2 Kings 18:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And at the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֗הָ מִקְצֵה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים בִּשְׁנַת־שֵׁ֖שׁ לְחִזְקִיָּ֑ה הִ֣יא שְׁנַת־תֵּ֗שַׁע לְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נִלְכְּדָ֖ה שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

And wayyilkəduha at miqtseh three shanim in shənat-six to Ḥizqiyyah, hiʾ shənat-nine to Hosheaʿ melek Yisraʾel, nilkədah Shomeron.

Grammar Details

• *wayyilkəduha*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and they captured it
• *miqtseh*: noun, masculine singular construct - end of
• *shanim*: noun, feminine plural - years
• *shənat*: noun, feminine singular construct - year of
• *Ḥizqiyyah*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *hiʾ*: pronoun, 3rd feminine singular - she/it
• *Hosheaʿ*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *Yisraʾel*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *nilkədah*: Niphal perfect 3rd feminine singular - she was captured
• *Shomeron*: proper noun, feminine singular - Samaria

Word Meanings

• *wayyilkəduha*: they captured it/they seized it/they took it
• *miqtseh*: at the end of/after/in the course of
• *nilkədah*: was captured/was seized/was taken

Referenced Verses

• Hos 13:16 : 16 Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
• Amos 3:11-4:3 : 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary [there shall be], even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered. 12 Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed. 13 Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts. 14 For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. 15 And I will smite the winter - house with the summer - house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah. 1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink. 2 The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks. 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every one straight before her; and ye shall cast [yourselves] into Harmon, saith Jehovah.
• Amos 6:7 : 7 Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.
• Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. 2 Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them. 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
• Mic 1:6-9 : 6 Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, [and] as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof. 7 And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them, and unto the hire of a harlot shall they return. 8 For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches. 9 For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
• Mic 6:16 : 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
• Mic 7:13 : 13 Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.