{"_about":"Scripture role-play conversations for the Binyanim Lab / TaNaKh Road. Hebrew: MACULA Hebrew (Clear Bible / Biblica), based on the Westminster Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0, https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/ . English: The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS 1917, public domain), digital transcription by the Open Siddur Project, CC BY-SA 4.0 . Changes: verses were cut into the separate spoken lines of each speaker; cantillation marks were removed; the divine name is shown as HaShem; 'the LORD' became 'HaShem'; two typos in the transcription were fixed. Speaker assignments, titles and summaries are original to this site. This file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); keep this notice and say if you change it. Copyright of the site itself: Jason Hodge (2026).","v":1,"d":[{"id":"gen3a","title":"The serpent and the woman","sum":"The serpent questions what God said about the tree.","book":"GEN","ch":3,"roles":{"S":"The serpent","W":"The woman"},"lines":[{"r":"S","ref":"GEN 3:1","h":"אַף כִּי־אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹאכְלוּ מִכֹּל עֵץ הַגָּן","e":"Yea, hath God said: You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?"},{"r":"W","ref":"GEN 3:2","h":"מִפְּרִי עֵץ־הַגָּן נֹאכֵל","e":"Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;"},{"r":"W","ref":"GEN 3:3","h":"וּמִפְּרִי הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹךְ־הַגָּן אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹאכְלוּ מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא תִגְּעוּ בּוֹ פֶּן־תְּמֻתוּן","e":"but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said: You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.","cont":1},{"r":"S","ref":"GEN 3:4","h":"לֹא־מוֹת תְּמֻתוּן","e":"You shall not surely die;"},{"r":"S","ref":"GEN 3:5","h":"כִּי יֹדֵעַ אֱלֹהִים כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְכֶם מִמֶּנּוּ וְנִפְקְחוּ עֵינֵיכֶם וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָע","e":"for God doth know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as God, knowing good and evil.","cont":1}]},{"id":"gen3b","title":"Where are you?","sum":"God calls out to the man in the garden.","book":"GEN","ch":3,"roles":{"G":"God (HaShem)","M":"The man","W":"The woman"},"lines":[{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 3:9","h":"אַיֶּכָּה","e":"Where art thou?"},{"r":"M","ref":"GEN 3:10","h":"אֶת־קֹלְךָ שָׁמַעְתִּי בַּגָּן וָאִירָא כִּי־עֵירֹם אָנֹכִי וָאֵחָבֵא","e":"I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 3:11","h":"מִי הִגִּיד לְךָ כִּי עֵירֹם אָתָּה הֲמִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לְבִלְתִּי אֲכָל־מִמֶּנּוּ אָכָלְתָּ","e":"Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"},{"r":"M","ref":"GEN 3:12","h":"הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתָּה עִמָּדִי הִוא נָתְנָה־לִּי מִן־הָעֵץ וָאֹכֵל","e":"The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 3:13","h":"מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂית","e":"What is this thou hast done?"},{"r":"W","ref":"GEN 3:13","h":"הַנָּחָשׁ הִשִּׁיאַנִי וָאֹכֵל","e":"The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat."}]},{"id":"gen4","title":"Where is your brother?","sum":"God asks Cain about Abel.","book":"GEN","ch":4,"roles":{"G":"HaShem","C":"Cain"},"lines":[{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 4:9","h":"אֵי הֶבֶל אָחִיךָ","e":"Where is Abel thy brother?"},{"r":"C","ref":"GEN 4:9","h":"לֹא יָדַעְתִּי הֲשֹׁמֵר אָחִי אָנֹכִי","e":"I know not; am I my brother’s keeper?"},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 4:10","h":"מֶה עָשִׂיתָ קוֹל דְּמֵי אָחִיךָ צֹעֲקִים אֵלַי מִן־הָאֲדָמָה","e":"What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto Me from the ground."}]},{"id":"gen16","title":"Hagar and the angel","sum":"An angel finds Hagar by a spring in the wilderness.","book":"GEN","ch":16,"roles":{"A":"The angel of HaShem","H":"Hagar"},"lines":[{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 16:8","h":"הָגָר שִׁפְחַת שָׂרַי אֵי־מִזֶּה בָאת וְאָנָה תֵלֵכִי","e":"Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?"},{"r":"H","ref":"GEN 16:8","h":"מִפְּנֵי שָׂרַי גְּבִרְתִּי אָנֹכִי בֹּרַחַת","e":"I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai."},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 16:9","h":"שׁוּבִי אֶל־גְּבִרְתֵּךְ וְהִתְעַנִּי תַּחַת יָדֶיהָ","e":"Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands."},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 16:10","h":"הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה אֶת־זַרְעֵךְ וְלֹא יִסָּפֵר מֵרֹב","e":"I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude."},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 16:11","h":"הִנָּךְ הָרָה וְיֹלַדְתְּ בֵּן וְקָרָאת שְׁמוֹ יִשְׁמָעֵאל כִּי־שָׁמַע יְהוָה אֶל־עָנְיֵךְ","e":"Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because HaShem hath heard thy affliction."}]},{"id":"gen18a","title":"Where is Sarah?","sum":"Three visitors come to Abraham, and Sarah laughs.","book":"GEN","ch":18,"roles":{"V":"The visitors / HaShem","A":"Abraham","S":"Sarah"},"lines":[{"r":"V","ref":"GEN 18:9","h":"אַיֵּה שָׂרָה אִשְׁתֶּךָ","e":"Where is Sarah thy wife?"},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 18:9","h":"הִנֵּה בָאֹהֶל","e":"Behold, in the tent."},{"r":"V","ref":"GEN 18:10","h":"שׁוֹב אָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ כָּעֵת חַיָּה וְהִנֵּה־בֵן","e":"I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son."},{"r":"V","ref":"GEN 18:13","h":"לָמָּה זֶּה צָחֲקָה שָׂרָה לֵאמֹר הַאַף אֻמְנָם אֵלֵד וַאֲנִי זָקַנְתִּי","e":"Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying: Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?"},{"r":"S","ref":"GEN 18:15","h":"לֹא צָחַקְתִּי כִּי יָרֵאָה","e":"I laughed not"},{"r":"V","ref":"GEN 18:15","h":"לֹא כִּי צָחָקְתְּ","e":"Nay; but thou didst laugh."}]},{"id":"gen18b","title":"Abraham bargains for the city","sum":"Abraham asks again and again: what if there are fewer righteous people?","book":"GEN","ch":18,"roles":{"A":"Abraham","G":"HaShem"},"lines":[{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 18:26","h":"אִם־אֶמְצָא בִסְדֹם חֲמִשִּׁים צַדִּיקִם בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר וְנָשָׂאתִי לְכָל־הַמָּקוֹם בַּעֲבוּרָם","e":"If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sake."},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 18:27","h":"הִנֵּה־נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל־אֲדֹנָי וְאָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵפֶר","e":"Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes."},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 18:28","h":"אוּלַי יַחְסְרוּן חֲמִשִּׁים הַצַּדִּיקִם חֲמִשָּׁה הֲתַשְׁחִית בַּחֲמִשָּׁה אֶת־כָּל־הָעִיר","e":"Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five?"},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 18:28","h":"לֹא אַשְׁחִית אִם־אֶמְצָא שָׁם אַרְבָּעִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה","e":"I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five."},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 18:29","h":"אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם אַרְבָּעִים","e":"Peradventure there shall be forty found there."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 18:29","h":"לֹא אֶעֱשֶׂה בַּעֲבוּר הָאַרְבָּעִים","e":"I will not do it for the forty’s sake."},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 18:30","h":"אַל־נָא יִחַר לַאדֹנָי וַאֲדַבֵּרָה אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם שְׁלֹשִׁים","e":"Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Peradventure there shall thirty be found there."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 18:30","h":"לֹא אֶעֱשֶׂה אִם־אֶמְצָא שָׁם שְׁלֹשִׁים","e":"I will not do it, if I find thirty there."},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 18:31","h":"הִנֵּה־נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל־אֲדֹנָי אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם עֶשְׂרִים","e":"Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord. Peradventure there shall be twenty found there."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 18:31","h":"לֹא אַשְׁחִית בַּעֲבוּר הָעֶשְׂרִים","e":"I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake."},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 18:32","h":"אַל־נָא יִחַר לַאדֹנָי וַאֲדַבְּרָה אַךְ־הַפַּעַם אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם עֲשָׂרָה","e":"Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 18:32","h":"לֹא אַשְׁחִית בַּעֲבוּר הָעֲשָׂרָה","e":"I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake."}]},{"id":"gen22a","title":"Father, where is the lamb?","sum":"Isaac and Abraham walk up the mountain together.","book":"GEN","ch":22,"roles":{"I":"Isaac","A":"Abraham"},"lines":[{"r":"I","ref":"GEN 22:7","h":"אָבִי","e":"My father."},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 22:7","h":"הִנֶּנִּי בְנִי","e":"Here am I, my son."},{"r":"I","ref":"GEN 22:7","h":"הִנֵּה הָאֵשׁ וְהָעֵצִים וְאַיֵּה הַשֶּׂה לְעֹלָה","e":"Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?"},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 22:8","h":"אֱלֹהִים יִרְאֶה־לּוֹ הַשֶּׂה לְעֹלָה בְּנִי","e":"God will provide Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son."}]},{"id":"gen22b","title":"Abraham! Abraham!","sum":"An angel calls out from heaven.","book":"GEN","ch":22,"roles":{"N":"The angel","A":"Abraham"},"lines":[{"r":"N","ref":"GEN 22:11","h":"אַבְרָהָם אַבְרָהָם","e":"Abraham, Abraham."},{"r":"A","ref":"GEN 22:11","h":"הִנֵּנִי","e":"Here am I."},{"r":"N","ref":"GEN 22:12","h":"אַל־תִּשְׁלַח יָדְךָ אֶל־הַנַּעַר וְאַל־תַּעַשׂ לוֹ מְאוּמָּה כִּי עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים אַתָּה וְלֹא חָשַׂכְתָּ אֶת־בִּנְךָ אֶת־יְחִידְךָ מִמֶּנִּי","e":"Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou art a God-fearing man, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from Me."}]},{"id":"gen24a","title":"At the well","sum":"Abraham’s servant asks Rebekah for a drink.","book":"GEN","ch":24,"roles":{"S":"The servant","R":"Rebekah"},"lines":[{"r":"S","ref":"GEN 24:17","h":"הַגְמִיאִינִי נָא מְעַט־מַיִם מִכַּדֵּךְ","e":"Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher."},{"r":"R","ref":"GEN 24:18","h":"שְׁתֵה אֲדֹנִי","e":"Drink, my lord"},{"r":"S","ref":"GEN 24:23","h":"בַּת־מִי אַתְּ הַגִּידִי נָא לִי הֲיֵשׁ בֵּית־אָבִיךְ מָקוֹם לָנוּ לָלִין","e":"Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?"},{"r":"R","ref":"GEN 24:24","h":"בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל אָנֹכִי בֶּן־מִלְכָּה אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לְנָחוֹר","e":"I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore unto Nahor."},{"r":"R","ref":"GEN 24:25","h":"גַּם־תֶּבֶן גַּם־מִסְפּוֹא רַב עִמָּנוּ גַּם־מָקוֹם לָלוּן","e":"We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in."}]},{"id":"gen24b","title":"Will you go with this man?","sum":"Rebekah’s family asks her to decide.","book":"GEN","ch":24,"roles":{"F":"Rebekah’s family","S":"The servant","R":"Rebekah"},"lines":[{"r":"F","ref":"GEN 24:55","h":"תֵּשֵׁב הַנַּעֲרָ אִתָּנוּ יָמִים אוֹ עָשׂוֹר אַחַר תֵּלֵךְ","e":"Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go."},{"r":"S","ref":"GEN 24:56","h":"אַל־תְּאַחֲרוּ אֹתִי וַיהוָה הִצְלִיחַ דַּרְכִּי שַׁלְּחוּנִי וְאֵלְכָה לַאדֹנִי","e":"Delay me not, seeing HaShem hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master."},{"r":"F","ref":"GEN 24:57","h":"נִקְרָא לַנַּעֲרָ וְנִשְׁאֲלָה אֶת־פִּיהָ","e":"We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth."},{"r":"F","ref":"GEN 24:58","h":"הֲתֵלְכִי עִם־הָאִישׁ הַזֶּה","e":"Wilt thou go with this man?"},{"r":"R","ref":"GEN 24:58","h":"אֵלֵךְ","e":"I will go."}]},{"id":"gen25","title":"Esau and the red stew","sum":"Esau comes home hungry, and Jacob makes an offer.","book":"GEN","ch":25,"roles":{"E":"Esau","J":"Jacob"},"lines":[{"r":"E","ref":"GEN 25:30","h":"הַלְעִיטֵנִי נָא מִן־הָאָדֹם הָאָדֹם הַזֶּה כִּי עָיֵף אָנֹכִי","e":"Let me swallow, I pray thee, some of this red, red pottage; for I am faint."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 25:31","h":"מִכְרָה כַיּוֹם אֶת־בְּכֹרָתְךָ לִי","e":"Sell me first thy birth right."},{"r":"E","ref":"GEN 25:32","h":"הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי הוֹלֵךְ לָמוּת וְלָמָּה־זֶּה לִי בְּכֹרָה","e":"Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?"},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 25:33","h":"הִשָּׁבְעָה לִּי כַּיּוֹם","e":"Swear to me first"}]},{"id":"gen27a","title":"Who are you, my son?","sum":"Jacob goes in to his blind father Isaac.","book":"GEN","ch":27,"roles":{"J":"Jacob","I":"Isaac"},"lines":[{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 27:18","h":"אָבִי","e":"My father"},{"r":"I","ref":"GEN 27:18","h":"הִנֶּנִּי מִי אַתָּה בְּנִי","e":"Here am I; who art thou, my son?"},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 27:19","h":"אָנֹכִי עֵשָׂו בְּכֹרֶךָ עָשִׂיתִי כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ אֵלָי קוּם־נָא שְׁבָה וְאָכְלָה מִצֵּידִי בַּעֲבוּר תְּבָרֲכַנִּי נַפְשֶׁךָ","e":"I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me."},{"r":"I","ref":"GEN 27:20","h":"מַה־זֶּה מִהַרְתָּ לִמְצֹא בְּנִי","e":"How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?"},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 27:20","h":"כִּי הִקְרָה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְפָנָי","e":"Because HaShem thy God sent me good speed."},{"r":"I","ref":"GEN 27:21","h":"גְּשָׁה־נָּא וַאֲמֻשְׁךָ בְּנִי הַאַתָּה זֶה בְּנִי עֵשָׂו אִם־לֹא","e":"Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not."},{"r":"I","ref":"GEN 27:24","h":"אַתָּה זֶה בְּנִי עֵשָׂו","e":"Art thou my very son Esau?"},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 27:24","h":"אָנִי","e":"I am."},{"r":"I","ref":"GEN 27:25","h":"הַגִּשָׁה לִּי וְאֹכְלָה מִצֵּיד בְּנִי לְמַעַן תְּבָרֶכְךָ נַפְשִׁי","e":"Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee."},{"r":"I","ref":"GEN 27:26","h":"גְּשָׁה־נָּא וּשְׁקָה־לִּי בְּנִי","e":"Come near now, and kiss me, my son."}]},{"id":"gen27b","title":"Bless me too, Father","sum":"Esau returns and learns what happened.","book":"GEN","ch":27,"roles":{"I":"Isaac","E":"Esau"},"lines":[{"r":"I","ref":"GEN 27:32","h":"מִי־אָתָּה","e":"Who art thou?"},{"r":"E","ref":"GEN 27:32","h":"אֲנִי בִּנְךָ בְכֹרְךָ עֵשָׂו","e":"I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau."},{"r":"E","ref":"GEN 27:34","h":"בָּרֲכֵנִי גַם־אָנִי אָבִי","e":"Bless me, even me also, O my father."},{"r":"I","ref":"GEN 27:35","h":"בָּא אָחִיךָ בְּמִרְמָה וַיִּקַּח בִּרְכָתֶךָ","e":"Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing."},{"r":"E","ref":"GEN 27:36","h":"הֲכִי קָרָא שְׁמוֹ יַעֲקֹב וַיַּעְקְבֵנִי זֶה פַעֲמַיִם אֶת־בְּכֹרָתִי לָקָח וְהִנֵּה עַתָּה לָקַח בִּרְכָתִי","e":"Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing."},{"r":"E","ref":"GEN 27:36","h":"הֲלֹא־אָצַלְתָּ לִּי בְּרָכָה","e":"Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?"},{"r":"E","ref":"GEN 27:38","h":"הַבְרָכָה אַחַת הִוא־לְךָ אָבִי בָּרֲכֵנִי גַם־אָנִי אָבִי","e":"Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father."}]},{"id":"gen29","title":"Where are you from?","sum":"Jacob meets the shepherds at the well.","book":"GEN","ch":29,"roles":{"J":"Jacob","S":"The shepherds"},"lines":[{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 29:4","h":"אַחַי מֵאַיִן אַתֶּם","e":"My brethren, whence are you?"},{"r":"S","ref":"GEN 29:4","h":"מֵחָרָן אֲנָחְנוּ","e":"Of Haran are we."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 29:5","h":"הַיְדַעְתֶּם אֶת־לָבָן בֶּן־נָחוֹר","e":"Know you Laban the son of Nahor?"},{"r":"S","ref":"GEN 29:5","h":"יָדָעְנוּ","e":"We know him."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 29:6","h":"הֲשָׁלוֹם לוֹ","e":"Is it well with him?"},{"r":"S","ref":"GEN 29:6","h":"שָׁלוֹם וְהִנֵּה רָחֵל בִּתּוֹ בָּאָה עִם־הַצֹּאן","e":"It is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 29:7","h":"הֵן עוֹד הַיּוֹם גָּדוֹל לֹא־עֵת הֵאָסֵף הַמִּקְנֶה הַשְׁקוּ הַצֹּאן וּלְכוּ רְעוּ","e":"Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together; water you the sheep, and go and feed them."},{"r":"S","ref":"GEN 29:8","h":"לֹא נוּכַל עַד אֲשֶׁר יֵאָסְפוּ כָּל־הָעֲדָרִים וְגָלֲלוּ אֶת־הָאֶבֶן מֵעַל פִּי הַבְּאֵר וְהִשְׁקִינוּ הַצֹּאן","e":"We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep."}]},{"id":"gen30a","title":"The mandrakes","sum":"Rachel and Leah argue over mandrakes.","book":"GEN","ch":30,"roles":{"R":"Rachel","L":"Leah"},"lines":[{"r":"R","ref":"GEN 30:14","h":"תְּנִי־נָא לִי מִדּוּדָאֵי בְּנֵךְ","e":"Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes."},{"r":"L","ref":"GEN 30:15","h":"הַמְעַט קַחְתֵּךְ אֶת־אִישִׁי וְלָקַחַת גַּם אֶת־דּוּדָאֵי בְּנִי","e":"Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also?"},{"r":"R","ref":"GEN 30:15","h":"לָכֵן יִשְׁכַּב עִמָּךְ הַלַּיְלָה תַּחַת דּוּדָאֵי בְנֵךְ","e":"Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son’s mandrakes."}]},{"id":"gen30b","title":"Name your wages","sum":"Laban asks Jacob what his wages should be.","book":"GEN","ch":30,"roles":{"L":"Laban","J":"Jacob"},"lines":[{"r":"L","ref":"GEN 30:27","h":"אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ נִחַשְׁתִּי וַיְבָרֲכֵנִי יְהוָה בִּגְלָלֶךָ","e":"If now I have found favour in thine eyes—I have observed the signs, and HaShem hath blessed me for thy sake."},{"r":"L","ref":"GEN 30:28","h":"נָקְבָה שְׂכָרְךָ עָלַי וְאֶתֵּנָה","e":"Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 30:29","h":"אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר עֲבַדְתִּיךָ וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה מִקְנְךָ אִתִּי","e":"Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me."},{"r":"L","ref":"GEN 30:31","h":"מָה אֶתֶּן־לָךְ","e":"What shall I give thee?"},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 30:31","h":"לֹא־תִתֶּן־לִי מְאוּמָה אִם־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לִּי הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אָשׁוּבָה אֶרְעֶה צֹאנְךָ אֶשְׁמֹר","e":"Thou shalt not give me aught; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it."}]},{"id":"gen32","title":"Wrestling until dawn","sum":"A man wrestles with Jacob at the river.","book":"GEN","ch":32,"roles":{"M":"The man","J":"Jacob"},"lines":[{"r":"M","ref":"GEN 32:27","h":"שַׁלְּחֵנִי כִּי עָלָה הַשָּׁחַר","e":"Let me go, for the day breaketh."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 32:27","h":"לֹא אֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ כִּי אִם־בֵּרַכְתָּנִי","e":"I will not let thee go, except thou bless me."},{"r":"M","ref":"GEN 32:28","h":"מַה־שְּׁמֶךָ","e":"What is thy name?"},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 32:28","h":"יַעֲקֹב","e":"Jacob."},{"r":"M","ref":"GEN 32:29","h":"לֹא יַעֲקֹב יֵאָמֵר עוֹד שִׁמְךָ כִּי אִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי־שָׂרִיתָ עִם־אֱלֹהִים וְעִם־אֲנָשִׁים וַתּוּכָל","e":"Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 32:30","h":"הַגִּידָה־נָּא שְׁמֶךָ","e":"Tell me, I pray thee, thy name."},{"r":"M","ref":"GEN 32:30","h":"לָמָּה זֶּה תִּשְׁאַל לִשְׁמִי","e":"Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?"}]},{"id":"gen33","title":"Esau meets Jacob","sum":"Esau and Jacob meet after twenty years.","book":"GEN","ch":33,"roles":{"E":"Esau","J":"Jacob"},"lines":[{"r":"E","ref":"GEN 33:8","h":"מִי לְךָ כָּל־הַמַּחֲנֶה הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר פָּגָשְׁתִּי","e":"What meanest thou by all this camp which I met?"},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 33:8","h":"לִמְצֹא־חֵן בְּעֵינֵי אֲדֹנִי","e":"To find favour in the sight of my lord."},{"r":"E","ref":"GEN 33:9","h":"יֶשׁ־לִי רָב אָחִי יְהִי לְךָ אֲשֶׁר־לָךְ","e":"I have enough; my brother, let that which thou hast be thine."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 33:10","h":"אַל־נָא אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ מִנְחָתִי מִיָּדִי כִּי עַל־כֵּן רָאִיתִי פָנֶיךָ כִּרְאֹת פְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים וַתִּרְצֵנִי","e":"Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favour in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me."},{"r":"E","ref":"GEN 33:12","h":"נִסְעָה וְנֵלֵכָה וְאֵלְכָה לְנֶגְדֶּךָ","e":"Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 33:13","h":"אֲדֹנִי יֹדֵעַ כִּי־הַיְלָדִים רַכִּים וְהַצֹּאן וְהַבָּקָר עָלוֹת עָלָי וּדְפָקוּם יוֹם אֶחָד וָמֵתוּ כָּל־הַצֹּאן","e":"My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die."}]},{"id":"gen42","title":"Spies!","sum":"Joseph speaks roughly with his brothers.","book":"GEN","ch":42,"roles":{"J":"Joseph","B":"His brothers"},"lines":[{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 42:7","h":"מֵאַיִן בָּאתֶם","e":"Whence come you?"},{"r":"B","ref":"GEN 42:7","h":"מֵאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן לִשְׁבָּר־אֹכֶל","e":"From the land of Canaan to buy food."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 42:9","h":"מְרַגְּלִים אַתֶּם לִרְאוֹת אֶת־עֶרְוַת הָאָרֶץ בָּאתֶם","e":"You are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you are come."},{"r":"B","ref":"GEN 42:10","h":"לֹא אֲדֹנִי וַעֲבָדֶיךָ בָּאוּ לִשְׁבָּר־אֹכֶל","e":"Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 42:12","h":"לֹא כִּי־עֶרְוַת הָאָרֶץ בָּאתֶם לִרְאוֹת","e":"Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land you are come."},{"r":"B","ref":"GEN 42:13","h":"שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר עֲבָדֶיךָ אַחִים אֲנַחְנוּ בְּנֵי אִישׁ־אֶחָד בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וְהִנֵּה הַקָּטֹן אֶת־אָבִינוּ הַיּוֹם וְהָאֶחָד אֵינֶנּוּ","e":"We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 42:14","h":"הוּא אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֲלֵכֶם לֵאמֹר מְרַגְּלִים אַתֶּם","e":"That is it that I spoke unto you, saying: You are spies."}]},{"id":"gen47","title":"Pharaoh meets Jacob","sum":"Pharaoh asks Jacob’s family and then Jacob himself about their lives.","book":"GEN","ch":47,"roles":{"P":"Pharaoh","B":"Joseph’s brothers","J":"Jacob"},"lines":[{"r":"P","ref":"GEN 47:3","h":"מַה־מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶם","e":"What is your occupation?"},{"r":"B","ref":"GEN 47:3","h":"רֹעֵה צֹאן עֲבָדֶיךָ גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ גַּם־אֲבוֹתֵינוּ","e":"Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers."},{"r":"B","ref":"GEN 47:4","h":"לָגוּר בָּאָרֶץ בָּאנוּ כִּי־אֵין מִרְעֶה לַצֹּאן אֲשֶׁר לַעֲבָדֶיךָ כִּי־כָבֵד הָרָעָב בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וְעַתָּה יֵשְׁבוּ־נָא עֲבָדֶיךָ בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן","e":"To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen."},{"r":"P","ref":"GEN 47:8","h":"כַּמָּה יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיֶּיךָ","e":"How many are the days of the years of thy life?"},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 47:9","h":"יְמֵי שְׁנֵי מְגוּרַי שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה מְעַט וְרָעִים הָיוּ יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיַּי וְלֹא הִשִּׂיגוּ אֶת־יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי אֲבֹתַי בִּימֵי מְגוּרֵיהֶם","e":"The days of the years of my sojournings are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojournings."}]},{"id":"exo2","title":"The baby in the river","sum":"Miriam speaks with Pharaoh’s daughter.","book":"EXO","ch":2,"roles":{"M":"Miriam","D":"Pharaoh’s daughter"},"lines":[{"r":"M","ref":"EXO 2:7","h":"הַאֵלֵךְ וְקָרָאתִי לָךְ אִשָּׁה מֵינֶקֶת מִן הָעִבְרִיֹּת וְתֵינִק לָךְ אֶת־הַיָּלֶד","e":"Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?"},{"r":"D","ref":"EXO 2:8","h":"לֵכִי","e":"Go."},{"r":"D","ref":"EXO 2:9","h":"הֵילִיכִי אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד הַזֶּה וְהֵינִקִהוּ לִי וַאֲנִי אֶתֵּן","e":"Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages."}]},{"id":"exo3","title":"The burning bush","sum":"God calls Moses and sends him to Pharaoh.","book":"EXO","ch":3,"roles":{"G":"God","M":"Moses"},"lines":[{"r":"G","ref":"EXO 3:4","h":"מֹשֶׁה מֹשֶׁה","e":"Moses, Moses."},{"r":"M","ref":"EXO 3:4","h":"הִנֵּנִי","e":"Here am I."},{"r":"G","ref":"EXO 3:5","h":"אַל־תִּקְרַב הֲלֹם שַׁל־נְעָלֶיךָ מֵעַל רַגְלֶיךָ כִּי הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עוֹמֵד עָלָיו אַדְמַת־קֹדֶשׁ הוּא","e":"Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."},{"r":"M","ref":"EXO 3:11","h":"מִי אָנֹכִי כִּי אֵלֵךְ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה וְכִי אוֹצִיא אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָיִם","e":"Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"},{"r":"G","ref":"EXO 3:12","h":"כִּי־אֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ וְזֶה־לְּךָ הָאוֹת כִּי אָנֹכִי שְׁלַחְתִּיךָ בְּהוֹצִיאֲךָ אֶת־הָעָם מִמִּצְרַיִם תַּעַבְדוּן אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים עַל הָהָר הַזֶּה","e":"Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain."},{"r":"M","ref":"EXO 3:13","h":"הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי בָא אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתִּי לָהֶם אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם שְׁלָחַנִי אֲלֵיכֶם וְאָמְרוּ־לִי מַה־שְּׁמוֹ מָה אֹמַר אֲלֵהֶם","e":"Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them: The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me: What is His name? what shall I say unto them?"},{"r":"G","ref":"EXO 3:14","h":"אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה","e":"I AM THAT I AM"},{"r":"G","ref":"EXO 3:14","h":"כֹּה תֹאמַר לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶהְיֶה שְׁלָחַנִי אֲלֵיכֶם","e":"Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: I AM hath sent me unto you."}]},{"id":"exo4a","title":"The staff","sum":"God shows Moses three signs.","book":"EXO","ch":4,"roles":{"G":"HaShem","M":"Moses"},"lines":[{"r":"M","ref":"EXO 4:1","h":"וְהֵן לֹא־יַאֲמִינוּ לִי וְלֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ בְּקֹלִי כִּי יֹאמְרוּ לֹא־נִרְאָה אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה","e":"But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say: The lord hath not appeared unto thee."},{"r":"G","ref":"EXO 4:2","h":"מַה־זֶּה בְיָדֶךָ","e":"What is that in thy hand?"},{"r":"M","ref":"EXO 4:2","h":"מַטֶּה","e":"A rod."},{"r":"G","ref":"EXO 4:3","h":"הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אַרְצָה","e":"Cast it on the ground."},{"r":"G","ref":"EXO 4:4","h":"שְׁלַח יָדְךָ וֶאֱחֹז בִּזְנָבוֹ","e":"Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail."}]},{"id":"exo5","title":"Let my people go","sum":"Moses and Aaron go to Pharaoh.","book":"EXO","ch":5,"roles":{"M":"Moses and Aaron","P":"Pharaoh"},"lines":[{"r":"M","ref":"EXO 5:1","h":"כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שַׁלַּח אֶת־עַמִּי וְיָחֹגּוּ לִי בַּמִּדְבָּר","e":"Thus saith HaShem, the God of Israel: Let My people go, that they may hold a feast unto Me in the wilderness."},{"r":"P","ref":"EXO 5:2","h":"מִי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר אֶשְׁמַע בְּקֹלוֹ לְשַׁלַּח אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יָדַעְתִּי אֶת־יְהוָה וְגַם אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא אֲשַׁלֵּחַ","e":"Who is HaShem, that I should hearken unto His voice to let Israel go? I know not HaShem, and moreover I will not let Israel go."},{"r":"M","ref":"EXO 5:3","h":"אֱלֹהֵי הָעִבְרִים נִקְרָא עָלֵינוּ נֵלֲכָה נָּא דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים בַּמִּדְבָּר וְנִזְבְּחָה לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ פֶּן־יִפְגָּעֵנוּ בַּדֶּבֶר אוֹ בֶחָרֶב","e":"The God of the Hebrews hath met with us. Let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto HaShem our God; lest He fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword."},{"r":"P","ref":"EXO 5:4","h":"לָמָּה מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן תַּפְרִיעוּ אֶת־הָעָם מִמַּעֲשָׂיו לְכוּ לְסִבְלֹתֵיכֶם","e":"Wherefore do you, Moses and Aaron, cause the people to break loose from their work? get you unto your burdens."},{"r":"P","ref":"EXO 5:5","h":"הֵן־רַבִּים עַתָּה עַם הָאָרֶץ וְהִשְׁבַּתֶּם אֹתָם מִסִּבְלֹתָם","e":"Behold, the people of the land are now many, and will you make them rest from their burdens?"}]},{"id":"exo14","title":"At the sea","sum":"Israel is afraid, with the sea in front and Pharaoh’s army behind.","book":"EXO","ch":14,"roles":{"P":"The people","M":"Moses","G":"HaShem"},"lines":[{"r":"P","ref":"EXO 14:11","h":"הַמִבְּלִי אֵין־קְבָרִים בְּמִצְרַיִם לְקַחְתָּנוּ לָמוּת בַּמִּדְבָּר מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ לְהוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם","e":"Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring us forth out of Egypt?"},{"r":"M","ref":"EXO 14:13","h":"אַל־תִּירָאוּ הִתְיַצְבוּ וּרְאוּ אֶת־יְשׁוּעַת יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה לָכֶם הַיּוֹם כִּי אֲשֶׁר רְאִיתֶם אֶת־מִצְרַיִם הַיּוֹם לֹא תֹסִיפוּ לִרְאֹתָם עוֹד עַד־עוֹלָם","e":"Fear you not, stand still, and see the salvation of HaShem, which He will work for you to-day; for whereas you have seen the Egyptians to-day, you shall see them again no more for ever."},{"r":"G","ref":"EXO 14:15","h":"מַה־תִּצְעַק אֵלָי דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִסָּעוּ","e":"Wherefore criest thou unto Me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward."}]},{"id":"exo32","title":"What did this people do to you?","sum":"Moses speaks with Aaron about the golden calf.","book":"EXO","ch":32,"roles":{"M":"Moses","A":"Aaron"},"lines":[{"r":"M","ref":"EXO 32:21","h":"מֶה־עָשָׂה לְךָ הָעָם הַזֶּה כִּי־הֵבֵאתָ עָלָיו חֲטָאָה גְדֹלָה","e":"What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?"},{"r":"A","ref":"EXO 32:22","h":"אַל־יִחַר אַף אֲדֹנִי אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ אֶת־הָעָם כִּי בְרָע הוּא","e":"Let not the anger of my lord wax hot; thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil."},{"r":"A","ref":"EXO 32:23","h":"וַיֹּאמְרוּ לִי עֲשֵׂה־לָנוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר יֵלְכוּ לְפָנֵינוּ כִּי־זֶה מֹשֶׁה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לֹא יָדַעְנוּ מֶה־הָיָה לוֹ","e":"So they said unto me: Make us a god, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.","cont":1},{"r":"A","ref":"EXO 32:24","h":"וָאֹמַר לָהֶם לְמִי זָהָב הִתְפָּרָקוּ וַיִּתְּנוּ־לִי וָאַשְׁלִכֵהוּ בָאֵשׁ וַיֵּצֵא הָעֵגֶל הַזֶּה","e":"And I said unto them: Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off; so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.","cont":1}]},{"id":"num22","title":"The talking donkey","sum":"Balaam’s donkey speaks.","book":"NUM","ch":22,"roles":{"D":"The donkey","B":"Balaam"},"lines":[{"r":"D","ref":"NUM 22:28","h":"מֶה־עָשִׂיתִי לְךָ כִּי הִכִּיתַנִי זֶה שָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים","e":"What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?"},{"r":"B","ref":"NUM 22:29","h":"כִּי הִתְעַלַּלְתְּ בִּי לוּ יֶשׁ־חֶרֶב בְּיָדִי כִּי עַתָּה הֲרַגְתִּיךְ","e":"Because thou hast mocked me; I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee."},{"r":"D","ref":"NUM 22:30","h":"הֲלוֹא אָנֹכִי אֲתֹנְךָ אֲשֶׁר־רָכַבְתָּ עָלַי מֵעוֹדְךָ עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה הַהַסְכֵּן הִסְכַּנְתִּי לַעֲשׂוֹת לְךָ כֹּה","e":"Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee?"},{"r":"B","ref":"NUM 22:30","h":"לֹא","e":"Nay."}]},{"id":"jos2","title":"Rahab and the spies","sum":"Rahab hides two spies and makes them promise something.","book":"JOS","ch":2,"roles":{"R":"Rahab","S":"The spies"},"lines":[{"r":"R","ref":"JOS 2:9","h":"יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־נָתַן יְהוָה לָכֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְכִי־נָפְלָה אֵימַתְכֶם עָלֵינוּ וְכִי נָמֹגוּ כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶם","e":"I know that HaShem hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you."},{"r":"S","ref":"JOS 2:14","h":"נַפְשֵׁנוּ תַחְתֵּיכֶם לָמוּת אִם לֹא תַגִּידוּ אֶת־דְּבָרֵנוּ זֶה וְהָיָה בְּתֵת־יְהוָה לָנוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְעָשִׂינוּ עִמָּךְ חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת","e":"Our life for yours, if you tell not this our business; and it shall be, when HaShem giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee."},{"r":"R","ref":"JOS 2:16","h":"הָהָרָה לֵּכוּ פֶּן־יִפְגְּעוּ בָכֶם הָרֹדְפִים וְנַחְבֵּתֶם שָׁמָּה שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים עַד שׁוֹב הָרֹדְפִים וְאַחַר תֵּלְכוּ לְדַרְכְּכֶם","e":"Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned; and afterward may you go your way."},{"r":"S","ref":"JOS 2:17","h":"נְקִיִּם אֲנַחְנוּ מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵךְ הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁבַּעְתָּנוּ","e":"We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear."},{"r":"R","ref":"JOS 2:21","h":"כְּדִבְרֵיכֶם כֶּן־הוּא","e":"According unto your words, so be it."}]},{"id":"jos5","title":"The commander of the army","sum":"Joshua meets a man with a drawn sword.","book":"JOS","ch":5,"roles":{"J":"Joshua","C":"The commander"},"lines":[{"r":"J","ref":"JOS 5:13","h":"הֲלָנוּ אַתָּה אִם־לְצָרֵינוּ","e":"Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?"},{"r":"C","ref":"JOS 5:14","h":"לֹא כִּי אֲנִי שַׂר־צְבָא־יְהוָה עַתָּה בָאתִי","e":"Nay, but I am captain of the host of HaShem; I am now come."},{"r":"J","ref":"JOS 5:14","h":"מָה אֲדֹנִי מְדַבֵּר אֶל־עַבְדּוֹ","e":"What saith my lord unto his servant?"},{"r":"C","ref":"JOS 5:15","h":"שַׁל־נַעַלְךָ מֵעַל רַגְלֶךָ כִּי הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹמֵד עָלָיו קֹדֶשׁ הוּא","e":"Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy."}]},{"id":"jdg4","title":"Deborah and Barak","sum":"Deborah sends for Barak, and Barak sets a condition.","book":"JDG","ch":4,"roles":{"D":"Deborah","B":"Barak"},"lines":[{"r":"D","ref":"JDG 4:6","h":"הֲלֹא צִוָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵךְ וּמָשַׁכְתָּ בְּהַר תָּבוֹר וְלָקַחְתָּ עִמְּךָ עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי נַפְתָּלִי וּמִבְּנֵי זְבֻלוּן","e":"Hath not HaShem, the God of Israel, commanded, saying: Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?"},{"r":"B","ref":"JDG 4:8","h":"אִם־תֵּלְכִי עִמִּי וְהָלָכְתִּי וְאִם־לֹא תֵלְכִי עִמִּי לֹא אֵלֵךְ","e":"If thou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go."},{"r":"D","ref":"JDG 4:9","h":"הָלֹךְ אֵלֵךְ עִמָּךְ אֶפֶס כִּי לֹא תִהְיֶה תִּפְאַרְתְּךָ עַל־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה הוֹלֵךְ כִּי בְיַד־אִשָּׁה יִמְכֹּר יְהוָה אֶת־סִיסְרָא","e":"I will surely go with thee; notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thy honour; for HaShem will give Sisera over into the hand of a woman."}]},{"id":"jdg6","title":"Mighty warrior","sum":"An angel of HaShem speaks with Gideon.","book":"JDG","ch":6,"roles":{"A":"The angel of HaShem","G":"Gideon","H":"HaShem"},"lines":[{"r":"A","ref":"JDG 6:12","h":"יְהוָה עִמְּךָ גִּבּוֹר הֶחָיִל","e":"HaShem is with thee, thou mighty man of valour."},{"r":"G","ref":"JDG 6:13","h":"בִּי אֲדֹנִי וְיֵשׁ יְהוָה עִמָּנוּ וְלָמָּה מְצָאַתְנוּ כָּל־זֹאת וְאַיֵּה כָל־נִפְלְאֹתָיו אֲשֶׁר סִפְּרוּ־לָנוּ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ לֵאמֹר הֲלֹא מִמִּצְרַיִם הֶעֱלָנוּ יְהוָה וְעַתָּה נְטָשָׁנוּ יְהוָה וַיִּתְּנֵנוּ בְּכַף־מִדְיָן","e":"Oh, my lord, if HaShem be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all His wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying: Did not HaShem bring us up from Egypt? but now HaShem hath cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian."},{"r":"H","ref":"JDG 6:14","h":"לֵךְ בְּכֹחֲךָ זֶה וְהוֹשַׁעְתָּ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכַּף מִדְיָן הֲלֹא שְׁלַחְתִּיךָ","e":"Go in this thy might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian; have not I sent thee?"},{"r":"G","ref":"JDG 6:15","h":"בִּי אֲדֹנָי בַּמָּה אוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנֵּה אַלְפִּי הַדַּל בִּמְנַשֶּׁה וְאָנֹכִי הַצָּעִיר בְּבֵית אָבִי","e":"Oh, my lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house."},{"r":"H","ref":"JDG 6:16","h":"כִּי אֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ וְהִכִּיתָ אֶת־מִדְיָן כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד","e":"Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man."},{"r":"G","ref":"JDG 6:17","h":"אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ וְעָשִׂיתָ לִּי אוֹת שָׁאַתָּה מְדַבֵּר עִמִּי","e":"If now I have found favour in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me."}]},{"id":"jdg8","title":"Gideon and the two kings","sum":"Gideon questions the kings of Midian.","book":"JDG","ch":8,"roles":{"G":"Gideon","Z":"Zebah and Zalmunna"},"lines":[{"r":"G","ref":"JDG 8:18","h":"וְאֶל־צַלְמֻנָּע אֵיפֹה הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הֲרַגְתֶּם בְּתָבוֹר","e":"Where are the men whom you slew at Tabor?"},{"r":"Z","ref":"JDG 8:18","h":"אֶחָד כְּתֹאַר בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ","e":"As thou art, so were they; of one form with the children of a king."},{"r":"G","ref":"JDG 8:19","h":"אַחַי בְּנֵי־אִמִּי הֵם חַי־יְהוָה לוּ הַחֲיִתֶם אוֹתָם לֹא הָרַגְתִּי אֶתְכֶם","e":"They were my brethren, the sons of my mother; as HaShem liveth, if you had saved them alive, I would not slay you."},{"r":"G","ref":"JDG 8:20","h":"קוּם הֲרֹג אוֹתָם","e":"Up, and slay them."},{"r":"Z","ref":"JDG 8:21","h":"קוּם אַתָּה וּפְגַע־בָּנוּ כִּי כָאִישׁ גְּבוּרָתוֹ","e":"Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength."}]},{"id":"jdg9","title":"The trees look for a king","sum":"Jotham tells a fable: the trees ask who will be their king.","book":"JDG","ch":9,"roles":{"T":"The trees","O":"The olive tree","F":"The fig tree","V":"The vine","B":"The thornbush"},"lines":[{"r":"T","ref":"JDG 9:8","h":"מָלְכָה עָלֵינוּ","e":"Reign thou over us."},{"r":"O","ref":"JDG 9:9","h":"הֶחֳדַלְתִּי אֶת־דִּשְׁנִי אֲשֶׁר־בִּי יְכַבְּדוּ אֱלֹהִים וַאֲנָשִׁים וְהָלַכְתִּי לָנוּעַ עַל־הָעֵצִים","e":"Should I leave my fatness, seeing that by me they honour God and man, and go to hold sway over the trees?"},{"r":"T","ref":"JDG 9:10","h":"לְכִי־אַתְּ מָלְכִי עָלֵינוּ","e":"Come thou, and reign over us."},{"r":"F","ref":"JDG 9:11","h":"הֶחֳדַלְתִּי אֶת־מָתְקִי וְאֶת־תְּנוּבָתִי הַטּוֹבָה וְהָלַכְתִּי לָנוּעַ עַל־הָעֵצִים","e":"Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruitage, and go to hold sway over the trees?"},{"r":"T","ref":"JDG 9:12","h":"לְכִי־אַתְּ מָלְכִי עָלֵינוּ","e":"Come thou, and reign over us."},{"r":"V","ref":"JDG 9:13","h":"הֶחֳדַלְתִּי אֶת־תִּירוֹשִׁי הַמְשַׂמֵּחַ אֱלֹהִים וַאֲנָשִׁים וְהָלַכְתִּי לָנוּעַ עַל־הָעֵצִים","e":"Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to hold sway over the trees?"},{"r":"T","ref":"JDG 9:14","h":"לֵךְ אַתָּה מְלָךְ־עָלֵינוּ","e":"Come thou, and reign over us."},{"r":"B","ref":"JDG 9:15","h":"אִם בֶּאֱמֶת אַתֶּם מֹשְׁחִים אֹתִי לְמֶלֶךְ עֲלֵיכֶם בֹּאוּ חֲסוּ בְצִלִּי וְאִם־אַיִן תֵּצֵא אֵשׁ מִן־הָאָטָד וְתֹאכַל אֶת־אַרְזֵי הַלְּבָנוֹן","e":"If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon."}]},{"id":"jdg11","title":"Come and lead us","sum":"The elders of Gilead go to Jephthah.","book":"JDG","ch":11,"roles":{"E":"The elders","J":"Jephthah"},"lines":[{"r":"E","ref":"JDG 11:6","h":"לְכָה וְהָיִיתָה לָּנוּ לְקָצִין וְנִלָּחֲמָה בִּבְנֵי עַמּוֹן","e":"Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon."},{"r":"J","ref":"JDG 11:7","h":"הֲלֹא אַתֶּם שְׂנֵאתֶם אוֹתִי וַתְּגָרְשׁוּנִי מִבֵּית אָבִי וּמַדּוּעַ בָּאתֶם אֵלַי עַתָּה כַּאֲשֶׁר צַר לָכֶם","e":"Did not you hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? and why are you come unto me now when you are in distress?"},{"r":"E","ref":"JDG 11:8","h":"לָכֵן עַתָּה שַׁבְנוּ אֵלֶיךָ וְהָלַכְתָּ עִמָּנוּ וְנִלְחַמְתָּ בִּבְנֵי עַמּוֹן וְהָיִיתָ לָּנוּ לְרֹאשׁ לְכֹל יֹשְׁבֵי גִלְעָד","e":"Therefore are we returned to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon, and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."},{"r":"J","ref":"JDG 11:9","h":"אִם־מְשִׁיבִים אַתֶּם אוֹתִי לְהִלָּחֵם בִּבְנֵי עַמּוֹן וְנָתַן יְהוָה אוֹתָם לְפָנָי אָנֹכִי אֶהְיֶה לָכֶם לְרֹאשׁ","e":"If you bring me back home to fight with the children of Ammon, and HaShem deliver them before me, I will be your head."},{"r":"E","ref":"JDG 11:10","h":"יְהוָה יִהְיֶה שֹׁמֵעַ בֵּינוֹתֵינוּ אִם־לֹא כִדְבָרְךָ כֵּן נַעֲשֶׂה","e":"HaShem shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do."}]},{"id":"jdg13","title":"The man of God","sum":"Manoah asks the angel about the promised son.","book":"JDG","ch":13,"roles":{"M":"Manoah","A":"The angel"},"lines":[{"r":"M","ref":"JDG 13:11","h":"הַאַתָּה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּרְתָּ אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה","e":"Art thou the man that spokest unto the woman?"},{"r":"A","ref":"JDG 13:11","h":"אָנִי","e":"I am."},{"r":"M","ref":"JDG 13:12","h":"עַתָּה יָבֹא דְבָרֶיךָ מַה־יִּהְיֶה מִשְׁפַּט־הַנַּעַר וּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ","e":"Now when thy word cometh to pass, what shall be the rule for the child, and what shall be done with him?"},{"r":"A","ref":"JDG 13:13","h":"מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר־אָמַרְתִּי אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה תִּשָּׁמֵר","e":"Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware."},{"r":"M","ref":"JDG 13:15","h":"נַעְצְרָה־נָּא אוֹתָךְ וְנַעֲשֶׂה לְפָנֶיךָ גְּדִי עִזִּים","e":"I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee."},{"r":"A","ref":"JDG 13:16","h":"אִם־תַּעְצְרֵנִי לֹא־אֹכַל בְּלַחְמֶךָ וְאִם־תַּעֲשֶׂה עֹלָה לַיהוָה תַּעֲלֶנָּה כִּי לֹא־יָדַע","e":"Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto HaShem."},{"r":"M","ref":"JDG 13:17","h":"מִי שְׁמֶךָ כִּי־יָבֹא דְבָרְךָ וְכִבַּדְנוּךָ","e":"What is thy name, that when thy words come to pass we may do thee honour?"},{"r":"A","ref":"JDG 13:18","h":"לָמָּה זֶּה תִּשְׁאַל לִשְׁמִי וְהוּא־פֶלִאי","e":"Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is hidden?"}]},{"id":"jdg16","title":"Delilah and Samson","sum":"Delilah keeps asking where Samson’s strength comes from.","book":"JDG","ch":16,"roles":{"D":"Delilah","S":"Samson"},"lines":[{"r":"D","ref":"JDG 16:10","h":"הִנֵּה הֵתַלְתָּ בִּי וַתְּדַבֵּר אֵלַי כְּזָבִים עַתָּה הַגִּידָה־נָּא לִי בַּמֶּה תֵּאָסֵר","e":"Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound."},{"r":"S","ref":"JDG 16:11","h":"אִם־אָסוֹר יַאַסְרוּנִי בַּעֲבֹתִים חֲדָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נַעֲשָׂה בָהֶם מְלָאכָה וְחָלִיתִי וְהָיִיתִי כְּאַחַד הָאָדָם","e":"If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work, hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man."},{"r":"D","ref":"JDG 16:13","h":"עַד־הֵנָּה הֵתַלְתָּ בִּי וַתְּדַבֵּר אֵלַי כְּזָבִים הַגִּידָה לִּי בַּמֶּה תֵּאָסֵר","e":"Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound."},{"r":"S","ref":"JDG 16:13","h":"אִם־תַּאַרְגִי אֶת־שֶׁבַע מַחְלְפוֹת רֹאשִׁי עִם־הַמַּסָּכֶת","e":"If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web."},{"r":"D","ref":"JDG 16:15","h":"אֵיךְ תֹּאמַר אֲהַבְתִּיךְ וְלִבְּךָ אֵין אִתִּי זֶה שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים הֵתַלְתָּ בִּי וְלֹא־הִגַּדְתָּ לִּי בַּמֶּה כֹּחֲךָ גָדוֹל","e":"How canst thou say: I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth."}]},{"id":"rut1","title":"Where you go, I will go","sum":"Naomi urges Ruth to go home; Ruth refuses.","book":"RUT","ch":1,"roles":{"N":"Naomi","R":"Ruth"},"lines":[{"r":"N","ref":"RUT 1:15","h":"הִנֵּה שָׁבָה יְבִמְתֵּךְ אֶל־עַמָּהּ וְאֶל־אֱלֹהֶיהָ שׁוּבִי אַחֲרֵי יְבִמְתֵּךְ","e":"Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god; return thou after thy sister-in-law."},{"r":"R","ref":"RUT 1:16","h":"אַל־תִּפְגְּעִי־בִי לְעָזְבֵךְ לָשׁוּב מֵאַחֲרָיִךְ כִּי אֶל־אֲשֶׁר תֵּלְכִי אֵלֵךְ וּבַאֲשֶׁר תָּלִינִי אָלִין עַמֵּךְ עַמִּי וֵאלֹהַיִךְ אֱלֹהָי","e":"Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;"}]},{"id":"rut2a","title":"Let me go and glean","sum":"Ruth asks Naomi if she may glean in the fields.","book":"RUT","ch":2,"roles":{"R":"Ruth","N":"Naomi"},"lines":[{"r":"R","ref":"RUT 2:2","h":"אֵלְכָה־נָּא הַשָּׂדֶה וַאֲלַקֳטָּה בַשִׁבֳּלִים אַחַר אֲשֶׁר אֶמְצָא־חֵן בְּעֵינָיו","e":"Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find favour."},{"r":"N","ref":"RUT 2:2","h":"לְכִי בִתִּי","e":"Go, my daughter."}]},{"id":"rut2b","title":"Boaz meets Ruth","sum":"Boaz greets the reapers and asks about Ruth.","book":"RUT","ch":2,"roles":{"B":"Boaz","S":"The reapers and the servant"},"lines":[{"r":"B","ref":"RUT 2:4","h":"לַקּוֹצְרִים יְהוָה עִמָּכֶם","e":"HaShem be with you."},{"r":"S","ref":"RUT 2:4","h":"יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה","e":"HaShem bless thee."},{"r":"B","ref":"RUT 2:5","h":"לְמִי הַנַּעֲרָה הַזֹּאת","e":"Whose damsel is this?"},{"r":"S","ref":"RUT 2:6","h":"הִיא הַשָּׁבָה עִם־נָעֳמִי מִשְּׂדֵה מוֹאָב","e":"It is a Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the field of Moab;"},{"r":"B","ref":"RUT 2:8","h":"הֲלוֹא שָׁמַעַתְּ בִּתִּי אַל־תֵּלְכִי לִלְקֹט בְּשָׂדֶה אַחֵר וְגַם לֹא תַעֲבוּרִי מִזֶּה וְכֹה תִדְבָּקִין עִם־נַעֲרֹתָי","e":"Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens."}]},{"id":"rut2c","title":"Why have I found favor?","sum":"Ruth thanks Boaz for his kindness.","book":"RUT","ch":2,"roles":{"R":"Ruth","B":"Boaz"},"lines":[{"r":"R","ref":"RUT 2:10","h":"מַדּוּעַ מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ לְהַכִּירֵנִי וְאָּנֹכִי נָכְרִיָּה","e":"Why have I found favour in thy sight, that thou shouldest take cognizance of me, seeing I am a foreigner?"},{"r":"B","ref":"RUT 2:11","h":"הֻגֵּד הֻגַּד לִי כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂית אֶת־חֲמוֹתֵךְ אַחֲרֵי מוֹת אִישֵׁךְ וַתַּעַזְבִי אָּבִיךְ וְאִמֵּךְ וְאֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתֵּךְ וַתֵּלְכִי אֶל־עַם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדַעַתְּ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם","e":"It hath fully been told me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore."},{"r":"R","ref":"RUT 2:13","h":"אֶמְצָא־חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ אֲדֹנִי כִּי נִחַמְתָּנִי וְכִי דִבַּרְתָּ עַל־לֵב שִׁפְחָתֶךָ וְאָנֹכִי לֹא אֶהְיֶה כְּאַחַת שִׁפְחֹתֶיךָ","e":"Let me find favour in thy sight, my HaShem; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens."}]},{"id":"rut3","title":"At the threshing floor","sum":"Boaz wakes in the night and finds Ruth.","book":"RUT","ch":3,"roles":{"B":"Boaz","R":"Ruth"},"lines":[{"r":"B","ref":"RUT 3:9","h":"מִי־אָתּ","e":"Who art thou?"},{"r":"R","ref":"RUT 3:9","h":"אָנֹכִי רוּת אֲמָתֶךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ כְנָפֶךָ עַל־אֲמָתְךָ כִּי גֹאֵל אָתָּה","e":"I am Ruth thine handmaid; spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman."},{"r":"B","ref":"RUT 3:10","h":"בְּרוּכָה אַתְּ לַיהוָה בִּתִּי הֵיטַבְתְּ חַסְדֵּךְ הָאַחֲרוֹן מִן־הָרִאשׁוֹן לְבִלְתִּי־לֶכֶת אַחֲרֵי הַבַּחוּרִים אִם־דַּל וְאִם־עָשִׁיר","e":"Blessed be thou of HaShem, my daughter; thou hast shown more kindness in the end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou didst not follow the young men, whether poor or rich."}]},{"id":"sa1_1","title":"Hannah prays","sum":"Eli thinks Hannah is drunk, but she explains.","book":"1SA","ch":1,"roles":{"E":"Eli","H":"Hannah"},"lines":[{"r":"E","ref":"1SA 1:14","h":"עַד־מָתַי תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין הָסִירִי אֶת־יֵינֵךְ מֵעָלָיִךְ","e":"How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee."},{"r":"H","ref":"1SA 1:15","h":"לֹא אֲדֹנִי אִשָּׁה קְשַׁת־רוּחַ אָנֹכִי וְיַיִן וְשֵׁכָר לֹא שָׁתִיתִי וָאֶשְׁפֹּךְ אֶת־נַפְשִׁי לִפְנֵי יְהוָה","e":"No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before HaShem."},{"r":"E","ref":"1SA 1:17","h":"לְכִי לְשָׁלוֹם וֵאלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יִתֵּן אֶת־שֵׁלָתֵךְ אֲשֶׁר שָׁאַלְתְּ מֵעִמּוֹ","e":"Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of Him."}]},{"id":"sa1_3","title":"Speak, for your servant is listening","sum":"Samuel hears a voice in the night.","book":"1SA","ch":3,"roles":{"S":"Samuel","E":"Eli","H":"HaShem"},"lines":[{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 3:4","h":"הִנֵּנִי","e":"Here am I."},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 3:5","h":"הִנְנִי כִּי־קָרָאתָ לִּי","e":"Here am I; for thou didst call me."},{"r":"E","ref":"1SA 3:5","h":"לֹא־קָרָאתִי שׁוּב שְׁכָב","e":"I called not; lie down again."},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 3:6","h":"הִנְנִי כִּי קָרָאתָ לִי","e":"Here am I; for thou didst call me."},{"r":"E","ref":"1SA 3:6","h":"לֹא־קָרָאתִי בְנִי שׁוּב שְׁכָב","e":"I called not, my son; lie down again."},{"r":"E","ref":"1SA 3:9","h":"לֵךְ שְׁכָב וְהָיָה אִם־יִקְרָא אֵלֶיךָ וְאָמַרְתָּ דַּבֵּר יְהוָה כִּי שֹׁמֵעַ עַבְדֶּךָ","e":"Go, lie down; and it shall be, if thou be called, that thou shalt say: Speak, HaShem; for Thy servant heareth."},{"r":"H","ref":"1SA 3:10","h":"שְׁמוּאֵל שְׁמוּאֵל","e":"Samuel, Samuel."},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 3:10","h":"דַּבֵּר כִּי שֹׁמֵעַ עַבְדֶּךָ","e":"Speak; for Thy servant heareth."}]},{"id":"sa1_9","title":"Looking for the donkeys","sum":"Saul and his servant decide to ask the seer.","book":"1SA","ch":9,"roles":{"S":"Saul","N":"The servant"},"lines":[{"r":"N","ref":"1SA 9:6","h":"הִנֵּה־נָא אִישׁ־אֱלֹהִים בָּעִיר הַזֹּאת וְהָאִישׁ נִכְבָּד כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּר בּוֹא יָבוֹא עַתָּה נֵלֲכָה שָּׁם אוּלַי יַגִּיד לָנוּ אֶת־דַּרְכֵּנוּ אֲשֶׁר־הָלַכְנוּ עָלֶיהָ","e":"Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man that is held in honour; all that he saith cometh surely to pass; now let us go thither; peradventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go."},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 9:7","h":"וְהִנֵּה נֵלֵךְ וּמַה־נָּבִיא לָאִישׁ כִּי הַלֶּחֶם אָזַל מִכֵּלֵינוּ וּתְשׁוּרָה אֵין־לְהָבִיא לְאִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים מָה אִתָּנוּ","e":"But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God; what have we?"},{"r":"N","ref":"1SA 9:8","h":"הִנֵּה נִמְצָא בְיָדִי רֶבַע שֶׁקֶל כָּסֶף וְנָתַתִּי לְאִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים וְהִגִּיד לָנוּ אֶת־דַּרְכֵּנוּ","e":"Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver, that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way."},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 9:10","h":"טוֹב דְּבָרְךָ לְכָה נֵלֵכָה","e":"Well said; come, let us go."}]},{"id":"sa1_15","title":"What is this sound?","sum":"Samuel confronts Saul about the sheep.","book":"1SA","ch":15,"roles":{"S":"Saul","M":"Samuel"},"lines":[{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 15:13","h":"בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה לַיהוָה הֲקִימֹתִי אֶת־דְּבַר יְהוָה","e":"Blessed be thou of HaShem; I have performed the commandment of HaShem."},{"r":"M","ref":"1SA 15:14","h":"וּמֶה קוֹל־הַצֹּאן הַזֶּה בְּאָזְנָי וְקוֹל הַבָּקָר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי שֹׁמֵעַ","e":"What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?"},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 15:15","h":"מֵעֲמָלֵקִי הֱבִיאוּם אֲשֶׁר חָמַל הָעָם עַל־מֵיטַב הַצֹּאן וְהַבָּקָר לְמַעַן זְבֹחַ לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְאֶת־הַיּוֹתֵר הֶחֱרַמְנוּ","e":"They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto HaShem thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed."},{"r":"M","ref":"1SA 15:16","h":"הֶרֶף וְאַגִּידָה לְּךָ אֵת אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֵלַי הַלָּיְלָה","e":"Stay, and I will tell thee what HaShem hath said to me this night."},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 15:16","h":"דַּבֵּר","e":"Say on."},{"r":"M","ref":"1SA 15:17","h":"הֲלוֹא אִם־קָטֹן אַתָּה בְּעֵינֶיךָ רֹאשׁ שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָתָּה וַיִּמְשָׁחֲךָ יְהוָה לְמֶלֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל","e":"Though thou be little in thine own sight, art thou not head of the tribes of Israel? And HaShem anointed thee king over Israel;"},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 15:20","h":"אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּקוֹל יְהוָה וָאֵלֵךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שְׁלָחַנִי יְהוָה וָאָבִיא אֶת־אֲגַג מֶלֶךְ עֲמָלֵק וְאֶת־עֲמָלֵק הֶחֱרַמְתִּי","e":"Yea, I have hearkened to the voice of HaShem, and have gone the way which HaShem sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites."},{"r":"M","ref":"1SA 15:22","h":"הַחֵפֶץ לַיהוָה בְּעֹלוֹת וּזְבָחִים כִּשְׁמֹעַ בְּקוֹל יְהוָה הִנֵּה שְׁמֹעַ מִזֶּבַח טוֹב לְהַקְשִׁיב מֵחֵלֶב אֵילִים","e":"Hath HaShem as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, As in hearkening to the voice of HaShem? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to hearken than the fat of rams."}]},{"id":"sa1_16","title":"Is that all of your sons?","sum":"Samuel asks Jesse about his sons.","book":"1SA","ch":16,"roles":{"S":"Samuel","J":"Jesse"},"lines":[{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 16:11","h":"הֲתַמּוּ הַנְּעָרִים","e":"Are here all thy children?"},{"r":"J","ref":"1SA 16:11","h":"עוֹד שָׁאַר הַקָּטָן וְהִנֵּה רֹעֶה בַּצֹּאן","e":"There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep."},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 16:11","h":"שִׁלְחָה וְקָחֶנּוּ כִּי לֹא־נָסֹב עַד־בֹּאוֹ פֹה","e":"Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he come hither."}]},{"id":"sa1_17a","title":"David and Saul","sum":"David offers to fight Goliath.","book":"1SA","ch":17,"roles":{"D":"David","S":"Saul"},"lines":[{"r":"D","ref":"1SA 17:32","h":"אַל־יִפֹּל לֵב־אָדָם עָלָיו עַבְדְּךָ יֵלֵךְ וְנִלְחַם עִם־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַזֶּה","e":"Let no man’s heart fail within him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine."},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 17:33","h":"לֹא תוּכַל לָלֶכֶת אֶל־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַזֶּה לְהִלָּחֵם עִמּוֹ כִּי־נַעַר אַתָּה וְהוּא אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה מִנְּעֻרָיו","e":"Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth."},{"r":"D","ref":"1SA 17:34","h":"רֹעֶה הָיָה עַבְדְּךָ לְאָבִיו בַּצֹּאן וּבָא הָאֲרִי וְאֶת־הַדּוֹב וְנָשָׂא שֶׂה מֵהָעֵדֶר","e":"Thy servant kept his father’s sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,"},{"r":"D","ref":"1SA 17:37","h":"יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הִצִּלַנִי מִיַּד הָאֲרִי וּמִיַּד הַדֹּב הוּא יַצִּילֵנִי מִיַּד הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַזֶּה","e":"HaShem that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine."},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 17:37","h":"לֵךְ וַיהוָה יִהְיֶה עִמָּךְ","e":"Go, and HaShem shall be with thee."}]},{"id":"sa1_17b","title":"Am I a dog?","sum":"Goliath and David face each other.","book":"1SA","ch":17,"roles":{"G":"Goliath","D":"David"},"lines":[{"r":"G","ref":"1SA 17:43","h":"הֲכֶלֶב אָנֹכִי כִּי־אַתָּה בָא־אֵלַי בַּמַּקְלוֹת","e":"Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?"},{"r":"G","ref":"1SA 17:44","h":"לְכָה אֵלַי וְאֶתְּנָה אֶת־בְּשָׂרְךָ לְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְבֶהֱמַת הַשָּׂדֶה","e":"Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field."},{"r":"D","ref":"1SA 17:45","h":"אַתָּה בָּא אֵלַי בְּחֶרֶב וּבַחֲנִית וּבְכִידוֹן וְאָנֹכִי בָא־אֵלֶיךָ בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי מַעַרְכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר חֵרַפְתָּ","e":"Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to thee in the name of HaShem of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast taunted."}]},{"id":"sa1_20","title":"What have I done?","sum":"David and Jonathan make a plan.","book":"1SA","ch":20,"roles":{"D":"David","J":"Jonathan"},"lines":[{"r":"D","ref":"1SA 20:1","h":"מֶה עָשִׂיתִי מֶה־עֲוֺנִי וּמֶה־חַטָּאתִי לִפְנֵי אָבִיךָ כִּי מְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־נַפְשִׁי","e":"What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?"},{"r":"J","ref":"1SA 20:2","h":"חָלִילָה לֹא תָמוּת הִנֵּה לֹא־יַעֲשֶׂה אָבִי דָּבָר גָּדוֹל אוֹ דָּבָר קָטֹן וְלֹא יִגְלֶה אֶת־אָזְנִי וּמַדּוּעַ יַסְתִּיר אָבִי מִמֶּנִּי אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֵין זֹאת","e":"Far from it; thou shalt not die; behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so."},{"r":"D","ref":"1SA 20:3","h":"יָדֹעַ יָדַע אָבִיךָ כִּי־מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־יֵדַע־זֹאת יְהוֹנָתָן פֶּן־יֵעָצֵב וְאוּלָם חַי־יְהוָה וְחֵי נַפְשֶׁךָ כִּי כְפֶשַׂע בֵּינִי וּבֵין הַמָּוֶת","e":"Thy father knoweth well that I have found favour in thine eyes; and he saith: Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; but truly as HaShem liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death."},{"r":"J","ref":"1SA 20:4","h":"מַה־תֹּאמַר נַפְשְׁךָ וְאֶעֱשֶׂה־לָּךְ","e":"What doth thy soul desire, that I should do it for thee?"},{"r":"D","ref":"1SA 20:5","h":"הִנֵּה־חֹדֶשׁ מָחָר וְאָנֹכִי יָשֹׁב־אֵשֵׁב עִם־הַמֶּלֶךְ לֶאֱכוֹל וְשִׁלַּחְתַּנִי וְנִסְתַּרְתִּי בַשָּׂדֶה עַד הָעֶרֶב הַשְּׁלִשִׁית","e":"Behold, to-morrow is the new moon, when I should sit with the king to eat; so let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even."},{"r":"J","ref":"1SA 20:9","h":"חָלִילָה לָּךְ כִּי אִם־יָדֹעַ אֵדַע כִּי־כָלְתָה הָרָעָה מֵעִם אָבִי לָבוֹא עָלֶיךָ וְלֹא אֹתָהּ אַגִּיד לָךְ","e":"Far be it from thee; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?"},{"r":"D","ref":"1SA 20:10","h":"מִי יַגִּיד לִי אוֹ מַה־יַּעַנְךָ אָבִיךָ קָשָׁה","e":"Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?"},{"r":"J","ref":"1SA 20:11","h":"לְכָה וְנֵצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה","e":"Come and let us go out into the field."}]},{"id":"sa1_26","title":"On the hill","sum":"David calls out to Saul from the hilltop.","book":"1SA","ch":26,"roles":{"S":"Saul","D":"David"},"lines":[{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 26:17","h":"הֲקוֹלְךָ זֶה בְּנִי דָוִד","e":"Is this thy voice, my son David?"},{"r":"D","ref":"1SA 26:17","h":"קוֹלִי אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ","e":"It is my voice, my lord, O king."},{"r":"D","ref":"1SA 26:18","h":"לָמָּה זֶּה אֲדֹנִי רֹדֵף אַחֲרֵי עַבְדּוֹ כִּי מֶה עָשִׂיתִי וּמַה־בְּיָדִי רָעָה","e":"Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?"},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 26:21","h":"חָטָאתִי שׁוּב בְּנִי־דָוִד כִּי לֹא־אָרַע לְךָ עוֹד תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר יָקְרָה נַפְשִׁי בְּעֵינֶיךָ הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה הִנֵּה הִסְכַּלְתִּי וָאֶשְׁגֶּה הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד","e":"I have sinned; return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day; behold, I have played the fool and erred exceedingly."},{"r":"D","ref":"1SA 26:22","h":"הִנֵּה חֲנִית הַמֶּלֶךְ וְיַעֲבֹר אֶחָד מֵהַנְּעָרִים וְיִקָּחֶהָ","e":"Behold the king’s spear! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it."},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 26:25","h":"בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה בְּנִי דָוִד גַּם עָשֹׂה תַעֲשֶׂה וְגַם יָכֹל תּוּכָל","e":"Blessed be thou, my son David; thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail."}]},{"id":"sa1_28","title":"The woman of Endor","sum":"Saul asks a woman to call up Samuel.","book":"1SA","ch":28,"roles":{"S":"Saul","W":"The woman","M":"Samuel"},"lines":[{"r":"W","ref":"1SA 28:11","h":"אֶת־מִי אַעֲלֶה־לָּךְ","e":"Whom shall I bring up unto thee?"},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 28:11","h":"אֶת־שְׁמוּאֵל הַעֲלִי־לִי","e":"Bring me up Samuel."},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 28:13","h":"אַל־תִּירְאִי כִּי מָה רָאִית","e":"Be not afraid; for what seest thou?"},{"r":"W","ref":"1SA 28:13","h":"אֱלֹהִים רָאִיתִי עֹלִים מִן־הָאָרֶץ","e":"I see a godlike being coming up out of the earth."},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 28:14","h":"מַה־תָּאֳרוֹ","e":"What form is he of?"},{"r":"W","ref":"1SA 28:14","h":"אִישׁ זָקֵן עֹלֶה וְהוּא עֹטֶה מְעִיל","e":"An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a robe."},{"r":"M","ref":"1SA 28:15","h":"לָמָּה הִרְגַּזְתַּנִי לְהַעֲלוֹת אֹתִי","e":"Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up?"},{"r":"S","ref":"1SA 28:15","h":"צַר־לִי מְאֹד וּפְלִשְׁתִּים נִלְחָמִים בִּי וֵאלֹהִים סָר מֵעָלַי וְלֹא־עָנָנִי עוֹד גַּם בְּיַד־הַנְּבִיאִם גַּם־בַּחֲלֹמוֹת וָאֶקְרָאֶה לְךָ לְהוֹדִיעֵנִי מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה","e":"I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams; therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do."},{"r":"M","ref":"1SA 28:16","h":"וְלָמָּה תִּשְׁאָלֵנִי וַיהוָה סָר מֵעָלֶיךָ וַיְהִי עָרֶךָ","e":"Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing HaShem is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?"}]},{"id":"sa2_12","title":"You are the man","sum":"The prophet Nathan speaks to David.","book":"2SA","ch":12,"roles":{"D":"David","N":"Nathan"},"lines":[{"r":"D","ref":"2SA 12:5","h":"חַי־יְהוָה כִּי בֶן־מָוֶת הָאִישׁ הָעֹשֶׂה זֹאת","e":"As HaShem liveth, the man that hath done this deserveth to die;"},{"r":"N","ref":"2SA 12:7","h":"אַתָּה הָאִישׁ כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָנֹכִי מְשַׁחְתִּיךָ לְמֶלֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָנֹכִי הִצַּלְתִּיךָ מִיַּד שָׁאוּל","e":"Thou art the man. Thus saith HaShem, the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;"},{"r":"D","ref":"2SA 12:13","h":"חָטָאתִי לַיהוָה","e":"I have sinned against HaShem."},{"r":"N","ref":"2SA 12:13","h":"גַּם־יְהוָה הֶעֱבִיר חַטָּאתְךָ לֹא תָמוּת","e":"HaShem also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die."}]},{"id":"sa2_14","title":"The woman of Tekoa","sum":"A wise woman speaks to King David.","book":"2SA","ch":14,"roles":{"K":"The king","W":"The woman"},"lines":[{"r":"K","ref":"2SA 14:5","h":"מַה־לָּךְ","e":"What aileth thee?"},{"r":"W","ref":"2SA 14:5","h":"אֲבָל אִשָּׁה־אַלְמָנָה אָנִי וַיָּמָת אִישִׁי","e":"Of a truth I am a widow, my husband being dead."},{"r":"K","ref":"2SA 14:8","h":"לְכִי לְבֵיתֵךְ וַאֲנִי אֲצַוֶּה עָלָיִךְ","e":"Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee."},{"r":"W","ref":"2SA 14:9","h":"אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ הֶעָוֺן וְעַל־בֵּית אָבִי וְהַמֶּלֶךְ וְכִסְאוֹ נָקִי","e":"My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and the king and his throne be guiltless."},{"r":"K","ref":"2SA 14:10","h":"הַמְדַבֵּר אֵלַיִךְ וַהֲבֵאתוֹ אֵלַי וְלֹא־יֹסִיף עוֹד לָגַעַת בָּךְ","e":"Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more."},{"r":"W","ref":"2SA 14:11","h":"יִזְכָּר־נָא הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מֵהַרְבַּת גֹּאֵל הַדָּם לְשַׁחֵת וְלֹא יַשְׁמִידוּ אֶת־בְּנִי","e":"I pray thee, let the king remember HaShem thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son."},{"r":"K","ref":"2SA 14:11","h":"חַי־יְהוָה אִם־יִפֹּל מִשַּׂעֲרַת בְּנֵךְ אָרְצָה","e":"As HaShem liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth."}]},{"id":"sa2_18","title":"Is the young man safe?","sum":"Messengers bring news to David.","book":"2SA","ch":18,"roles":{"K":"The king","A":"Ahimaaz","C":"The Cushite"},"lines":[{"r":"K","ref":"2SA 18:29","h":"שָׁלוֹם לַנַּעַר לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם","e":"Is it well with the young man Absalom?"},{"r":"A","ref":"2SA 18:29","h":"רָאִיתִי הֶהָמוֹן הַגָּדוֹל לִשְׁלֹחַ אֶת־עֶבֶד הַמֶּלֶךְ יוֹאָב וְאֶת־עַבְדֶּךָ וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי מָה","e":"When Joab sent the king’s servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was."},{"r":"K","ref":"2SA 18:30","h":"סֹב הִתְיַצֵּב כֹּה","e":"Turn aside, and stand here."},{"r":"K","ref":"2SA 18:32","h":"הֲשָׁלוֹם לַנַּעַר לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם","e":"Is it well with the young man Absalom?"},{"r":"C","ref":"2SA 18:32","h":"יִהְיוּ כַנַּעַר אֹיְבֵי אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־קָמוּ עָלֶיךָ לְרָעָה","e":"The enemies of my lord the king and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is."}]},{"id":"kin1_3","title":"Two women and a baby","sum":"Solomon must judge between two women.","book":"1KI","ch":3,"roles":{"A":"The first woman","B":"The second woman","K":"King Solomon"},"lines":[{"r":"A","ref":"1KI 3:17","h":"הָאַחַת בִּי אֲדֹנִי אֲנִי וְהָאִשָּׁה הַזֹּאת יֹשְׁבֹת בְּבַיִת אֶחָד וָאֵלֵד עִמָּהּ בַּבָּיִת","e":"Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house."},{"r":"B","ref":"1KI 3:22","h":"לֹא כִי בְּנִי הַחַי וּבְנֵךְ הַמֵּת","e":"Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son."},{"r":"A","ref":"1KI 3:22","h":"לֹא כִי בְּנֵךְ הַמֵּת וּבְנִי הֶחָי","e":"No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son."},{"r":"K","ref":"1KI 3:23","h":"זֹאת אֹמֶרֶת זֶה־בְּנִי הַחַי וּבְנֵךְ הַמֵּת וְזֹאת אֹמֶרֶת לֹא כִי בְּנֵךְ הַמֵּת וּבְנִי הֶחָי","e":"The one saith: This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead; and the other saith: Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living."},{"r":"K","ref":"1KI 3:24","h":"קְחוּ לִי־חָרֶב","e":"Fetch me a sword."},{"r":"K","ref":"1KI 3:25","h":"גִּזְרוּ אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד הַחַי לִשְׁנָיִם וּתְנוּ אֶת־הַחֲצִי לְאַחַת וְאֶת־הַחֲצִי לְאֶחָת","e":"Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other."},{"r":"A","ref":"1KI 3:26","h":"בִּי אֲדֹנִי תְּנוּ־לָהּ אֶת־הַיָּלוּד הַחַי וְהָמֵת אַל־תְּמִיתֻהוּ","e":"Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it."},{"r":"B","ref":"1KI 3:26","h":"גַּם־לִי גַם־לָךְ לֹא יִהְיֶה גְּזֹרוּ","e":"It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it."},{"r":"K","ref":"1KI 3:27","h":"תְּנוּ־לָהּ אֶת־הַיָּלוּד הַחַי וְהָמֵת לֹא תְמִיתֻהוּ הִיא אִמּוֹ","e":"Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof."}]},{"id":"kin1_17","title":"The widow of Zarephath","sum":"Elijah asks a widow for water and bread.","book":"1KI","ch":17,"roles":{"E":"Elijah","W":"The widow"},"lines":[{"r":"E","ref":"1KI 17:10","h":"קְחִי־נָא לִי מְעַט־מַיִם בַּכְּלִי וְאֶשְׁתֶּה","e":"Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink."},{"r":"E","ref":"1KI 17:11","h":"לִקְחִי־נָא לִי פַּת־לֶחֶם בְּיָדֵךְ","e":"Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand."},{"r":"W","ref":"1KI 17:12","h":"חַי־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אִם־יֶשׁ־לִי מָעוֹג כִּי אִם־מְלֹא כַף־קֶמַח בַּכַּד וּמְעַט־שֶׁמֶן בַּצַּפָּחַת וְהִנְנִי מְקֹשֶׁשֶׁת שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים וּבָאתִי וַעֲשִׂיתִיהוּ לִי וְלִבְנִי וַאֲכַלְנֻהוּ וָמָתְנוּ","e":"As HaShem thy God liveth, I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die."},{"r":"E","ref":"1KI 17:13","h":"אַל־תִּירְאִי בֹּאִי עֲשִׂי כִדְבָרֵךְ אַךְ עֲשִׂי־לִי מִשָּׁם עֻגָה קְטַנָּה בָרִאשֹׁנָה וְהוֹצֵאתְ לִי וְלָךְ וְלִבְנֵךְ תַּעֲשִׂי בָּאַחֲרֹנָה","e":"Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son."},{"r":"W","ref":"1KI 17:18","h":"מַה־לִּי וָלָךְ אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים בָּאתָ אֵלַי לְהַזְכִּיר אֶת־עֲוֺנִי וּלְהָמִית אֶת־בְּנִי","e":"What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?"},{"r":"E","ref":"1KI 17:19","h":"תְּנִי־לִי אֶת־בְּנֵךְ","e":"Give me thy son."}]},{"id":"kin1_18","title":"Is it you, my lord Elijah?","sum":"Elijah meets Obadiah.","book":"1KI","ch":18,"roles":{"O":"Obadiah","E":"Elijah"},"lines":[{"r":"O","ref":"1KI 18:7","h":"הַאַתָּה זֶה אֲדֹנִי אֵלִיָּהוּ","e":"Is it thou, my lord Elijah?"},{"r":"E","ref":"1KI 18:8","h":"אָנִי לֵךְ אֱמֹר לַאדֹנֶיךָ הִנֵּה אֵלִיָּהוּ","e":"It is I; go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here."},{"r":"O","ref":"1KI 18:9","h":"מֶה חָטָאתִי כִּי־אַתָּה נֹתֵן אֶת־עַבְדְּךָ בְּיַד־אַחְאָב לַהֲמִיתֵנִי","e":"Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?"},{"r":"E","ref":"1KI 18:15","h":"חַי יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֲשֶׁר עָמַדְתִּי לְפָנָיו כִּי הַיּוֹם אֵרָאֶה אֵלָיו","e":"As HaShem of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-day."}]},{"id":"kin1_19","title":"What are you doing here?","sum":"HaShem speaks with Elijah on the mountain.","book":"1KI","ch":19,"roles":{"H":"HaShem","E":"Elijah"},"lines":[{"r":"H","ref":"1KI 19:9","h":"מַה־לְּךָ פֹה אֵלִיָּהוּ","e":"What doest thou here, Elijah?"},{"r":"E","ref":"1KI 19:10","h":"קַנֹּא קִנֵּאתִי לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת כִּי־עָזְבוּ בְרִיתְךָ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתֶיךָ הָרָסוּ וְאֶת־נְבִיאֶיךָ הָרְגוּ בֶחָרֶב וָאִוָּתֵר אֲנִי לְבַדִּי וַיְבַקְשׁוּ אֶת־נַפְשִׁי לְקַחְתָּהּ","e":"I have been very jealous for HaShem, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."},{"r":"H","ref":"1KI 19:13","h":"מַה־לְּךָ פֹה אֵלִיָּהוּ","e":"What doest thou here, Elijah?"},{"r":"E","ref":"1KI 19:14","h":"קַנֹּא קִנֵּאתִי לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת כִּי־עָזְבוּ בְרִיתְךָ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתֶיךָ הָרָסוּ וְאֶת־נְבִיאֶיךָ הָרְגוּ בֶחָרֶב וָאִוָּתֵר אֲנִי לְבַדִּי וַיְבַקְשׁוּ אֶת־נַפְשִׁי לְקַחְתָּהּ","e":"I have been very jealous for HaShem, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."}]},{"id":"kin1_21","title":"Naboth’s vineyard","sum":"Ahab wants Naboth’s vineyard.","book":"1KI","ch":21,"roles":{"A":"Ahab","N":"Naboth","J":"Jezebel"},"lines":[{"r":"A","ref":"1KI 21:2","h":"תְּנָה־לִּי אֶת־כַּרְמְךָ וִיהִי־לִי לְגַן־יָרָק כִּי הוּא קָרוֹב אֵצֶל בֵּיתִי וְאֶתְּנָה לְךָ תַּחְתָּיו כֶּרֶם טוֹב מִמֶּנּוּ אִם טוֹב בְּעֵינֶיךָ אֶתְּנָה־לְךָ כֶסֶף מְחִיר זֶה","e":"Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money."},{"r":"N","ref":"1KI 21:3","h":"חָלִילָה לִּי מֵיהוָה מִתִּתִּי אֶת־נַחֲלַת אֲבֹתַי לָךְ","e":"HaShem forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee."},{"r":"J","ref":"1KI 21:5","h":"מַה־זֶּה רוּחֲךָ סָרָה וְאֵינְךָ אֹכֵל לָחֶם","e":"Why is thy spirit so sullen, that thou eatest no bread?"},{"r":"J","ref":"1KI 21:7","h":"אַתָּה עַתָּה תַּעֲשֶׂה מְלוּכָה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל קוּם אֱכָל־לֶחֶם וְיִטַב לִבֶּךָ אֲנִי אֶתֵּן לְךָ אֶת־כֶּרֶם נָבוֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִי","e":"Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry; I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."}]},{"id":"kin2_2","title":"Elijah and Elisha","sum":"Elisha will not leave his teacher.","book":"2KI","ch":2,"roles":{"E":"Elijah","S":"Elisha","P":"The prophets"},"lines":[{"r":"E","ref":"2KI 2:2","h":"שֵׁב־נָא פֹה כִּי יְהוָה שְׁלָחַנִי עַד־בֵּית־אֵל","e":"Tarry here, I pray thee; for HaShem hath sent me as far as Beth-el."},{"r":"S","ref":"2KI 2:2","h":"חַי־יְהוָה וְחֵי־נַפְשְׁךָ אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶךָּ","e":"As HaShem liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee."},{"r":"P","ref":"2KI 2:3","h":"הֲיָדַעְתָּ כִּי הַיּוֹם יְהוָה לֹקֵחַ אֶת־אֲדֹנֶיךָ מֵעַל רֹאשֶׁךָ","e":"Knowest thou that HaShem will take away thy master from thy head to-day?"},{"r":"S","ref":"2KI 2:3","h":"גַּם־אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי הֶחֱשׁוּ","e":"Yea, I know it; hold you your peace."},{"r":"E","ref":"2KI 2:4","h":"אֱלִישָׁע שֵׁב־נָא פֹה כִּי יְהוָה שְׁלָחַנִי יְרִיחוֹ","e":"Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for HaShem hath sent me to Jericho."},{"r":"S","ref":"2KI 2:4","h":"חַי־יְהוָה וְחֵי־נַפְשְׁךָ אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶךָּ","e":"As HaShem liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee."},{"r":"P","ref":"2KI 2:5","h":"הֲיָדַעְתָּ כִּי הַיּוֹם יְהוָה לֹקֵחַ אֶת־אֲדֹנֶיךָ מֵעַל רֹאשֶׁךָ","e":"Knowest thou that HaShem will take away thy master from thy head to-day?"},{"r":"S","ref":"2KI 2:5","h":"גַּם־אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי הֶחֱשׁוּ","e":"Yea, I know it; hold you your peace."},{"r":"E","ref":"2KI 2:6","h":"שֵׁב־נָא פֹה כִּי יְהוָה שְׁלָחַנִי הַיַּרְדֵּנָה","e":"Tarry here, I pray thee; for HaShem hath sent me to the Jordan."},{"r":"S","ref":"2KI 2:6","h":"חַי־יְהוָה וְחֵי־נַפְשְׁךָ אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶךָּ","e":"As HaShem liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee."},{"r":"E","ref":"2KI 2:9","h":"שְׁאַל מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה־לָּךְ בְּטֶרֶם אֶלָּקַח מֵעִמָּךְ","e":"Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken from thee."},{"r":"S","ref":"2KI 2:9","h":"וִיהִי־נָא פִּי־שְׁנַיִם בְּרוּחֲךָ אֵלָי","e":"I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me."},{"r":"E","ref":"2KI 2:10","h":"הִקְשִׁיתָ לִשְׁאוֹל אִם־תִּרְאֶה אֹתִי לֻקָּח מֵאִתָּךְ יְהִי־לְךָ כֵן וְאִם־אַיִן לֹא יִהְיֶה","e":"Thou hast asked a hard thing; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so."}]},{"id":"kin2_4a","title":"The widow and the oil","sum":"Elisha helps a widow in debt.","book":"2KI","ch":4,"roles":{"W":"The widow","E":"Elisha"},"lines":[{"r":"W","ref":"2KI 4:1","h":"אִישִׁי מֵת וְאַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ כִּי עַבְדְּךָ הָיָה יָרֵא אֶת־יְהוָה וְהַנֹּשֶׁה בָּא לָקַחַת אֶת־שְׁנֵי יְלָדַי לוֹ לַעֲבָדִים","e":"Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear HaShem; and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen."},{"r":"E","ref":"2KI 4:2","h":"מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה־לָּךְ הַגִּידִי לִי מַה־יֶּשׁ־לָךְ בַּבָּיִת","e":"What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house?"},{"r":"W","ref":"2KI 4:2","h":"אֵין לְשִׁפְחָתְךָ כֹל בַּבַּיִת כִּי אִם־אָסוּךְ שָׁמֶן","e":"Thy handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil."},{"r":"E","ref":"2KI 4:3","h":"לְכִי שַׁאֲלִי־לָךְ כֵּלִים מִן־הַחוּץ מֵאֵת כָּל־שְׁכֵנָיִךְ כֵּלִים רֵקִים אַל־תַּמְעִיטִי","e":"Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few."}]},{"id":"kin2_4b","title":"The woman of Shunem","sum":"Elisha wants to thank a kind woman.","book":"2KI","ch":4,"roles":{"E":"Elisha","W":"The woman","G":"Gehazi"},"lines":[{"r":"E","ref":"2KI 4:13","h":"אֱמָר־נָא אֵלֶיהָ הִנֵּה חָרַדְתְּ אֵלֵינוּ אֶת־כָּל־הַחֲרָדָה הַזֹּאת מֶה לַעֲשׂוֹת לָךְ הֲיֵשׁ לְדַבֶּר־לָךְ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אוֹ אֶל־שַׂר הַצָּבָא","e":"Say now unto her: Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host?"},{"r":"W","ref":"2KI 4:13","h":"בְּתוֹךְ עַמִּי אָנֹכִי יֹשָׁבֶת","e":"I dwell among mine own people."},{"r":"E","ref":"2KI 4:14","h":"וּמֶה לַעֲשׂוֹת לָהּ","e":"What then is to be done for her?"},{"r":"G","ref":"2KI 4:14","h":"אֲבָל בֵּן אֵין־לָהּ וְאִישָׁהּ זָקֵן","e":"Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old."},{"r":"E","ref":"2KI 4:16","h":"לַמּוֹעֵד הַזֶּה כָּעֵת חַיָּה אַתְּ חֹבֶקֶת בֵּן","e":"At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son."},{"r":"W","ref":"2KI 4:16","h":"אַל־אֲדֹנִי אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים אַל־תְּכַזֵּב בְּשִׁפְחָתֶךָ","e":"Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid."}]},{"id":"kin2_6","title":"Do not be afraid","sum":"Elisha’s servant sees an army.","book":"2KI","ch":6,"roles":{"S":"The servant","E":"Elisha"},"lines":[{"r":"S","ref":"2KI 6:15","h":"אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנִי אֵיכָה נַעֲשֶׂה","e":"Alas, my master! how shall we do?"},{"r":"E","ref":"2KI 6:16","h":"אַל־תִּירָא כִּי רַבִּים אֲשֶׁר אִתָּנוּ מֵאֲשֶׁר אוֹתָם","e":"Fear not: for they that are with us are more than they that are with them."}]},{"id":"kin2_20","title":"A sign for Hezekiah","sum":"Isaiah speaks with the sick king.","book":"2KI","ch":20,"roles":{"I":"Isaiah","H":"Hezekiah"},"lines":[{"r":"I","ref":"2KI 20:7","h":"קְחוּ דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִים","e":"Take a cake of figs."},{"r":"H","ref":"2KI 20:8","h":"מָה אוֹת כִּי־יִרְפָּא יְהוָה לִי וְעָלִיתִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בֵּית יְהוָה","e":"What shall be the sign that HaShem will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of HaShem the third day?"},{"r":"I","ref":"2KI 20:9","h":"זֶה־לְּךָ הָאוֹת מֵאֵת יְהוָה כִּי יַעֲשֶׂה יְהוָה אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּר הָלַךְ הַצֵּל עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלוֹת אִם־יָשׁוּב עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלוֹת","e":"This shall be the sign unto thee from HaShem, that HaShem will do the thing that He hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?"},{"r":"H","ref":"2KI 20:10","h":"נָקֵל לַצֵּל לִנְטוֹת עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלוֹת לֹא כִי יָשׁוּב הַצֵּל אֲחֹרַנִּית עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלוֹת","e":"It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten degrees; nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees."}]},{"id":"jon1","title":"Jonah and the sailors","sum":"A storm at sea, and Jonah tells the truth.","book":"JON","ch":1,"roles":{"S":"The sailors","J":"Jonah"},"lines":[{"r":"S","ref":"JON 1:8","h":"הַגִּידָה־נָּא לָנוּ בַּאֲשֶׁר לְמִי־הָרָעָה הַזֹּאת לָנוּ מַה־מְּלַאכְתְּךָ וּמֵאַיִן תָּבוֹא מָה אַרְצֶךָ וְאֵי־מִזֶּה עַם אָתָּה","e":"Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us: what is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?"},{"r":"J","ref":"JON 1:9","h":"עִבְרִי אָנֹכִי וְאֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם אֲנִי יָרֵא אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה אֶת־הַיָּם וְאֶת־הַיַּבָּשָׁה","e":"I am an Hebrew; and I fear HaShem, the God of heaven, who hath made the sea and the dry land."},{"r":"S","ref":"JON 1:10","h":"מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ כִּי־יָדְעוּ","e":"What is this that thou hast done?"},{"r":"S","ref":"JON 1:11","h":"מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂה לָּךְ וְיִשְׁתֹּק הַיָּם מֵעָלֵינוּ","e":"What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us?"},{"r":"J","ref":"JON 1:12","h":"שָׂאוּנִי וַהֲטִילֻנִי אֶל־הַיָּם וְיִשְׁתֹּק הַיָּם מֵעֲלֵיכֶם כִּי יוֹדֵעַ אָנִי כִּי בְשֶׁלִּי הַסַּעַר הַגָּדוֹל הַזֶּה עֲלֵיכֶם","e":"Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you; for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you."}]},{"id":"jon4","title":"Should I not care?","sum":"HaShem and Jonah speak under the plant.","book":"JON","ch":4,"roles":{"H":"HaShem","J":"Jonah"},"lines":[{"r":"H","ref":"JON 4:4","h":"הַהֵיטֵב חָרָה לָךְ","e":"Art thou greatly angry?"},{"r":"H","ref":"JON 4:9","h":"הַהֵיטֵב חָרָה־לְךָ עַל־הַקִּיקָיוֹן","e":"Art thou greatly angry for the gourd?"},{"r":"J","ref":"JON 4:9","h":"הֵיטֵב חָרָה־לִי עַד־מָוֶת","e":"I am greatly angry, even unto death."},{"r":"H","ref":"JON 4:10","h":"אַתָּה חַסְתָּ עַל־הַקִּיקָיוֹן אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָמַלְתָּ בּוֹ וְלֹא גִדַּלְתּוֹ שֶׁבִּן־לַיְלָה הָיָה וּבִן־לַיְלָה אָבָד","e":"Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow, which came up in a night, and perished in a night;"}]},{"id":"job1","title":"Have you seen My servant Job?","sum":"The adversary speaks before HaShem.","book":"JOB","ch":1,"roles":{"H":"HaShem","A":"The adversary"},"lines":[{"r":"H","ref":"JOB 1:7","h":"מֵאַיִן תָּבֹא וַיַּעַן הַשָּׂטָן אֶת־יְהוָה","e":"Whence comest thou?"},{"r":"A","ref":"JOB 1:7","h":"מִשּׁוּט בָּאָרֶץ וּמֵהִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּהּ","e":"From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."},{"r":"H","ref":"JOB 1:8","h":"הֲשַׂמְתָּ לִבְּךָ עַל־עַבְדִּי אִיּוֹב כִּי אֵין כָּמֹהוּ בָּאָרֶץ אִישׁ תָּם וְיָשָׁר יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים וְסָר מֵרָע","e":"Hast thou considered My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil?"},{"r":"A","ref":"JOB 1:9","h":"הַחִנָּם יָרֵא אִיּוֹב אֱלֹהִים","e":"Doth Job fear God for nought?"},{"r":"H","ref":"JOB 1:12","h":"הִנֵּה כָל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ בְּיָדֶךָ רַק אֵלָיו אַל־תִּשְׁלַח יָדֶךָ","e":"Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand."}]},{"id":"est5","title":"Esther and the king","sum":"Esther invites the king to a banquet.","book":"EST","ch":5,"roles":{"K":"The king","E":"Esther"},"lines":[{"r":"K","ref":"EST 5:3","h":"מַה־לָּךְ אֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ עַד־חֲצִי הַמַּלְכוּת וְיִנָּתֵן לָךְ","e":"What wilt thou, queen Esther? for whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be given thee."},{"r":"E","ref":"EST 5:4","h":"אִם־עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב יָבוֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהָמָן הַיּוֹם אֶל־הַמִּשְׁתֶּה אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי לוֹ","e":"If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him."},{"r":"K","ref":"EST 5:5","h":"מַהֲרוּ אֶת־הָמָן לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־דְּבַר אֶסְתֵּר","e":"Cause Haman to make haste, that it may be done as Esther hath said."},{"r":"K","ref":"EST 5:6","h":"מַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵךְ וְיִנָּתֵן לָךְ וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ עַד־חֲצִי הַמַּלְכוּת וְתֵעָשׂ","e":"Whatever thy petition, it shall be granted thee; and whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed."},{"r":"E","ref":"EST 5:7","h":"שְׁאֵלָתִי וּבַקָּשָׁתִי","e":"My petition and my request is—"}]},{"id":"est7","title":"Who is he?","sum":"Esther accuses Haman.","book":"EST","ch":7,"roles":{"K":"The king","E":"Esther"},"lines":[{"r":"K","ref":"EST 7:2","h":"גַּם בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי בְּמִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן מַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵךְ אֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה וְתִנָּתֵן לָךְ וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ עַד־חֲצִי הַמַּלְכוּת וְתֵעָשׂ","e":"Whatever thy petition, queen Esther, it shall be granted thee; and whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed."},{"r":"E","ref":"EST 7:3","h":"אִם־מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאִם־עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב תִּנָּתֶן־לִי נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי","e":"If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;"},{"r":"K","ref":"EST 7:5","h":"מִי הוּא זֶה וְאֵי־זֶה הוּא אֲשֶׁר־מְלָאוֹ לִבּוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן","e":"Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?"},{"r":"E","ref":"EST 7:6","h":"אִישׁ צַר וְאוֹיֵב","e":"An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman."}]},{"id":"neh2","title":"Why is your face sad?","sum":"Nehemiah speaks to the king.","book":"NEH","ch":2,"roles":{"K":"The king","N":"Nehemiah"},"lines":[{"r":"K","ref":"NEH 2:2","h":"מַדּוּעַ פָּנֶיךָ רָעִים וְאַתָּה אֵינְךָ חוֹלֶה אֵין זֶה כִּי־אִם רֹעַ לֵב","e":"Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart."},{"r":"N","ref":"NEH 2:3","h":"הַמֶּלֶךְ לְעוֹלָם יִחְיֶה מַדּוּעַ לֹא־יֵרְעוּ פָנַי אֲשֶׁר הָעִיר בֵּית־קִבְרוֹת אֲבֹתַי חֲרֵבָה וּשְׁעָרֶיהָ אֻכְּלוּ בָאֵשׁ","e":"Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?"},{"r":"K","ref":"NEH 2:4","h":"עַל־מַה־זֶּה אַתָּה מְבַקֵּשׁ","e":"For what dost thou make request?"},{"r":"N","ref":"NEH 2:5","h":"אִם־עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב וְאִם־יִיטַב עַבְדְּךָ לְפָנֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁלָחֵנִי אֶל־יְהוּדָה אֶל־עִיר קִבְרוֹת אֲבֹתַי וְאֶבְנֶנָּה","e":"If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it."},{"r":"K","ref":"NEH 2:6","h":"יוֹשֶׁבֶת אֶצְלוֹ עַד־מָתַי יִהְיֶה מַהֲלָכֲךָ וּמָתַי תָּשׁוּב","e":"For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?"},{"r":"N","ref":"NEH 2:7","h":"אִם־עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב אִגְּרוֹת יִתְּנוּ־לִי עַל־פַּחֲווֹת עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר אֲשֶׁר יַעֲבִירוּנִי עַד אֲשֶׁר־אָבוֹא אֶל־יְהוּדָה","e":"If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through till I come unto Judah;"}]},{"id":"mon_gen1","title":"God speaks the world into being","sum":"Read the words of God from the first chapter of the Torah.","book":"GEN","ch":1,"roles":{"G":"God"},"lines":[{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 1:3","h":"יְהִי אוֹר","e":"Let there be light."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 1:6","h":"יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָיִם","e":"Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 1:9","h":"יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה","e":"Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 1:11","h":"תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ","e":"Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 1:14","h":"יְהִי מְאֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַיּוֹם וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה וְהָיוּ לְאֹתֹת וּלְמוֹעֲדִים וּלְיָמִים וְשָׁנִים","e":"Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;"},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 1:20","h":"יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל־הָאָרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי רְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָיִם","e":"Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 1:24","h":"תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ בְּהֵמָה וָרֶמֶשׂ וְחַיְתוֹ־אֶרֶץ לְמִינָהּ","e":"Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 1:26","h":"נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ וְיִרְדּוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל־הָאָרֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ","e":"Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."},{"r":"G","ref":"GEN 1:28","h":"פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְכִבְשֻׁהָ וּרְדוּ בִּדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבְכָל־חַיָּה הָרֹמֶשֶׂת עַל־הָאָרֶץ","e":"Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth."}],"mono":1},{"id":"mon_gen45","title":"I am Joseph","sum":"Joseph tells his brothers who he is.","book":"GEN","ch":45,"roles":{"J":"Joseph"},"lines":[{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 45:3","h":"אֲנִי יוֹסֵף הַעוֹד אָבִי חָי וְלֹא־יָכְלוּ אֶחָיו לַעֲנוֹת אֹתוֹ כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ מִפָּנָיו","e":"I am Joseph; doth my father yet live?"},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 45:4","h":"גְּשׁוּ־נָא אֵלַי","e":"Come near to me, I pray you."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 45:4","h":"אֲנִי יוֹסֵף אֲחִיכֶם אֲשֶׁר־מְכַרְתֶּם אֹתִי מִצְרָיְמָה","e":"I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt."},{"r":"J","ref":"GEN 45:5","h":"וְעַתָּה אַל־תֵּעָצְבוּ וְאַל־יִחַר בְּעֵינֵיכֶם כִּי־מְכַרְתֶּם אֹתִי הֵנָּה כִּי לְמִחְיָה שְׁלָחַנִי אֱלֹהִים לִפְנֵיכֶם","e":"And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me hither; for God did send me before you to preserve life.","cont":1}],"mono":1},{"id":"mon_num6","title":"The priestly blessing","sum":"Words of blessing that are still said today.","book":"NUM","ch":6,"roles":{"P":"The priests"},"lines":[{"r":"P","ref":"NUM 6:24","h":"יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ","e":"HaShem bless thee, and keep thee;","cont":1},{"r":"P","ref":"NUM 6:25","h":"יָאֵר יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וִיחֻנֶּךָּ","e":"HaShem make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;","cont":1},{"r":"P","ref":"NUM 6:26","h":"יִשָּׂא יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלוֹם","e":"HaShem lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.","cont":1}],"mono":1}]}