2 Kings 8:3
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And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.
In other translations
And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961מִקְצֵהmiktzehfrom [the] end ofH7097שֶׁבַעsheva'sevenH7651שָׁנִיםshanimyearsH8141וַתָּשָׁבvatashovand she returnedH7725הָאִשָּׁהha'ishahthe womanH802מֵאֶרֶץme'eretzfrom [the] land ofH776פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim[the] PhilistinesH6430וַתֵּצֵאvatetze'and she went outH3318לִצְעֹקlitz'okto cry outH6817אֶל־'el-toH413הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֶל־'el-concerningH413בֵּיתָהּbeitahhouse herH1004וְאֶל־ve'el-and concerningH413שָׂדָהּ׃sadahfield herH7704
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