Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 9:14

עִ֣יר קְטַנָּ֔ה וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים בָּ֖הּ מְעָ֑ט וּבָ֤א אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ גָּד֔וֹל וְסָבַ֣ב אֹתָ֔הּ וּבָנָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ מְצוֹדִ֥ים גְּדֹלִֽים׃
ʿiyr qṭanah vaʾanashiym bah mʿaṭ vbaʾ ʾeleyha melek gadvol vsabab ʾotah vbanah ʿaleyha mṣvodiym gdoliym
King James Version (KJV)

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

Modern English

There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.

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