2 Kings 3:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the king of Israel said, Alas! for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲהָ֕הּ כִּֽי־קָרָ֣א יְהוָ֗ה לִשְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙ הַמְּלָכִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה לָתֵ֥ת אוֹתָ֖ם בְּיַד־מוֹאָֽב׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer king-of-Yiśrāʾēl, ʾăhāh for-qārāʾ YHWH for-three ha-mĕlākîm ha-ʾēlleh to-give ʾôtām into-hand-of-Môʾāb.

Grammar Details

*wa-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - Israel
*ʾăhāh*: interjection - alas!
*qārāʾ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has called
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
*šĕlōšet*: cardinal number, construct - three of
*ha-mĕlākîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the kings
*ha-ʾēlleh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - these
*lātēt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to give
*ʾôtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
*Môʾāb*: proper name - Moab

Word Meanings

*ʾăhāh*: alas/woe/ah
*qārāʾ*: called/summoned/brought together
*lātēt*: to give/deliver/hand over

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Referenced Verses

Gen 4:13 : 13 And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
2 Kgs 6:33 : 33 And while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?
Ps 78:34-36 : 34 When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly. 35 And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer. 36 But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.
Prov 19:3 : 3 The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.
Isa 8:21 : 21 And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
Isa 51:20 : 20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.

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