2 Kings 25:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֣ךְ אֹתָם֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ בָּבֶ֧ל וַיְמִיתֵ֛ם בְּרִבְלָ֖ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חֲמָ֑ת וַיִּ֥גֶל יְהוּדָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wa-yak them melek bābel wa-yəmîtēm in-riblâh in-ʾereṣ ḥămāt wa-yigel yəhûdâh from-upon ʾadmātô.

Grammar Details

• *wa*: conjunction - and
• *yak*: verb, hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - struck/killed
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *bābel*: proper noun - Babylon
• *yəmîtēm*: verb, hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - put them to death
• *riblâh*: proper noun - Riblah
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *ḥămāt*: proper noun - Hamath
• *yigel*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - exiled/deported
• *yəhûdâh*: proper noun - Judah
• *ʾadmātô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his land/soil

Word Meanings

• *yak*: struck/killed/executed
• *yəmîtēm*: put to death/killed/executed them
• *yigel*: exiled/deported/carried away
• *ʾadmātô*: his land/his soil/his territory/his native soil

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:64 : 64 And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
• 2 Kgs 23:27 : 27 And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
• Jer 24:9-9 : 9 I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
• Jer 25:9-9 : 9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and [I will send] unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
• Ezek 12:25-28 : 25 For I am Jehovah; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed; it shall be no more deferred: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord Jehovah. 26 Again the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many day to come, and he prophesieth of times that are far off. 28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: There shall none of my words be deferred any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be performed, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Ezek 24:14 : 14 I, Jehovah, have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Amos 5:27 : 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.
• 2 Kgs 17:20 : 20 And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
• Lev 26:33-35 : 33 And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
• Deut 4:26 : 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
• Deut 28:36 : 36 Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.