1 Kings 16:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּ֜קֶן אֶת־הָהָ֥ר שֹׁמְר֛וֹן מֵ֥אֶת שֶׁ֖מֶר בְּכִכְּרַ֣יִם כָּ֑סֶף וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ אֶת־הָהָ֔ר וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֶת־שֵׁ֤ם הָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנָ֔ה עַ֣ל שֶׁם־שֶׁ֔מֶר אֲדֹנֵ֖י הָהָ֥ר שֹׁמְרֽוֹן

Transliteration

And wə-yiqen ʾeṯ-the-hār šōmərôn from mēʾeṯ šemer for-two-kikkərayim kāsep̄; and wə-yiḇen ʾeṯ-the-hār, and wə-yiqrāʾ ʾeṯ-šēm the-ʿîr which bānâ, after šem-šemer ʾăḏōnê the-hār, šōmərôn.

Grammar Details

*wə-yiqen*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he bought
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*hār*: masculine singular noun with definite article - hill/mountain
*šōmərôn*: proper noun - Samaria
*mēʾeṯ*: preposition - from
*šemer*: proper noun, masculine singular - Shemer
*kikkərayim*: dual noun - two talents/kikkar
*kāsep̄*: masculine singular noun - silver/money
*wə-yiḇen*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he built
*wə-yiqrāʾ*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*šēm*: masculine singular construct noun - name of
*ʿîr*: feminine singular noun with definite article - city
*bānâ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he built
*šem*: masculine singular construct noun - name of
*ʾăḏōnê*: masculine plural construct noun - owner of/lord of

Word Meanings

*yiqen*: bought/purchased/acquired
*kikkərayim kāsep̄*: two talents of silver/two kikkar of silver (a weight measure)
*yiḇen*: built/constructed/developed
*yiqrāʾ*: called/named
*ʾăḏōnê*: owner of/master of/lord of

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 13:32 : 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
1 Kgs 16:28-29 : 28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. 29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
1 Kgs 16:32 : 32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
1 Kgs 18:2 : 2 And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.
1 Kgs 20:1 : 1 And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together; and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
1 Kgs 22:37 : 37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
2 Kgs 17:1 : 1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, [and reigned] nine years.
2 Kgs 17:6 : 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kgs 17:24 : 24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
John 4:4-5 : 4 And he must needs pass through Samaria. 5 So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
Acts 8:5-8 : 5 And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ. 6 And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did. 7 For [from] many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed. 8 And there was much joy in that city.

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