2 Kings 8:12
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And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
In other translations
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559חֲזָאֵלchaza'elHazaelH2371מַדּוּעַmadua'why?H4069אֲדֹנִי'adoni[is] lord myH113בֹכֶהvokhehweepingH1058וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559כִּי־ki-forH3588יָדַעְתִּיyada'tiI knowH3045אֵת'et<obj.>H853אֲשֶׁר־'asher-this:H834תַּעֲשֶׂהta'asehyou will doH6213לִבְנֵיlivneito [the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478רָעָהra'ahharmH7451מִבְצְרֵיהֶםmivtzereihemfortifications theirH4013תְּשַׁלַּחteshalachyou will sendH7971בָּאֵשׁba'eshin <the> fireH784וּבַחֻרֵיהֶםuvachureihemand young men theirH970בַּחֶרֶבbacherevwith the swordH2719תַּהֲרֹגtaharogyou will killH2026וְעֹלְלֵיהֶםve'oleleihemand children theirH5768תְּרַטֵּשׁterateshyou will dash in piecesH7376וְהָרֹתֵיהֶםveharoteihemand pregnant [women] theirH2030תְּבַקֵּעַ׃tevakea'you will rip openH1234
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