2 Kings 6:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ אִתָּ֑ם וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ הַיַּרְדֵּ֔נָה וַֽיִּגְזְר֖וּ הָעֵצִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-wə-yēleḵ with-them. And-wə-yāḇō'û the-yardēnāh and-wə-yigzərû the-ʿēṣîm.

Grammar Details

*wə-yēleḵ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he went
*'ittām*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - with them
*wə-yāḇō'û*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they came
*ha-yardēnāh*: definite article + proper noun + directional he - to the Jordan
*wə-yigzərû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they cut down
*hā-ʿēṣîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the trees/wood/timber

Word Meanings

*wə-yigzərû*: and they cut down/and they felled/and they chopped
*hā-ʿēṣîm*: the trees/the wood/the timber

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 19:5 : 5 as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:
Deut 29:11 : 11 your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

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