2 Chronicles 28:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore Jehovah his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֜הוּ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָיו֮ בְּיַ֣ד מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָם֒ וַיַּ֨כּוּ־ב֔וֹ וַיִּשְׁבּ֤וּ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ שִׁבְיָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַיָּבִ֖יאוּ דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂק וְ֠גַם בְּיַד־מֶ֤לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נִתָּ֔ן וַיַּךְ־בּ֖וֹ מַכָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃

Transliteration

wayyittənêhû YHWH ʾĕlōhāyw bəyad melek ʾărām wayyakkû-ḇô wayyishbû mimmennû shiḇyāh gədôlāh wayyāḇîʾû Darmeśeq wəgam bəyad-melek Yiśrāʾêl nittān wayyak-bô makkāh gədôlāh

Grammar Details

*wayyittənêhû*: conjunction + 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect waw-consecutive + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he gave him
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his God
*bəyad*: preposition + feminine singular construct - in hand of
*melek*: masculine singular construct - king of
*ʾărām*: proper noun - Aram/Syria
*wayyakkû*-*ḇô*: conjunction + 3rd masculine plural hiphil imperfect waw-consecutive + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and they struck against him
*wayyishbû*: conjunction + 3rd masculine plural qal imperfect waw-consecutive - and they took captive
*mimmennû*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from him
*shiḇyāh*: feminine singular noun - captivity/captives/group of prisoners
*gədôlāh*: feminine singular adjective - great
*wayyāḇîʾû*: conjunction + 3rd masculine plural hiphil imperfect waw-consecutive - and they brought
*Darmeśeq*: proper noun - Damascus
*wəgam*: conjunction + adverb - and also
*bəyad*-*melek*: preposition + feminine singular construct + masculine singular construct - in hand of king of
*Yiśrāʾêl*: proper noun - Israel
*nittān*: 3rd masculine singular niphal perfect - he was given
*wayyak*-*bô*: conjunction + 3rd masculine singular hiphil imperfect waw-consecutive + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he struck against him
*makkāh*: feminine singular noun - blow/wound/defeat/slaughter

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlōhāyw*: his God/his gods (plural form with singular meaning)
*shiḇyāh*: captivity/captives/group of prisoners
*makkāh*: blow/wound/defeat/slaughter

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Referenced Verses

Isa 7:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
2 Kgs 16:5-6 : 5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.
2 Chr 24:24 : 24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Jehovah delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash.
2 Chr 33:11 : 11 Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
2 Chr 36:5 : 5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.
2 Chr 36:17 : 17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.
Isa 7:6 : 6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel;
Exod 20:2-3 : 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Judg 2:14 : 14 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

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