fill?	3e	4B	8 9
כִּי־יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב	40		For they press down in their dens. They sit in the booth, their lurking place.	3e	4B	6 8
מִ֤י יָכִ֥ין לָעֹרֵ֗ב צֵ֫יד֥וֹ כִּֽי־יְ֭לָדָיו אֶל־אֵ֣ל יְשַׁוֵּ֑עוּ יִ֝תְע֗וּ לִבְלִי־אֹֽכֶל	41	C	Who establishes for the raven its provender? For its chicks to God cry for help. They wander without food.	3e	4C	8 10 5

50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate

Read this by Rabbi Pam.

2 Chronicles 27

A short chapter recently noted by another blogger. One item to note, verse 1a is repeated in verse 8. Also I wonder if the high one refers to gate or is an additional title of Yahweh (the Most High). The 'hill' might be better rendered as the hill country, i.e. around Jerusalem, a memorable place, though I have not seen הר used elsewhere in this way so far. A cor is a large amount of wheat or other dry goods, perhaps 10 bushels or so.

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2 Chronicles 27		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ יוֹתָ֣ם בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וְשֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יְרוּשָׁ֖ה בַּת־צָדֽוֹק	1		A child of twenty five years was Jotham when he began to reign, and sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Yerushah, the daughter of Zadok.	3e	4C	25 10
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֜ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה כְּכֹ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה֙ עֻזִּיָּ֣הוּ אָבִ֔יו רַ֕ק לֹא־בָ֖א אֶל־הֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֑ה וְע֥וֹד הָעָ֖ם מַשְׁחִיתִֽים	2		And he did what is upright in the eyes of Yahweh, according to everything that Uzziah his father had done but he did not come to the temple of Yahweh. And still the people were destructive.	3e	4C	30 7
ה֗וּא בָּנָ֛ה אֶת־שַׁ֥עַר בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה הָעֶלְי֑וֹן וּבְחוֹמַ֥ת הָעֹ֛פֶל בָּנָ֖ה לָרֹֽב	3	~	He himself built up the gate of the house of Yahweh, the high one. And in the wall of the promontory he built much.	3d	4A	12 10
וְעָרִ֥ים בָּנָ֖ה בְּהַר־יְהוּדָ֑ה וּבֶחֳרָשִׁ֣ים בָּנָ֔ה בִּֽירָנִיּ֖וֹת וּמִגְדָּלִֽים	4		And cities he built in the hills of Judah, and on the wooded heights, he built castles and towers.	3e	4B	10 15
וְ֠הוּא נִלְחַ֞ם עִם־מֶ֣לֶךְ בְּנֵי־עַמּוֹן֮ וַיֶּחֱזַ֣ק עֲלֵיהֶם֒ וַיִּתְּנוּ־ל֨וֹ בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֜וֹן בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַהִ֗יא מֵאָה֙ כִּכַּר־כֶּ֔סֶף וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת אֲלָפִ֤ים כֹּרִים֙ חִטִּ֔ים וּשְׂעוֹרִ֖ים עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת אֲלָפִ֑ים זֹ֗את הֵשִׁ֤יבוּ לוֹ֙ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וּבַשָּׁנָ֥ה הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית וְהַשְּׁלִשִֽׁית	5	~	And he himself warred with the king of the children of Ammon and was resolute over them, and the children of Ammon gave to him in that year a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cor of wheat and of barley, ten thousand. This the children of Ammon paid in tribute to him, and in the second year and the third.	3e	4C	54 20
וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֖ק יוֹתָ֑ם כִּ֚י הֵכִ֣ין דְּרָכָ֔יו לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽיו	6		And Jotham was resolved, for he prepared his ways before Yahweh his God.	3e	4C	6 13
וְיֶתֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י יוֹתָ֔ם וְכָל־מִלְחֲמֹתָ֖יו וּדְרָכָ֑יו הִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֔ים עַל־סֵ֥פֶר מַלְכֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וִיהוּדָֽה	7		And the remaining words of Jotham and all his wars and his ways, behold they are written in the record of the kings of Israel and Judah.	3e	4B	16 16
בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֧ים וְחָמֵ֛שׁ שָׁנָ֖ה הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֑וֹ וְשֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם	8		A child of twenty five years he was when he began to reign, and sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem.	3c	4B	13 12
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב יוֹתָם֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָחָ֥ז בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו	9		And Jotham was laid out with his ancestors and they entombed him in the city of David, and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.	3d	4C	19 9