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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:

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.

Our translations may differ slightly from those of the publishers of the editio princeps because their English translations were not originally available to us. We thank Professor P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., for his assistance with these translations.