2 Kings 24:14

American Standard Version (1901)

And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִגְלָ֣ה אֶת־כָּל־יְ֠רוּשָׁלִַם וְֽאֶת־כָּל־הַשָּׂרִ֞ים וְאֵ֣ת ׀ כָּל־גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י הַחַ֗יִל *עשרה **עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת אֲלָפִים֙ גּוֹלֶ֔ה וְכָל־הֶחָרָ֖שׁ וְהַמַּסְגֵּ֑ר לֹ֣א נִשְׁאַ֔ר זוּלַ֖ת דַּלַּ֥ת עַם־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

And-hiḡlāh ʾeṯ-all-yərûšālaim and-ʾeṯ-all-haśśārîm and-ʾēṯ all-gibbôrê haḥayil ʿăśereṯ ʾălāp̄îm gôleh and-all-heḥārāš and-hammasgēr not nišʾar except dallaṯ ʿam-hāʾāreṣ.

Grammar Details

• *hiḡlāh*: Hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he carried into exile
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *haśśārîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the officials
• *gibbôrê*: masculine plural construct noun - mighty men of
• *haḥayil*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the army/valor
• *ʿăśereṯ*: cardinal number - ten
• *ʾălāp̄îm*: masculine plural noun - thousands
• *gôleh*: Qal participle masculine singular - exile/captive
• *heḥārāš*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the craftsman
• *hammasgēr*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the smith/locksmith
• *nišʾar*: Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - was left/remained
• *dallaṯ*: feminine singular construct noun - poorest of
• *ʿam*: masculine singular construct noun - people of
• *hāʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the land

Word Meanings

• *hiḡlāh*: carried into exile/deported/removed
• *haśśārîm*: the officials/princes/nobles
• *gibbôrê* *haḥayil*: mighty men of valor/warriors/soldiers
• *gôleh*: exile/captive/deportation
• *heḥārāš*: craftsman/artisan/skilled worker
• *hammasgēr*: smith/metalworker/locksmith
• *dallaṯ* *ʿam*-*hāʾāreṣ*: poorest of the people of the land/lowest classes

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 25:12 : 12 But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
• Jer 52:28 : 28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty;
• Ezek 1:1-2 : 1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 2 In the fifth [day] of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
• Ezek 17:14 : 14 that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
• 2 Kgs 24:16 : 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
• Jer 40:7 : 7 Now when all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
• Jer 52:16 : 16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
• 1 Sam 23:19-22 : 19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who hath seen him there; for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly.
• 2 Chr 36:9-9 : 9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah. 10 And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Jehovah, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
• Jer 24:1-5 : 1 Jehovah showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jehovah, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. 2 One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. 3 Then said Jehovah unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. 4 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 5 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.
• Jer 29:2 : 2 (after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, [and] the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem,)
• Jer 39:10 : 10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.