A Widow’s Plea

Sidebar to: Three Shekels for the Lord

Text:

1. YB[R]KK[.]YHWH BSã[L]M.W‘T.YSãM

2. ‘.’DNY.H[SãR] ’T ’MT[K] MT

3. ’YSãY.L’ BNM.WHYH.YDK.

4. ‘MY.WNTTH.BYD.’MTK.’T.H

5. NH|LH ’SãR.DBRTH.L‘MS

6. YHW.W’T.SãDH.HH|T|M.’Sã

7. R BN‘MH.NTTH.L’H|

8. YH.

Translation:a

1. May Yahweh bless you in peace. And now, let

2. my lord, the [king] hear your maidservant. [ ] Dead

3. is my husband with no children. And may your hand be

4. with me, and may you give into the hand of your maidservant the

5. estate which you promised to Amas-

6. yahu. And as for the wheat field whi-

7. ch is in Nafamah, you gave it to his

8. brother.

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