Isaiah 8

People told me that these nonsense names were untranslatable. Such is not the case. Take care what you are told. As some great systems thinker said - It's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you know that isn't so.  Anyway, the name means plenty-of-trouble-brewing, right?

The children that Yahweh has given me... The word is ילד, could be newborns, or juveniles, or toddlers (I was tempted - given the two grandchildren staying with us oldies these past three months!) or begotten since I have used children for בן. This verse 18 is a sudden insight of the prophet about his role as teacher.

22 verses in this chapter in the Greek. 23 in the Hebrew. In the 23rd I have left the play in English of make light (deny קלל) and make heavy (glorify כבד). The beginning I assume is a recall of the initial move into the land. Where today (in the story) we have pending exile and restoration with intimations of other things to which the story ultimately points.

Note the twitter account for the necromancers and the tendency to anger when hungry.

Seriously, it is not really clear who is the subject of the section from verse 21 to 22. I have switched back to masculine singular in the last verse where the subject is again unspecified (perhaps Yahweh), but not the same subject as the prior two verses.

Isaiah 8		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י קַח־לְךָ֖ גִּלָּי֣וֹן גָּד֑וֹל וּכְתֹ֤ב עָלָיו֙ בְּחֶ֣רֶט אֱנ֔וֹשׁ לְמַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז	1		And Yahweh said to me, Take for yourself a great plaque, and write on it with a mortal's engraving tool, to Swift-Spoil-Hurried-Loot.	3e	4C	15 16
וְאָעִ֣ידָה לִּ֔י עֵדִ֖ים נֶאֱמָנִ֑ים אֵ֚ת אוּרִיָּ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְאֶת־זְכַרְיָ֖הוּ בֶּ֥ן יְבֶרֶכְיָֽהוּ	2		And I will call to witness for me faithful witnesses, Uriah [Yah my light] the priest and Zachariah [Yahweh remembers] child of Yeberekyah [Yahweh blesses].	3e	4C	11 19
וָאֶקְרַב֙ אֶל־הַנְּבִיאָ֔ה וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י קְרָ֣א שְׁמ֔וֹ מַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז	3		And I came near to the prophetess, and she became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son. And Yahweh said to me, Call his name Swift-Spoil-Hurried-Loot.	3e	4C	14 17
כִּ֗י בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ יֵדַ֣ע הַנַּ֔עַר קְרֹ֖א אָבִ֣י וְאִמִּ֑י יִשָּׂ֣א ׀ אֶת־חֵ֣יל דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק וְאֵת֙ שְׁלַ֣ל שֹׁמְר֔וֹן לִפְנֵ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר	4	~	For before the youngster knows to call, My father and my mother, the force of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be lifted up before the king of Ashur.	3e	4B	16 19
וַיֹּ֣סֶף יְהוָ֔ה דַּבֵּ֥ר אֵלַ֛י ע֖וֹד לֵאמֹֽר	5		And again Yahweh spoke to me further, saying,	3d	4B	12
יַ֗עַן כִּ֤י מָאַס֙ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה אֵ֚ת מֵ֣י הַשִּׁלֹ֔חַ הַהֹלְכִ֖ים לְאַ֑ט וּמְשׂ֥וֹשׂ אֶת־רְצִ֖ין וּבֶן־רְמַלְיָֽהוּ	6	~	Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloax that meander sweet-tempered, and have joy in Rezin and the child of Remalia,	3e	4C	20 11
וְלָכֵ֡ן הִנֵּ֣ה אֲדֹנָי֩ מַעֲלֶ֨ה עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם אֶת־מֵ֣י הַנָּהָ֗ר הָעֲצוּמִים֙ וְהָ֣רַבִּ֔ים אֶת־מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּׁ֖וּר וְאֶת־כָּל־כְּבוֹד֑וֹ וְעָלָה֙ עַל־כָּל־אֲפִיקָ֔יו וְהָלַ֖ךְ עַל־כָּל־גְּדוֹתָֽיו	7		So therefore, behold, my Lord makes ascend on them the waters of the river, numerous and vast, the king of Ashur, and all his glory. And he will come up over all its channels, and will meander over all its levees.	3e	4B	38 16
וְחָלַ֤ף בִּֽיהוּדָה֙ שָׁטַ֣ף וְעָבַ֔ר עַד־צַוָּ֖אר יַגִּ֑יעַ וְהָיָה֙ מֻטּ֣וֹת כְּנָפָ֔יו מְלֹ֥א רֹֽחַב־אַרְצְךָ֖ עִמָּ֥נוּ אֵֽל	8		And he renews himself in Judah. He overflows and he passes through to the neck, touching. And the stretching out of his wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Is-With-Us-God.	3e	4C	18 19
רֹ֤עוּ עַמִּים֙ וָחֹ֔תּוּ וְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּ כֹּ֖ל מֶרְחַקֵּי־אָ֑רֶץ הִתְאַזְּר֣וּ וָחֹ֔תּוּ הִֽתְאַזְּר֖וּ וָחֹֽתּוּ	9	C	Associate yourselves, O peoples, and you will be dismayed, and give ear, all the distant places of earth. Gird yourselves and be dismayed. Gird yourselves and be dismayed.	3e	4C	17 12
עֻ֥צוּ עֵצָ֖ה וְתֻפָ֑ר דַּבְּר֤וּ דָבָר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָק֔וּם כִּ֥י עִמָּ֖נוּ אֵֽל	10	f	Take counsel. Counsel is without effect. Speak a word but it will not arise because God is with us.	3e	4C	7 13
כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י כְּחֶזְקַ֣ת הַיָּ֑ד וְיִסְּרֵ֕נִי מִלֶּ֛כֶת בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ הָֽעָם־הַזֶּ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר	11		Because thus says Yahweh to me with resolute hand, and tutors me to avoid walking in the way of this people, saying,	3c	4B	13 16
לֹא־תֹאמְר֣וּן קֶ֔שֶׁר לְכֹ֧ל אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמַ֛ר הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה קָ֑שֶׁר וְאֶת־מוֹרָא֥וֹ לֹֽא־תִֽירְא֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תַעֲרִֽיצוּ	12		Do not say, Collusion, to all that this people say, Collusion. And its fear you will not fear and you will not panic.	3c	4B	17 14
אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֹת֣וֹ תַקְדִּ֑ישׁוּ וְה֥וּא מוֹרַאֲכֶ֖ם וְה֥וּא מַֽעֲרִֽצְכֶֽם	13		Yahweh of hosts, him you will sanctify, and him you will fear, and he will be your panic.	3e	4B	11 12
וְהָיָ֖ה לְמִקְדָּ֑שׁ וּלְאֶ֣בֶן נֶ֠גֶף וּלְצ֨וּר מִכְשׁ֜וֹל לִשְׁנֵ֨י בָתֵּ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְפַ֣ח וּלְמוֹקֵ֔שׁ לְיוֹשֵׁ֖ב יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם	14		And he will be for a sanctuary, and for a stone to stub, and for a rock of stumbling to both the houses of Israel, a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.	3e	4C	6 28
וְכָ֥שְׁלוּ בָ֖ם רַבִּ֑ים וְנָפְל֣וּ וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּ וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ	15		And many will stumble among them, and they will fall and be broken and be trapped and be conquered.	3e	4B	6 14
צ֖וֹר תְּעוּדָ֑ה חֲת֥וֹם תּוֹרָ֖ה בְּלִמֻּדָֽי	16	g	Straiten the witness, seal instruction among my students.	3e	4A	4 8
וְחִכִּ֙יתִי֙ לַיהוָ֔ה הַמַּסְתִּ֥יר פָּנָ֖יו מִבֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְקִוֵּ֖יתִֽי־לֽוֹ	17		And I will tarry for Yahweh who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will wait for him.	3e	4B	16 4
הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֗י וְהַיְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָֽתַן־לִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לְאֹת֥וֹת וּלְמוֹפְתִ֖ים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מֵעִם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הַשֹּׁכֵ֖ן בְּהַ֥ר צִיּֽוֹן	18		Behold I myself and the newborns that Yahweh has given me, are for signs and portents in Israel, from Yahweh of hosts of the dwelling-place on the hill of Zion.	3e	4B	26 14
וְכִֽי־יֹאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵיכֶ֗ם דִּרְשׁ֤וּ אֶל־הָאֹבוֹת֙ וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים הַֽמְצַפְצְפִ֖ים וְהַמַּהְגִּ֑ים הֲלוֹא־עַם֙ אֶל־אֱלֹהָ֣יו יִדְרֹ֔שׁ בְּעַ֥ד הַחַיִּ֖ים אֶל־הַמֵּתִֽים	19		And when they say to you, Search out to the necromancers and to the wizards, who twitter and mutter, will it not be that a people should search out to its God from within the living? Not the dead!	3e	4C	27 18
לְתוֹרָ֖ה וְלִתְעוּדָ֑ה אִם־לֹ֤א יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ כַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽין־ל֖וֹ שָֽׁחַר	20		To instruction and to the witness. If they say, Not according to this word, it is that there is no dawn for it.	3e	4C	7 15
וְעָ֥בַר בָּ֖הּ נִקְשֶׁ֣ה וְרָעֵ֑ב וְהָיָ֨ה כִֽי־יִרְעַ֜ב וְהִתְקַצַּ֗ף וְקִלֵּ֧ל בְּמַלְכּ֛וֹ וּבֵאלֹהָ֖יו וּפָנָ֥ה לְמָֽעְלָה	21		And it will pass through it, intransigent and hungry. And it will be when it is hungry, then it is enraged, and it will slight its monarch and its God, and it will face upward.	3c	4B	9 26
וְאֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ יַבִּ֑יט וְהִנֵּ֨ה צָרָ֤ה וַחֲשֵׁכָה֙ מְע֣וּף צוּקָ֔ה וַאֲפֵלָ֖ה מְנֻדָּֽח	22		And to the land it will take note, and behold, trouble, and darkness, and a summit of agony, and gloom of the banished.	3e	4C	6 20
כִּ֣י לֹ֣א מוּעָף֮ לַאֲשֶׁ֣ר מוּצָ֣ק לָהּ֒ כָּעֵ֣ת הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן הֵקַ֞ל אַ֤רְצָה זְבֻלוּן֙ וְאַ֣רְצָה נַפְתָּלִ֔י וְהָאַחֲר֖וֹן הִכְבִּ֑יד דֶּ֤רֶךְ הַיָּם֙ עֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן גְּלִ֖יל הַגּוֹיִֽם	23	B	(But not a summit that molded her.) As in the time of the beginning, he made light of the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterwards he made heavy, the way of the sea across the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.	3e	4C	35 14

Ezekiel 5

It is somewhat difficult to say much about this terrible prophecy. From a language point of view, it is pretty straightforward. Lots of heat and destruction. I do note that for the preterite, I could probably drop the 'and' connector. It is, however, a syllable in the music.

Ezekiel 5		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וְאַתָּ֨ה בֶן־אָדָ֜ם קַח־לְךָ֣ ׀ חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּ֗ה תַּ֤עַר הַגַּלָּבִים֙ תִּקָּחֶ֣נָּה לָּ֔ךְ וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ֥ עַל־רֹאשְׁךָ֖ וְעַל־זְקָנֶ֑ךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ לְךָ֛ מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִשְׁקָ֖ל וְחִלַּקְתָּֽם	1		And you child of humanity, take for yourself a keen sword, a barber's razor take for yourself, and have it traverse over your head and over your beard, and take for yourself a balance for weighing, and divide them.	3d	4C	38 14
שְׁלִשִׁ֗ית בָּא֤וּר תַּבְעִיר֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֔יר כִּמְלֹ֖את יְמֵ֣י הַמָּצ֑וֹר וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֣ אֶת־הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֗ית תַּכֶּ֤ה בַחֶ֙רֶב֙ סְבִ֣יבוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ תִּזְרֶ֣ה לָר֔וּחַ וְחֶ֖רֶב אָרִ֥יק אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם	2		A third in the light you will kindle in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are fulfilled, and you will take the third to strike with the sword on every side of her. And the third you will sift for the wind, and I will do away with a sword in their aftermath.	3e	4C	18 36
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ מִשָּׁ֖ם מְעַ֣ט בְּמִסְפָּ֑ר וְצַרְתָּ֥ אוֹתָ֖ם בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ	3		And you will take from there a few in number, and fortify them in your hems.	3e	4B	11 9
וּמֵהֶם֙ ע֣וֹד תִּקָּ֔ח וְהִשְׁלַכְתָּ֤ אוֹתָם֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הָאֵ֔שׁ וְשָׂרַפְתָּ֥ אֹתָ֖ם בָּאֵ֑שׁ מִמֶּ֥נּוּ תֵצֵא־אֵ֖שׁ אֶל־כָּל־בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל	4		And from them take yet more and cast them into the centre of the fire and incinerate them in the fire. From it fire will go forth to all the house of Israel.	3e	4C	24 12
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֔ה זֹ֚את יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בְּת֥וֹךְ הַגּוֹיִ֖ם שַׂמְתִּ֑יהָ וּסְבִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָ אֲרָצֽוֹת	5	C	Thus says my Lord Yahweh, This Jerusalem, into the midst of the nations, I have set her, and the surrounding lands.	3e	4C	22 8
וַתֶּ֨מֶר אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֤י לְרִשְׁעָה֙ מִן־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְאֶ֨ת־חֻקּוֹתַ֔י מִן־הָאֲרָצ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבִיבוֹתֶ֑יהָ כִּ֤י בְמִשְׁפָּטַי֙ מָאָ֔סוּ וְחֻקּוֹתַ֖י לֹא־הָלְכ֥וּ בָהֶֽם	6		And she has provoked my judgments by her wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the lands that are on every side of her, for my judgments, they refused, and my statutes, they did not walk in them.	3e	4C	31 17
לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה יַ֤עַן הֲמָנְכֶם֙ מִן־הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבִיבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֔ם בְּחֻקּוֹתַי֙ לֹ֣א הֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י לֹ֣א עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם וּֽכְמִשְׁפְּטֵ֧י הַגּוֹיִ֛ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם לֹ֥א עֲשִׂיתֶֽם	7		Therefore thus says my Lord Yahweh, Because the snarling is more than the nations that surround you, in my statutes you did not walk and my judgments you did not do, and like the judgments of the nations that surround you, you did not do,	3c	4C	43 18
לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִ֥י עָלַ֖יִךְ גַּם־אָ֑נִי וְעָשִׂ֧יתִי בְתוֹכֵ֛ךְ מִשְׁפָּטִ֖ים לְעֵינֵ֥י הַגּוֹיִֽם	8		Therefore thus says my Lord Yahweh, Behold me. Even I am against you. And I will do in your midst judgments in the sight of the nations.	3c	4C	18 16
וְעָשִׂ֣יתִי בָ֗ךְ אֵ֚ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־עָשִׂ֔יתִי וְאֵ֛ת אֲשֶֽׁר־לֹֽא־אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה כָמֹ֖הוּ ע֑וֹד יַ֖עַן כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ	9		And I will do among you what I have not done and I will not do its like any more, because of all your abominations.	3d	4C	22 8
לָכֵ֗ן אָב֞וֹת יֹאכְל֤וּ בָנִים֙ בְּתוֹכֵ֔ךְ וּבָנִ֖ים יֹאכְל֣וּ אֲבוֹתָ֑ם וְעָשִׂ֤יתִי בָךְ֙ שְׁפָטִ֔ים וְזֵרִיתִ֥י אֶת־כָּל־שְׁאֵרִיתֵ֖ךְ לְכָל־רֽוּחַ	10		Therefore parents will eat children in your midst and children will eat parents, and I will do among you judgments, and I will sift all your physical power to every wind.	3e	4C	19 22
לָכֵ֣ן חַי־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ אִם־לֹ֗א יַ֚עַן אֶת־מִקְדָּשִׁ֣י טִמֵּ֔את בְּכָל־שִׁקּוּצַ֖יִךְ וּבְכָל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָ֑יִךְ וְגַם־אֲנִ֤י אֶגְרַע֙ וְלֹא־תָח֣וֹס עֵינִ֔י וְגַם־אֲנִ֖י לֹ֥א אֶחְמֽוֹל	11		Therefore I, Living, an oracle of my Lord Yahweh, Without fail, because my sanctuaries you have defiled by all your detestable things and by all your abominations, so even I, I will remove advantage, nor will my eye spare, and even I, I will not show pity.	3e	4C	34 18
שְׁלִשִׁתֵ֞יךְ בַּדֶּ֣בֶר יָמ֗וּתוּ וּבָֽרָעָב֙ יִכְל֣וּ בְתוֹכֵ֔ךְ וְהַ֨שְּׁלִשִׁ֔ית בַּחֶ֖רֶב יִפְּל֣וּ סְבִיבוֹתָ֑יִךְ וְהַשְּׁלִישִׁית֙ לְכָל־ר֣וּחַ אֱזָרֶ֔ה וְחֶ֖רֶב אָרִ֥יק אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם	12		A third of you by pestilence will die, and by famine they will be consumed in your midst, and a third by the sword will fall all around you, and the third to every wind I will sift, and sword I will do away with in their aftermath.	3e	4B	33 20
וְכָלָ֣ה אַפִּ֗י וַהֲנִחוֹתִ֧י חֲמָתִ֛י בָּ֖ם וְהִנֶּחָ֑מְתִּי וְֽיָדְע֞וּ כִּי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה דִּבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ בְּקִנְאָתִ֔י בְּכַלּוֹתִ֥י חֲמָתִ֖י בָּֽם	13		And my anger will consume and I will make my heat repose in them, and I will sigh. And they will know that I am Yahweh. I have spoken in my jealousy, by consuming my heat in them.	3c	4B	19 22
וְאֶתְּנֵךְ֙ לְחָרְבָּ֣ה וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה בַּגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבִיבוֹתָ֑יִךְ לְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־עוֹבֵֽר	14		And I will consign you to the desert, and for a reproach in the nations which are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by.	3e	4B	19 6
וְֽהָ֨יְתָ֜ה חֶרְפָּ֤ה וּגְדוּפָה֙ מוּסָ֣ר וּמְשַׁמָּ֔ה לַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבִיבוֹתָ֑יִךְ בַּעֲשׂוֹתִי֩ בָ֨ךְ שְׁפָטִ֜ים בְּאַ֤ף וּבְחֵמָה֙ וּבְתֹכְח֣וֹת חֵמָ֔ה אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּֽרְתִּי	15		And it will be a reproach and a reviling, a chastening and a desolation for the nations which are all around you, when I have undertaken among you judgments in anger and heat and in heated corrections. I am Yahweh. I have spoken.	3e	4C	23 25
בְּֽשַׁלְּחִ֡י אֶת־חִצֵּי֩ הָרָעָ֨ב הָרָעִ֤ים בָּהֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֣וּ לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית אֲשֶׁר־אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח אוֹתָ֖ם לְשַֽׁחֶתְכֶ֑ם וְרָעָב֙ אֹסֵ֣ף עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֥י לָכֶ֖ם מַטֵּה־לָֽחֶם	16		When I send the evil arrows of famine against them, which are for the destruction that I will send them out to destroy. And famine I will add against you, and I will break your branch of bread.	3e	4C	32 18
וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֣י עֲ֠לֵיכֶם רָעָ֞ב וְחַיָּ֤ה רָעָה֙ וְשִׁכְּלֻ֔ךְ וְדֶ֥בֶר וָדָ֖ם יַעֲבָר־בָּ֑ךְ וְחֶ֙רֶב֙ אָבִ֣יא עָלַ֔יִךְ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּֽרְתִּי	17		And I will send against you a famine, and evil animals. They will bereave you, and pestilence and blood will traverse among you. And sword I will bring against you. I am Yahweh. I have spoken.	3e	4C	26 15

Isaiah 7

I did not plan this passage for the Advent / Christmas season. It just happened that way. I am surprised at what I find. The prophecy is political. There is no 'sign' as such (apart from the names of the children). A young woman is pregnant and gives birth. Ahaz has to wait till a child grows up, but presumably his fear was more immediate. Isaiah seems to be making fun of him. Since Ahaz never seems to have been able to refuse evil and choose the good, he would have had to wait a long time. As much as 65 years before Ephraim is dismayed, חתת. And anyone who has been 65 will know there are plenty of failures in the task of choosing the good and refusing the evil.

Are there enough synonyms in English for all the types of thorn that seem to be needed for the Hebrew stems? Fortunately, one of the stems unique to Isaiah seems to reduce to another. Quite how שׁית comes from שׁנן I am not sure, but I will take the escape route. I see I do have a spare synonym, but I admit a lot more research into the intent of these wild words is required. Not all brambles are equal. My list at present is this. דרדר thistle, חדק prickly shrub, חוח thorn, נעצוץ thorn-bush, קוץ bramble, bristle, שׁמר spike, שׁנן gibe.

The English lemma routine needs quite a bit of shaking down and the categorization of words by domain is very rough in places. You can envisage a very messy finish line for the reading part of this project, lemmata, roots, and stems everywhere...

I have a question outstanding to my coach on עמ לא ... כי לא construction. These conjunctions seem very flexible in their usage. Ahaz has a name that is also the stem for hold fast, or grasp. He should find faithfulness easier than he does (verse 9). The sense of verse 9 per my coach is: The verse uses the two verb permutations to indicate a reciprocal action: If you do not believe [in the covenant between God and Israel], then the covenant promises to David will not be fulfilled with regard to you.

So here is a challenge for the strict reader. How will I reflect the hiphil and niphal here?

Isaiah 7		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וַיְהִ֡י בִּימֵ֣י אָ֠חָז בֶּן־יוֹתָ֨ם בֶּן־עֻזִּיָּ֜הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֗ה עָלָ֣ה רְצִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲ֠רָם וּפֶ֨קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֤הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עָלֶ֑יהָ וְלֹ֥א יָכֹ֖ל לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם עָלֶֽיהָ	1		It was in the days of Ahaz, child of Jotham, child of Uzziah king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram went up, and Peqach child of Remalia, king of Israel, to Jerusalem to make war on her, but he was not able to fight against her.	3e	4C	51 11
וַיֻּגַּ֗ד לְבֵ֤ית דָּוִד֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר נָ֥חָֽה אֲרָ֖ם עַל־אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיָּ֤נַע לְבָבוֹ֙ וּלְבַ֣ב עַמּ֔וֹ כְּנ֥וֹעַ עֲצֵי־יַ֖עַר מִפְּנֵי־רֽוּחַ	2		And it was made clear to the house of David, saying, Aram has reposed over Ephraim. And his heart was wavering to and fro and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest waver to and fro in the face of wind.	3e	4C	17 19
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶֽל־יְשַׁעְיָהוּ֒ צֵא־נָא֙ לִקְרַ֣את אָחָ֔ז אַתָּ֕ה וּשְׁאָ֖ר יָשׁ֣וּב בְּנֶ֑ךָ אֶל־קְצֵ֗ה תְּעָלַת֙ הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה אֶל־מְסִלַּ֖ת שְׂדֵ֥ה כוֹבֵֽס	3		And Yahweh said to Isaiah, Go forth, if you will, to encounter Ahaz, you and The-Residue-Will-Return, your son, to the limit of the conduit of the blessing pool, the upper part, to the highway of the field of the fuller.	3e	4B	25 21
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֵ֠לָיו הִשָּׁמֵ֨ר וְהַשְׁקֵ֜ט אַל־תִּירָ֗א וּלְבָבְךָ֙ אַל־יֵרַ֔ךְ מִשְּׁנֵ֨י זַנְב֧וֹת הָאוּדִ֛ים הָעֲשֵׁנִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה בָּחֳרִי־אַ֛ף רְצִ֥ין וַאֲרָ֖ם וּבֶן־רְמַלְיָֽהוּ	4		And say to him, Keep watch and be quiet. Do not fear and let not your heart be flustered from these two tails of smoking incendiaries, burning with anger, Rezin and Aram, and the child of Remalia.	3c	4B	35 15
יַ֗עַן כִּֽי־יָעַ֥ץ עָלֶ֛יךָ אֲרָ֖ם רָעָ֑ה אֶפְרַ֥יִם וּבֶן־רְמַלְיָ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר	5	~	Because Aram has evil counsel against you, Ephraim and the child of Remalia, saying,	3d	4A	11 10
נַעֲלֶ֤ה בִֽיהוּדָה֙ וּנְקִיצֶ֔נָּה וְנַבְקִעֶ֖נָּה אֵלֵ֑ינוּ וְנַמְלִ֥יךְ מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ אֵ֖ת בֶּן־טָֽבְאַֽל	6		Let us go up to Judah and make her bristle, and let us split her in two for us, and let us make a king reign in her midst, the child of Tabeel.	3e	4C	18 12
כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה לֹ֥א תָק֖וּם וְלֹ֥א תִֽהְיֶֽה	7	f	Thus says my Lord Yahweh, It will not arise nor will it happen.	3e	4B	8 7
כִּ֣י רֹ֤אשׁ אֲרָם֙ דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וְרֹ֥אשׁ דַּמֶּ֖שֶׂק רְצִ֑ין וּבְע֗וֹד שִׁשִּׁ֤ים וְחָמֵשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה יֵחַ֥ת אֶפְרַ֖יִם מֵעָֽם	8	B	For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus Rezin, and within sixty five years Ephraim will be dismayed from the people.	3e	4C	14 15
וְרֹ֤אשׁ אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ שֹׁמְר֔וֹן וְרֹ֥אשׁ שֹׁמְר֖וֹן בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֑הוּ אִ֚ם לֹ֣א תַאֲמִ֔ינוּ כִּ֖י לֹ֥א תֵאָמֵֽנוּ	9		And the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria the child of Remalia. If you will not believe, so you will not be believed.	3e	4C	15 12
וַיּ֣וֹסֶף יְהוָ֔ה דַּבֵּ֥ר אֶל־אָחָ֖ז לֵאמֹֽר	10		And again Yahweh spoke to Ahaz, saying,	3e	4B	12
שְׁאַל־לְךָ֣ א֔וֹת מֵעִ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ הַעְמֵ֣ק שְׁאָ֔לָה א֖וֹ הַגְבֵּ֥הַּ לְמָֽעְלָה	11		Ask for yourself a sign from Yahweh your God, make a deep request, or high and lofty above.	3e	4B	13 12
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָחָ֑ז לֹא־אֶשְׁאַ֥ל וְלֹֽא־אֲנַסֶּ֖ה אֶת־יְהוָֽה	12		But Ahaz said, I will not ask and I will not tempt Yahweh.	3e	4A	5 10
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֖א בֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֑ד הַמְעַ֤ט מִכֶּם֙ הַלְא֣וֹת אֲנָשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י תַלְא֖וּ גַּ֥ם אֶת־אֱלֹהָֽי	13		And he said, Hear, if you will, O house of David. Is it insignificant to you to fatigue everyone that you must also fatigue God?	3e	4C	8 17
לָ֠כֵן יִתֵּ֨ן אֲדֹנָ֥י ה֛וּא לָכֶ֖ם א֑וֹת הִנֵּ֣ה הָעַלְמָ֗ה הָרָה֙ וְיֹלֶ֣דֶת בֵּ֔ן וְקָרָ֥את שְׁמ֖וֹ עִמָּ֥נוּ אֵֽל	14	~	Therefore my Lord himself will give for you a sign. Behold, a pregnant young woman will give birth to a son, and you will call his name Is-With-Us-God [Immanu-El].	3d	4B	11 21
חֶמְאָ֥ה וּדְבַ֖שׁ יֹאכֵ֑ל לְדַעְתּ֛וֹ מָא֥וֹס בָּרָ֖ע וּבָח֥וֹר בַּטּֽוֹב	15		Clotted cream and honey he will eat, that he may know to refuse evil and choose good.	3d	4A	6 12
כִּ֠י בְּטֶ֨רֶם יֵדַ֥ע הַנַּ֛עַר מָאֹ֥ס בָּרָ֖ע וּבָחֹ֣ר בַּטּ֑וֹב תֵּעָזֵ֤ב הָאֲדָמָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתָּ֣ה קָ֔ץ מִפְּנֵ֖י שְׁנֵ֥י מְלָכֶֽיהָ	16	~	For before the youngster knows to refuse evil and chose good, the ground will be forsaken where from the presence of two kings you were bristling.	3d	4C	18 20
יָבִ֨יא יְהוָ֜ה עָלֶ֗יךָ וְעַֽל־עַמְּךָ֮ וְעַל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִיךָ֒ יָמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־בָ֔אוּ לְמִיּ֥וֹם סוּר־אֶפְרַ֖יִם מֵעַ֣ל יְהוּדָ֑ה אֵ֖ת מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר	17		Yahweh will bring upon you and upon your people and upon the house of your father, days that have not come since the day Ephraim turned aside from Judah, the king of Ashur.	3e	4B	34 5
וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִשְׁרֹ֤ק יְהוָה֙ לַזְּב֔וּב אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּקְצֵ֖ה יְאֹרֵ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם וְלַ֨דְּבוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אַשּֽׁוּר	18		And it will happen in that day, Yahweh will hiss for the fly that is toward the end of the canals of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Ashur.	3e	4C	23 11
וּבָ֨אוּ וְנָח֤וּ כֻלָּם֙ בְּנַחֲלֵ֣י הַבַּתּ֔וֹת וּבִנְקִיקֵ֖י הַסְּלָעִ֑ים וּבְכֹל֙ הַנַּ֣עֲצוּצִ֔ים וּבְכֹ֖ל הַנַּהֲלֹלִֽים	19		And they will come and will rest, all of them, in the fallow wadis, and in the caverns of the cliffs, and in all the thorn-bushes and in all the oases.	3e	4C	22 14
בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֡וּא יְגַלַּ֣ח אֲדֹנָי֩ בְּתַ֨עַר הַשְּׂכִירָ֜ה בְּעֶבְרֵ֤י נָהָר֙ בְּמֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר אֶת־הָרֹ֖אשׁ וְשַׂ֣עַר הָרַגְלָ֑יִם וְגַ֥ם אֶת־הַזָּקָ֖ן תִּסְפֶּֽה	20		In that day my Lord will shave with a razor, contracted from beyond a river, against the king of Ashur, the head and the hair of the feet, and moreover the beard it will snatch.	3e	4C	36 8
וְהָיָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא יְחַיֶּה־אִ֛ישׁ עֶגְלַ֥ת בָּקָ֖ר וּשְׁתֵּי־צֹֽאן	21		And it will happen in that day, a man will keep alive a calf of the herd and two sheep.	3d	4B	7 11
וְהָיָ֗ה מֵרֹ֛ב עֲשׂ֥וֹת חָלָ֖ב יֹאכַ֣ל חֶמְאָ֑ה כִּֽי־חֶמְאָ֤ה וּדְבַשׁ֙ יֹאכֵ֔ל כָּל־הַנּוֹתָ֖ר בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ	22		And it will happen for the abundance of the making of milk, he will eat clotted cream, for clotted cream and honey everyone remaining within the land will eat.	3d	4C	13 17
וְהָיָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יִֽהְיֶ֣ה כָל־מָק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֧ר יִֽהְיֶה־שָּׁ֛ם אֶ֥לֶף גֶּ֖פֶן בְּאֶ֣לֶף כָּ֑סֶף לַשָּׁמִ֥יר וְלַשַּׁ֖יִת יִֽהְיֶֽה	23		And it will happen in that day, every place will be that where a thousand vines were at a thousand silver pieces, to spikes and gibes it will be.	3c	4B	26 9
בַּחִצִּ֥ים וּבַקֶּ֖שֶׁת יָ֣בוֹא שָׁ֑מָּה כִּי־שָׁמִ֥יר וָשַׁ֖יִת תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ	24		With arrows and with bows one will come there, for all the earth will be spike and gibe.	3e	4B	11 11
וְכֹ֣ל הֶהָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּמַּעְדֵּר֙ יֵעָ֣דֵר֔וּן לֹֽא־תָב֣וֹא שָׁ֔מָּה יִרְאַ֖ת שָׁמִ֣יר וָשָׁ֑יִת וְהָיָה֙ לְמִשְׁלַ֣ח שׁ֔וֹר וּלְמִרְמַ֖ס שֶֽׂה	25		And all the hills that with a hoe will be hoed, the fear of spike and gibe will not enter there, and it will be for sending out a bull and for the trampling of a lamb.	3e	4C	25 11

Project status

Isaiah and Ezekiel are the only two books with more than 30 chapters remaining. So I am pushing these two down. Isaiah remains different. My guesswork is only as high as 43% at the moment. The more of this prophet I do, the better the guesses will be. (Perhaps!) I see that some of its verses are very like the language of Kings and so a few verses are almost done when I get to them. But most are single word guesses. We have read and guessed enough of the body of this literature (70%) to say that Isaiah's language is unique in these areas.

I am down to fewer that 50 puzzle pieces that I don't have an initial domain and subdomain for. But there are still over 18,000 pieces that have no guess at all.  Many of these are probably person and location names. Some of the others that I think are known through a semantic domain and even a single or double guess are probably assigned to the wrong stem by the root derivation algorithm (it was less than 80% accurate). Several letter combinations can occur with different stems. E.g. שׁוב and ישׁב have many overlaps in their forms. On a word by word basis there is insufficient information to decide which stem is which. I do not use complex analytical techniques to read these forms with the computer. No Markov chains or probabilities. I would need a team of expert programmers for such stuff. But my algorithms will correct a stem if it is used in a word sequence greater than 2. (Every now and then I wonder if this section of the code is working as it should - but that's a programmer's lifestyle.)

It wasn't long ago (January 2017) that the unknown pieces were double what they are now so we are making progress. Here's a rough manual graph.

Puzzle pieces not yet turned over for the first time - Hebrew Bible, more than 305,000 pieces
Heading towards zero - end of next year perhaps
X axis is number of days ago

On the gross measurement front, we have 297 chapters to go. Next on my list is Isaiah 7. Highest on the list (most words already guessed) is Joshua 11 but it will probably wait till another chapter or two from Ezekiel is done and maybe another from Genesis.

Leviticus 19

Mystery and music permeated my thoughts while working on this chapter on the Torah. A good mystery writer will find a way to illustrate verse 11. It is a suitable evocation of the implications of the commandment. All relationships pinned to truth. Such a writer will be equally helped by verse 35. Not to mention verse 2, the ideal of the detective who will not submit to the techniques that betray truth.

Every now and then one comes across a technical term that comes up and one is stumped as to how to interpret the tongue. One such occurs 3 times in verse 19, a principle of not mixing things that are different.  The root is כלא and the ending dual. I have ended up with doubly confined (after removing confine as a gloss from my rendition of the speeches of Yahweh in Job). It is clear that we have paid no attention to this issue today, with clothes, or interbreeding, or with DNA sequencing and splicing. There is perhaps a principle here that I am blind to. Perhaps in the spirit of the circular structure the sense is parallel to verse 17 in some fashion.

In verse 20 I find no scourging שׁוט. The only verb in the glosses for the stem בקר as used in verse 20 that I have is reflect. This is a puzzling usage. I suspect a 17th century bias against women for the scourge of KJV. JB has "the man is to be answerable for infringement of rights." (This is a 20th century rewrite). Compare Psalms 27:4, Proverbs 20:25, 27:19, 2 Kings 16:15, Ezra 5:17 (Aramaic). The common use of the word is for morning or for oxen or herd. What to do with this word?

Here is an answer: The expression ביקורת תהיה in this case is in the sense of "an inquiry will be held". In modern Hebrew, we still use the word לבקר in the sense of "to criticize" and "to oversee" (the state Ombudsman, for example, is known as מבקר המדינה).  

The inquiry in this case is whether the copulation was consensual or not; the compensation and/or fine that must be imposed on the man). The reason why this issue is mentioned here is that their congress is a type of a mixture of two different things that must not be mixed -- a free man and a slave. [Or so say the Jewish commentators.]

Note how morning becomes reflection - time has passed. This example alone teaches us how to reflect on Torah.

Verse 23 - very awkward phrasing. JB has, You will regard its fruit as its foreskin. This probably gets the idea across but it is not the word order or the words. The direct object marker precedes its fruit. And regard is acting as a helping verb to let foreskin itself act as a verb. It is an odd image. Creation is seen as immensely fruitful but the fruitfulness is to be seen as costly, not as automatic or instantly obtained. A bit more discipline than our instant society expects.

Verse 24 - praises may well be a new classification of offerings. Here too the atnach interrupts subject and object, a rare thing. I have left fruit on the rest note.

Verse 28 - very long first half with the rest note on among you. The reminder, a refrain throughout this section, is in this case the brief Ani Adonai A g# e. The longer refrain is in the music below - emphasis on the final syllable - your.

Refrain on several verses in Leviticus 19

The refrain suggests as its completion: the second half of verse 36. This verse I have left in Hebrew word order untouched so it can be sung note by note in Hebrew or English with each note corresponding to the same word in both languages.

Leviticus 19:36 using the key developed by Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura

I do not explicitly set each verse to the music. The extra time would hold me back. I am anxious to get through the reading at least once. But there is much to learn from using the music as an aid to close reading when the text is read in Hebrew or English. Slow is important. Drama also. Shape and the underlying harmonic structure cannot be heard if it is rushed. We await more arrangers with modal imagination to use this deposit of ancient creativity as a stimulus to new music.

Leviticus 19		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר	1		And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,	3e	3g	10
דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּהְי֑וּ כִּ֣י קָד֔וֹשׁ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם	2		Speak to all the assembly of the children of Israel and say to them, You will be holy, because I, Yahweh your God, am holy.	3c	4B	23 11
אִ֣ישׁ אִמּ֤וֹ וְאָבִיו֙ תִּירָ֔אוּ וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם	3	B	You each will fear his mother and his father and my Sabbaths you will keep. I am Yahweh your God.	3e	4C	17 8
אַל־תִּפְנוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלִילִ֔ים וֵֽאלֹהֵי֙ מַסֵּכָ֔ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ לָכֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם	4		You will not face the good for nothing, and a god of a molten image you will not construct for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.	3e	4B	20 8
וְכִ֧י תִזְבְּח֛וּ זֶ֥בַח שְׁלָמִ֖ים לַיהוָ֑ה לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֖ם תִּזְבָּחֻֽהוּ	5		And when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, with your acceptance you will offer it.	3c	4A	12 7
בְּי֧וֹם זִבְחֲכֶ֛ם יֵאָכֵ֖ל וּמִֽמָּחֳרָ֑ת וְהַנּוֹתָר֙ עַד־י֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י בָּאֵ֖שׁ יִשָּׂרֵֽף	6		On the day of your offering it will be eaten, and on the morrow, and what remains until the third day, in the fire will be incinerated.	3c	4B	13 14
וְאִ֛ם הֵאָכֹ֥ל יֵאָכֵ֖ל בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י פִּגּ֥וּל ה֖וּא לֹ֥א יֵרָצֶֽה	7		And if to be eaten it is eaten on the third day, it is fetid. It will not be accepted.	3d	4B	13 7
וְאֹֽכְלָיו֙ עֲוֺנ֣וֹ יִשָּׂ֔א כִּֽי־אֶת־קֹ֥דֶשׁ יְהוָ֖ה חִלֵּ֑ל וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵעַמֶּֽיהָ	8		And whoever eats it, his iniquity will lift up, because the holiness of Yahweh he has profaned, That very self will be cut off from his people.	3d	4B	15 13
וּֽבְקֻצְרְכֶם֙ אֶת־קְצִ֣יר אַרְצְכֶ֔ם לֹ֧א תְכַלֶּ֛ה פְּאַ֥ת שָׂדְךָ֖ לִקְצֹ֑ר וְלֶ֥קֶט קְצִֽירְךָ֖ לֹ֥א תְלַקֵּֽט	9		And when you reap the harvest of your land, you will not finish the edges of a field to be harvested, and the gleaning of your harvest, you will not glean.	3c	4B	20 10
וְכַרְמְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תְעוֹלֵ֔ל וּפֶ֥רֶט כַּרְמְךָ֖ לֹ֣א תְלַקֵּ֑ט לֶֽעָנִ֤י וְלַגֵּר֙ תַּעֲזֹ֣ב אֹתָ֔ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם	10		And your vineyard you will not glean grapes from, and the loose grapes of your vineyard, you will not glean. For the poor and for the guest you will forsake them. I am Yahweh your God.	3e	4C	18 19
לֹ֖א תִּגְנֹ֑בוּ וְלֹא־תְכַחֲשׁ֥וּ וְלֹֽא־תְשַׁקְּר֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ בַּעֲמִיתֽוֹ	11	g	You will not steal, and you will not dissimulate, and you will not deal falsely, each with its fellow.	3e	4A	4 16
וְלֹֽא־תִשָּׁבְע֥וּ בִשְׁמִ֖י לַשָּׁ֑קֶר וְחִלַּלְתָּ֛ אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה	12		And you will not swear by my name falsely, or profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.	3d	4A	9 14
לֹֽא־תַעֲשֹׁ֥ק אֶת־רֵֽעֲךָ֖ וְלֹ֣א תִגְזֹ֑ל לֹֽא־תָלִ֞ין פְּעֻלַּ֥ת שָׂכִ֛יר אִתְּךָ֖ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר	13		You will not oppress your associate and you will not rob. The amount due of a contract will not bide with you until morning.	3d	4B	11 12
לֹא־תְקַלֵּ֣ל חֵרֵ֔שׁ וְלִפְנֵ֣י עִוֵּ֔ר לֹ֥א תִתֵּ֖ן מִכְשֹׁ֑ל וְיָרֵ֥אתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה	14		You will not slight the deaf, and before the blind you will not permit a stumbling-block, and you will be fearful from your God. I am Yahweh.	3e	4B	16 13
לֹא־תַעֲשׂ֥וּ עָ֙וֶל֙ בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי־דָ֔ל וְלֹ֥א תֶהְדַּ֖ר פְּנֵ֣י גָד֑וֹל בְּצֶ֖דֶק תִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט עֲמִיתֶֽךָ	15		You will not do injustice in the judgment. nor will you be partial before the weak, nor will you give honour before the great. In righteousness you will judge your fellow.	3e	4B	21 9
לֹא־תֵלֵ֤ךְ רָכִיל֙ בְּעַמֶּ֔יךָ לֹ֥א תַעֲמֹ֖ד עַל־דַּ֣ם רֵעֶ֑ךָ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה	16		You will not walk as a scandal-monger among your people, nor will you stand against the blood of your associate. I am Yahweh.	3e	4C	17 4
לֹֽא־תִשְׂנָ֥א אֶת־אָחִ֖יךָ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ הוֹכֵ֤חַ תּוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ אֶת־עֲמִיתֶ֔ךָ וְלֹא־תִשָּׂ֥א עָלָ֖יו חֵֽטְא	17		You will not hate your kin in your heart. To referee, you will correct your fellow, that you will not bear sin over him.	3e	4C	11 17
לֹֽא־תִקֹּ֤ם וְלֹֽא־תִטֹּר֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י עַמֶּ֔ךָ וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה	18		You will not avenge, and you will not hold back with the children of your people, but you will love your associate as yourself. I am Yahweh.	3e	4C	22 4
אֶֽת־חֻקֹּתַי֮ תִּשְׁמֹרוּ֒ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ֙ לֹא־תַרְבִּ֣יעַ כִּלְאַ֔יִם שָׂדְךָ֖ לֹא־תִזְרַ֣ע כִּלְאָ֑יִם וּבֶ֤גֶד כִּלְאַ֙יִם֙ שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז לֹ֥א יַעֲלֶ֖ה עָלֶֽיךָ	19		My statutes you will keep. Your cattle you will not let copulate doubly confined. A field you will not sow doubly confined, and a garment doubly confined to linen and wool, will not come up over you.	3e	4C	25 15
וְ֠אִישׁ כִּֽי־יִשְׁכַּ֨ב אֶת־אִשָּׁ֜ה שִׁכְבַת־זֶ֗רַע וְהִ֤וא שִׁפְחָה֙ נֶחֱרֶ֣פֶת לְאִ֔ישׁ וְהָפְדֵּה֙ לֹ֣א נִפְדָּ֔תָה א֥וֹ חֻפְשָׁ֖ה לֹ֣א נִתַּן־לָ֑הּ בִּקֹּ֧רֶת תִּהְיֶ֛ה לֹ֥א יוּמְת֖וּ כִּי־לֹ֥א חֻפָּֽשָׁה	20	~	And anyone who lies down with a woman for an emission of seed, and she a female slave espoused to another, and her ransom is not ransomed nor her freedom given to her This will be reflected on. They will not be put to death for she was not free.	3c	4C	36 12
וְהֵבִ֤יא אֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד אֵ֖יל אָשָֽׁם	21		And he will bring his guilt offering to Yahweh to the door of the tent of engagement, the ram of the guilt offering.	3e	4C	16 3
וְכִפֶּר֩ עָלָ֨יו הַכֹּהֵ֜ן בְּאֵ֤יל הָֽאָשָׁם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה עַל־חַטָּאת֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֑א וְנִסְלַ֣ח ל֔וֹ מֵחַטָּאת֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָטָֽא	22		And the priest will make a cover-price for him with the ram of the guilt offering in the presence of Yahweh concerning his sin that he sinned, and his sin that he sinned will be forgiven him.	3e	4C	25 12
וְכִי־תָבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ וּנְטַעְתֶּם֙ כָּל־עֵ֣ץ מַאֲכָ֔ל וַעֲרַלְתֶּ֥ם עָרְלָת֖וֹ אֶת־פִּרְי֑וֹ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֗ים יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם עֲרֵלִ֖ים לֹ֥א יֵאָכֵֽל	23		And when you come to the land and you have planted every tree for food, then you will see as fore-skinned its foreskin, its fruit. Three years it will be for you as fore-skinned. It will not be eaten.	3d	4B	25 15
וּבַשָּׁנָה֙ הָרְבִיעִ֔ת יִהְיֶ֖ה כָּל־פִּרְי֑וֹ קֹ֥דֶשׁ הִלּוּלִ֖ים לַיהוָֽה	24		And in the fourth year, will be, all its fruit, holiness, praises to Yahweh.	3e	4A	12 7
וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַחֲמִישִׁ֗ת תֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ אֶת־פִּרְי֔וֹ לְהוֹסִ֥יף לָכֶ֖ם תְּבוּאָת֑וֹ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם	25		In the fifth year you will eat its fruit, to add repeatedly for you its income. I am Yahweh your God.	3e	4B	22 8
לֹ֥א תֹאכְל֖וּ עַל־הַדָּ֑ם לֹ֥א תְנַחֲשׁ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תְעוֹנֵֽנוּ	26	f	You will not eat over the blood. You will not use augury or fortunetellers.	3e	4A	6 11
לֹ֣א תַקִּ֔פוּ פְּאַ֖ת רֹאשְׁכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֣א תַשְׁחִ֔ית אֵ֖ת פְּאַ֥ת זְקָנֶֽךָ	27	B	You will not encompass the edges of your heads, nor will you impair the edges of your beard.	3e	4B	8 11
וְשֶׂ֣רֶט לָנֶ֗פֶשׁ לֹ֤א תִתְּנוּ֙ בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔ם וּכְתֹ֣בֶת קַֽעֲקַ֔ע לֹ֥א תִתְּנ֖וּ בָּכֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה	28		And lacerations for a cadaver you will not permit in your flesh, and writing a tattoo you will not permit among you. I am Yahweh.	3e	4C	23 4
אַל־תְּחַלֵּ֥ל אֶֽת־בִּתְּךָ֖ לְהַזְנוֹתָ֑הּ וְלֹא־תִזְנֶ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ וּמָלְאָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ זִמָּֽה	29		Do not profane your daughter to make her a prostitute, and the land will not prostitute itself and the land be full of schemes.	3e	4B	11 15
אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֣י תִּשְׁמֹ֔רוּ וּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖י תִּירָ֑אוּ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה	30		My Sabbaths you will keep, and my sanctuary you will fear. I am Yahweh.	3e	4B	14 4
אַל־תִּפְנ֤וּ אֶל־הָאֹבֹת֙ וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים אַל־תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ לְטָמְאָ֣ה בָהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם	31		You will not face the necromancer, and to the wizards you will not seek, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.	3e	4C	22 8
מִפְּנֵ֤י שֵׂיבָה֙ תָּק֔וּם וְהָדַרְתָּ֖ פְּנֵ֣י זָקֵ֑ן וְיָרֵ֥אתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה	32		From the presence of grey hairs, you will arise, and you will honour the presence of an elder, and you will be fearful from your God. I am Yahweh.	3e	4C	14 13
וְכִֽי־יָג֧וּר אִתְּךָ֛ גֵּ֖ר בְּאַרְצְכֶ֑ם לֹ֥א תוֹנ֖וּ אֹתֽוֹ	33		And when a guest resides with you in your land, you will not suppress him.	3c	4A	10 5
כְּאֶזְרָ֣ח מִכֶּם֩ יִהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם הַגֵּ֣ר ׀ הַגָּ֣ר אִתְּכֶ֗ם וְאָהַבְתָּ֥ לוֹ֙ כָּמ֔וֹךָ כִּֽי־גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם	34		As the native from you, the guest residing with you will be for you, and you will love him as yourself, for guests you were in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.	3e	4B	34 8
לֹא־תַעֲשׂ֥וּ עָ֖וֶל בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט בַּמִּדָּ֕ה בַּמִּשְׁקָ֖ל וּבַמְּשׂוּרָֽה	35		You will not do injustice in the judgment, by measure, by weight, or by influence.	3e	4A	8 10
מֹ֧אזְנֵי צֶ֣דֶק אַבְנֵי־צֶ֗דֶק אֵ֥יפַת צֶ֛דֶק וְהִ֥ין צֶ֖דֶק יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם אֲנִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הוֹצֵ֥אתִי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם	36	c	A balance, righteous, stones, righteous, ephah, righteous, and hin, righteous, it will be for you. I am Yahweh your God who brought out you from the land of Egypt.	3c	4B	19 21
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־כָּל־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה	37		And you will keep all my statutes and all my judgments, and do them. I am Yahweh.	3e	4C	20 4

Ezra 5

Aramaic is not familiar to me. Its parsing varies from Hebrew binyanim. Construct is often explicitly helped by a preposition. Its words have many similar meanings if not identical but there are many overlaps that slow my reading down. In the Hebrew chapters, a verse takes a minute or two to read, because generally many of the words have already been guessed based on pattern recognition by the computer. In the Aramaic chapters, every new word is an exploration.

In Aramaic chapters, the pattern recognition chooses from them first, but then drops into the Hebrew patterns where it finds very few alike. That is an interesting result in itself. For those it does find, one can read into what the word seems to mean from the context, but it seems more fun to imagine the two languages drifting apart from each other and the meanings of words carrying unexpected overtones. Example: סתר, hide, or secret I was tempted to render secreted, but eventually went with the commonplace did away with. Sure it was destroyed. But one might imagine that it was also hidden in an alternative reality for a period.

Ezra 5		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וְהִתְנַבִּ֞י חַגַּ֣י נְבִיָּ֗א וּזְכַרְיָ֤ה בַר־עִדּוֹא֙ נְבִיַּיָּ֔א עַל־יְה֣וּדָיֵ֔א דִּ֥י בִיה֖וּד וּבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם בְּשֻׁ֛ם אֱלָ֥הּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֲלֵיהֽוֹן	1		And the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Judeans who were in Judea and in Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, to them.	3d	4C	31 10
בֵּאדַ֡יִן קָ֠מוּ זְרֻבָּבֶ֤ל בַּר־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל֙ וְיֵשׁ֣וּעַ בַּר־יֽוֹצָדָ֔ק וְשָׁרִ֣יו לְמִבְנֵ֔א בֵּ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירֽוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וְעִמְּה֛וֹן נְבִיַּיָּ֥א דִֽי־אֱלָהָ֖א מְסָעֲדִ֥ין לְהֽוֹן	2		Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jotsadaq, arose and got the building of the house of God underway that is in Jerusalem, and with them, the prophets of God confirming them.	3d	4C	35 16
בֵּהּ־זִמְנָא֩ אֲתָ֨א עֲלֵיה֜וֹן תַּ֠תְּנַי פַּחַ֧ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֛ה וּשְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י וּכְנָוָתְה֑וֹן וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לְהֹ֔ם מַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לִבְּנֵ֔א וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה	3		In that season for them, Tatnaii viceroy of beyond the river arrived, and Shetar Bozni and their confederates, and said thus to them, Who set in place for you the warrant to build this house or to consolidate this structure.	3c	4C	25 28
אֱדַ֥יִן כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן־אִנּוּן֙ שְׁמָהָ֣ת גֻּבְרַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־דְנָ֥ה בִנְיָנָ֖א בָּנַֽיִן	4		Then likewise we said to them, Who are these, the names of the men of valour, who build this building?	3e	4B	10 17
וְעֵ֣ין אֱלָהֲהֹ֗ם הֲוָת֙ עַל־שָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔א וְלָא־בַטִּ֣לוּ הִמּ֔וֹ עַד־טַעְמָ֖א לְדָרְיָ֣וֶשׁ יְהָ֑ךְ וֶאֱדַ֛יִן יְתִיב֥וּן נִשְׁתְּוָנָ֖א עַל־דְּנָֽה	5		But the eye of their God was over the grey-haired of the Judeans, and they could not make them stop until the warrant came to Darius, and they then responded by return mail to it.	3d	4B	31 13
פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן אִ֠גַּרְתָּא דִּֽי־שְׁלַ֞ח תַּתְּנַ֣י ׀ פַּחַ֣ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֗ה וּשְׁתַ֤ר בּוֹזְנַי֙ וּכְנָ֣וָתֵ֔הּ אֲפַ֨רְסְכָיֵ֔א דִּ֖י בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑ה עַל־דָּרְיָ֖וֶשׁ מַלְכָּֽא	6		A copy of the letter that Tatnaii sent, viceroy of beyond the river, and Shetar Bozni and his confederates, the Apharsachites, who were across the river, to Darius the king,	3e	4C	38 6
פִּתְגָמָ֖א שְׁלַ֣חוּ עֲל֑וֹהִי וְכִדְנָה֙ כְּתִ֣יב בְּגַוֵּ֔הּ לְדָרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א שְׁלָמָ֥א כֹֽלָּא	7		An edict they sent to him, and written like this within it, To Darius the king, all peace,	3e	4B	9 19
יְדִ֣יעַ ׀ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֗א דִּֽי־אֲזַ֜לְנָא לִיה֤וּד מְדִֽינְתָּא֙ לְבֵית֙ אֱלָהָ֣א רַבָּ֔א וְה֤וּא מִתְבְּנֵא֙ אֶ֣בֶן גְּלָ֔ל וְאָ֖ע מִתְּשָׂ֣ם בְּכֻתְלַיָּ֑א וַעֲבִ֥ידְתָּא דָ֛ךְ אָסְפַּ֥רְנָא מִתְעַבְדָ֖א וּמַצְלַ֥ח בְּיֶדְהֹֽם	8		Be it known to the king that we went to Judea the province, to the house of God, the great, and it is built with rolling stone, and timber is laid in its embankments, and this service is promptly being served and prospers in their hands.	3d	4C	41 17
אֱדַ֗יִן שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙ לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֔ךְ כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה	9		Then we asked these grey-haired likewise. We said to them, Who set in place for you the warrant to build this house or to consolidate this structure?	3e	4C	19 24
וְאַ֧ף שְׁמָהָתְהֹ֛ם שְׁאֵ֥לְנָא לְּהֹ֖ם לְהוֹדָעוּתָ֑ךְ דִּ֛י נִכְתֻּ֥ב שֻׁם־גֻּבְרַיָּ֖א דִּ֥י בְרָאשֵׁיהֹֽם	10		And also their names we asked them, to let you know, that we will write the name of the men of valour who are their heads.	3c	4A	16 12
וּכְנֵ֥מָא פִתְגָמָ֖א הֲתִיב֣וּנָא לְמֵמַ֑ר אֲנַ֣חְנָא הִמּ֡וֹ עַבְדוֹהִי֩ דִֽי־אֱלָ֨הּ שְׁמַיָּ֜א וְאַרְעָ֗א וּבָנַ֤יִן בַּיְתָא֙ דִּֽי־הֲוָ֨א בְנֵ֜ה מִקַּדְמַ֤ת דְּנָה֙ שְׁנִ֣ין שַׂגִּיאָ֔ן וּמֶ֤לֶךְ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ רַ֔ב בְּנָ֖הִי וְשַׁכְלְלֵֽהּ	11		And thus they responded to us an injunction, saying, We are they, servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and build the house that itself was built before these many years, and a great king of Israel built and finished it.	3e	4C	13 50
לָהֵ֗ן מִן־דִּ֨י הַרְגִּ֤זוּ אֲבָהֳתַ֙נָא֙ לֶאֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א יְהַ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ בְּיַ֛ד נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל כַּסְדָּאָ֑ה וּבַיְתָ֤ה דְנָה֙ סַתְרֵ֔הּ וְעַמָּ֖ה הַגְלִ֥י לְבָבֶֽל	12		But in that our ancestors made the God of the heavens shudder, he provided them to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, the Chaldean, and this house he did away with and had the people exiled to Babel.	3d	4C	36 15
בְּרַם֙ בִּשְׁנַ֣ת חֲדָ֔ה לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א דִּ֣י בָבֶ֑ל כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֙ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֔ם בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לִבְּנֵֽא	13		Yet in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babel, Cyrus the king set a warrant to build this house of God.	3e	4C	14 15
וְ֠אַף מָאנַיָּ֣א דִֽי־בֵית־אֱלָהָא֮ דִּ֣י דַהֲבָ֣ה וְכַסְפָּא֒ דִּ֣י נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר הַנְפֵּק֙ מִן־הֵֽיכְלָא֙ דִּ֣י בִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֔ם וְהֵיבֵ֣ל הִמּ֔וֹ לְהֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י בָבֶ֑ל הַנְפֵּ֨ק הִמּ֜וֹ כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א מִן־הֵֽיכְלָא֙ דִּ֣י בָבֶ֔ל וִיהִ֙יבוּ֙ לְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר שְׁמֵ֔הּ דִּ֥י פֶחָ֖ה שָׂמֵֽהּ	14	~	And also the vessels of the house of God of gold and silver that Nebuchadnezzar had appropriated from the temple that was in Jerusalem and had escorted them to the temple of Babel, Cyrus the king had them appropriated from the temple of Babel, and they were provided to Sheshbazzar, by name, whom he had set as viceroy.	3e	4B	42 28
וַאֲמַר־לֵ֓הּ ׀ אֵ֚ל מָֽאנַיָּ֔א שֵׂ֚א אֵֽזֶל־אֲחֵ֣ת הִמּ֔וֹ בְּהֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּבֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א יִתְבְּנֵ֥א עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ	15		And he said to him, Bear these vessels. Go. Stow them in the temple that was in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.	3e	4C	22 11
אֱדַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר דֵּ֔ךְ אֲתָ֗א יְהַ֧ב אֻשַּׁיָּ֛א דִּי־בֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּמִן־אֱדַ֧יִן וְעַד־כְּעַ֛ן מִתְבְּנֵ֖א וְלָ֥א שְׁלִֽם	16		Then this Sheshbazzar arrived. He provided the foundation of the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and from then and till now it has been in building, but it is not whole.	3c	4B	22 15
וּכְעַ֞ן הֵ֧ן עַל־מַלְכָּ֣א טָ֗ב יִ֠תְבַּקַּר בְּבֵ֨ית גִּנְזַיָּ֜א דִּי־מַלְכָּ֣א תַמָּה֮ דִּ֣י בְּבָבֶל֒ הֵ֣ן אִיתַ֗י דִּֽי־מִן־כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֙ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵ֔ם לְמִבְנֵ֛א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ בִּירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּרְע֥וּת מַלְכָּ֛א עַל־דְּנָ֖ה יִשְׁלַ֥ח עֲלֶֽינָא	17		And now if to the king it be good to reflect in the house of the depositories of the king, that is there in Babel, whether it be so that from Cyrus the king was set the warrant to build this house of God in Jerusalem, then let the resolution of the king on this be sent to us.	3c	4C	46 12

Joshua 16

More on the borders. Interesting that forced labour exists here between different classes of people. Plus ça change.

Joshua 16		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וַיֵּצֵ֨א הַגּוֹרָ֜ל לִבְנֵ֤י יוֹסֵף֙ מִיַּרְדֵּ֣ן יְרִיח֔וֹ לְמֵ֥י יְרִיח֖וֹ מִזְרָ֑חָה הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר עֹלֶ֧ה מִירִיח֛וֹ בָּהָ֖ר בֵּֽית־אֵֽל	1		And the lot came out for the children of Joseph from Jordan by Jericho to the waters of Jericho toward the sunrise, the wilderness going up from Jericho on the hill of Bethel.	3c	4C	24 12
וְיָצָ֥א מִבֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל ל֑וּזָה וְעָבַ֛ר אֶל־גְּב֥וּל הָאַרְכִּ֖י עֲטָרֽוֹת	2		And comes out from Bethel toward Luz, and it passes through to the border of the Arkite Crowns.	3d	4A	8 12
וְיָֽרַד־יָ֜מָּה אֶל־גְּב֣וּל הַיַּפְלֵטִ֗י עַ֣ד גְּב֧וּל בֵּית־חוֹרֹ֛ן תַּחְתּ֖וֹן וְעַד־גָּ֑זֶר וְהָי֥וּ תֹצְאֹתָ֖יו יָֽמָּה	3		And it descends seaward to the border of the Yaphleti to the border of BethHoron the lower part, and to Gezer, and its exeunts seaward.	3c	4B	24 8
וַיִּנְחֲל֥וּ בְנֵי־יוֹסֵ֖ף מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה וְאֶפְרָֽיִם	4		So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, were given to inherit.	3e	3g	14
וַיְהִ֛י גְּב֥וּל בְּנֵֽי־אֶפְרַ֖יִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם וַיְהִ֞י גְּב֤וּל נַחֲלָתָם֙ מִזְרָ֔חָה עַטְר֣וֹת אַדָּ֔ר עַד־בֵּ֥ית חוֹרֹ֖ן עֶלְיֽוֹן	5		And it was the border of the children of Ephraim in their families. And it was the border of their inheritance toward the sunrise to the Crown of Excellence to BethHoron, the upper part.	3d	4C	13 21
וְיָצָ֨א הַגְּב֜וּל הַיָּ֗מָּה הַֽמִּכְמְתָת֙ מִצָּפ֔וֹן וְנָסַ֧ב הַגְּב֛וּל מִזְרָ֖חָה תַּאֲנַ֣ת שִׁלֹ֑ה וְעָבַ֣ר אוֹת֔וֹ מִמִּזְרַ֖ח יָנֽוֹחָה	6		And the border comes out toward the sea to the Mikmethah from the north and the border circles toward the sunrise to the fig tree of Shiloh, and it passes through it from the sunrise toward Janoxah.	3c	4B	28 11
וְיָרַ֥ד מִיָּנ֖וֹחָה עֲטָר֣וֹת וְנַעֲרָ֑תָה וּפָגַע֙ בִּֽירִיח֔וֹ וְיָצָ֖א הַיַּרְדֵּֽן	7		And it descends from Janoxah to the Crowns and Naarath, and butts by Jericho and comes out at the Jordan.	3e	4B	15 12
מִתַּפּ֜וּחַ יֵלֵ֨ךְ הַגְּב֥וּל יָ֙מָּה֙ נַ֣חַל קָנָ֔ה וְהָי֥וּ תֹצְאֹתָ֖יו הַיָּ֑מָּה זֹ֗את נַחֲלַ֛ת מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַ֖יִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם	8		From Tapuach the border seaward goes down to the wadi of Qenah, and its exeunts are toward the sea. This is the inheritance of the branch of the children of Ephraim in their families.	3d	4B	23 15
וְהֶעָרִ֗ים הַמִּבְדָּלוֹת֙ לִבְנֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם בְּת֖וֹךְ נַחֲלַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה כָּֽל־הֶעָרִ֖ים וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן	9		And the cities differentiated for the children of Ephraim are in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities and their courts.	3e	4B	22 8
וְלֹ֣א הוֹרִ֔ישׁוּ אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י הַיּוֹשֵׁ֣ב בְּגָ֑זֶר וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֜י בְּקֶ֤רֶב אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ עַד־הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה וַיְהִ֖י לְמַס־עֹבֵֽד	10		And they did not dispossess the Canaanite that was settled in Gezer, but the Canaanite has settled within Ephraim to this day, and he was serving in forced service.	3e	4C	16 23