2 Kings 13:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehoahaz besought Jehovah, and Jehovah hearkened unto him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְחַ֥ל יְהוֹאָחָ֖ז אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֤י רָאָה֙ אֶת־לַ֣חַץ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּֽי־לָחַ֥ץ אֹתָ֖ם מֶ֥לֶךְ אֲרָֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-yəḥal Yəhô'āḥāz 'et-pənê YHWH wə-yishma' to him YHWH because rā'āh 'et-laḥaṣ Yiśrā'ēl because-lāḥaṣ them melek 'Ărām.

Grammar Details

*wə*: conjunction - and
*yəḥal*: piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he entreated/beseeched
*Yəhô'āḥāz*: proper name - Jehoahaz
*'et*: direct object marker
*pənê*: construct plural of *pānîm* - face of
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/the LORD
*yishma'*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he heard/listened
*rā'āh*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he saw
*laḥaṣ*: masculine singular construct - oppression of
*Yiśrā'ēl*: proper name - Israel
*lāḥaṣ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he oppressed
*melek*: masculine singular construct - king of
*'Ărām*: proper name - Aram/Syria

Word Meanings

*yəḥal*: entreated/beseeched/sought favor
*pənê*: face/presence/favor
*laḥaṣ*: oppression/affliction/distress

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 14:26 : 26 For Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.
Exod 3:7 : 7 And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Ps 78:34 : 34 When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.
Exod 3:9 : 9 And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Num 21:7 : 7 And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
Judg 6:6-7 : 6 And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah. 7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah because of Midian,
Judg 10:10 : 10 And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, saying, We have sinned against thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baalim.
Judg 10:15-16 : 15 And the children of Israel said unto Jehovah, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; only deliver us, we pray thee, this day. 16 And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
2 Kgs 13:22 : 22 And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 And he prayed unto him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God.
2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
Ps 106:43-44 : 43 Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:
Gen 21:17 : 17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Gen 31:42 : 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Jer 2:27 : 27 who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
Jer 33:3 : 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.
Isa 26:16 : 16 Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening was upon them.
Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

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