2 Kings 6:5
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But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
In other translations
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961הָאֶחָדha'echadthe oneH259מַפִּילmapil[was] making fallH5307הַקּוֹרָהhakorahthe beamH6982וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853הַבַּרְזֶלhabarzelthe ironH1270נָפַלnafalit fellH5307אֶל־'el-intoH413הַמָּיִםhamayimthe waterH4325וַיִּצְעַקvaiyitz'akand he cried outH6817וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֲהָהּ'ahahalas!H162אֲדֹנִי'adoniO lord myH113וְהוּאvehu'and itH1931שָׁאוּל׃sha'ul[was] askedH7592
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