2 Kgs 7:7-9 : 7 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.7",
"source": "וַיָּקוּמוּ֮ וַיָּנ֣וּסוּ בַנֶּשֶׁף֒ וַיַּעַזְב֣וּ אֶת־אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם וְאֶת־סֽוּסֵיהֶם֙ וְאֶת־חֲמֹ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה כַּאֲשֶׁר־הִ֑יא וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ אֶל־נַפְשָֽׁם",
"text": "And *wayyāqûmû* and *wayyānûsû* in-the-*nešep*, and *wayyaʿazbû* *ʾet*-*ʾohŏlêhem* and-*ʾet*-*sûsêhem* and-*ʾet*-*ḥămōrêhem*, the-*maḥăneh* as-*ʾăšer*-it, and *wayyānusû* for *napšām*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāqûmû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they arose",
"*wayyānûsû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they fled",
"*nešep*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the twilight/dawn",
"*wayyaʿazbû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they left/abandoned",
"*ʾohŏlêhem*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their tents",
"*sûsêhem*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their horses",
"*ḥămōrêhem*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their donkeys",
"*maḥăneh*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the camp",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - as/which",
"*wayyānusû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they fled",
"*napšām*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their life/soul"
},
"variants": {
"*nešep*": "twilight/dusk/dawn",
"*wayyānusû ʾel-napšām*": "they fled for their lives/they fled to save themselves"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.8",
"source": "וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ הַֽמְצֹרָעִ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה עַד־קְצֵ֣ה הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ אֶל־אֹ֤הֶל אֶחָד֙ וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ מִשָּׁ֗ם כֶּ֤סֶף וְזָהָב֙ וּבְגָדִ֔ים וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ וַיַּטְמִ֑נוּ וַיָּשֻׁ֗בוּ וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל אַחֵ֔ר וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ מִשָּׁ֔ם וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ וַיַּטְמִֽנוּ",
"text": "And *wayyābōʾû* the-*mĕṣōrāʿîm* the-these unto *qĕṣê* the-*maḥăneh*, and *wayyābōʾû* to *ʾōhel* one, and *wayyōʾḵĕlû* and *wayyištû*, and *wayyiśʾû* from-there *kesep* and *zāhāb* and *bĕgādîm*, and *wayyēlĕḵû* and *wayyaṭminû*; and *wayyāšubû* and *wayyābōʾû* to *ʾōhel* another, and *wayyiśʾû* from-there, and *wayyēlĕḵû* and *wayyaṭminû*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyābōʾû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came",
"*mĕṣōrāʿîm*": "pual participle masculine plural with definite article - the lepers",
"*qĕṣê*": "masculine singular construct - edge/outskirts of",
"*maḥăneh*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the camp",
"*ʾōhel*": "masculine singular noun - tent",
"*wayyōʾḵĕlû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they ate",
"*wayyištû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they drank",
"*wayyiśʾû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they carried away",
"*kesep*": "masculine singular noun - silver/money",
"*zāhāb*": "masculine singular noun - gold",
"*bĕgādîm*": "masculine plural noun - clothes/garments",
"*wayyēlĕḵû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went",
"*wayyaṭminû*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they hid",
"*wayyāšubû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they returned"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyaṭminû*": "they hid/buried/concealed",
"*wayyiśʾû*": "they carried away/took/lifted",
"*ʾōhel ʾaḥēr*": "another tent/different tent"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.9",
"source": "וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֜הוּ לֹֽא־כֵ֣ן ׀ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ עֹשִׂ֗ים הַיּ֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ יוֹם־בְּשֹׂרָ֣ה ה֔וּא וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ מַחְשִׁ֗ים וְחִכִּ֛ינוּ עַד־א֥וֹר הַבֹּ֖קֶר וּמְצָאָ֣נוּ עָו֑וֹן וְעַתָּה֙ לְכ֣וּ וְנָבֹ֔אָה וְנַגִּ֖ידָה בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmĕrû* *ʾîš* to *rēʿēhû*, Not-thus *ʾănaḥnû* *ʿōśîm*; the-*yôm* the-this *yôm*-*bĕśōrâ* it, and-*ʾănaḥnû* *maḥšîm* and *ḥikkînû* until *ʾôr* the-*bōqer* and *mĕṣāʾānû* *ʿāwôn*; and-now *lĕḵû* and *nābōʾâ* and *naggîdâ* *bêt* the-*meleḵ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmĕrû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said",
"*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun - man/each man",
"*rēʿēhû*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his companion",
"*ʾănaḥnû*": "1st common plural independent pronoun - we",
"*ʿōśîm*": "qal participle masculine plural - doing",
"*yôm*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the day",
"*bĕśōrâ*": "feminine singular noun - good news/tidings",
"*maḥšîm*": "hiphil participle masculine plural - keeping silent",
"*ḥikkînû*": "piel perfect 1st common plural - we wait",
"*ʾôr*": "masculine singular construct - light of",
"*bōqer*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the morning",
"*mĕṣāʾānû*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st common plural suffix - it will find us",
"*ʿāwôn*": "masculine singular noun - iniquity/guilt/punishment",
"*lĕḵû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - go!",
"*nābōʾâ*": "qal imperfect 1st common plural cohortative - let us go",
"*naggîdâ*": "hiphil imperfect 1st common plural cohortative - let us tell",
"*bêt*": "masculine singular construct - house of",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the king"
},
"variants": {
"*bĕśōrâ*": "good news/tidings/announcement",
"*maḥšîm*": "keeping silent/holding our peace",
"*ʿāwôn*": "guilt/punishment/iniquity",
"*naggîdâ*": "tell/report/announce to"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.10",
"source": "וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֮ אֶל־שֹׁעֵ֣ר הָעִיר֒ וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ לָהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בָּ֚אנוּ אֶל־מַחֲנֵ֣ה אֲרָ֔ם וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵֽין־שָׁ֛ם אִ֖ישׁ וְק֣וֹל אָדָ֑ם כִּ֣י אִם־הַסּ֤וּס אָסוּר֙ וְהַחֲמ֣וֹר אָס֔וּר וְאֹהָלִ֖ים כַּאֲשֶׁר־הֵֽמָּה",
"text": "And *wayyābōʾû* and *wayyiqrĕʾû* to *šōʿēr* the-*ʿîr*, and *wayyaggîdû* to-them *lēmōr*, We-came to *maḥănê* *ʾărām*, and-behold *ʾên*-there *ʾîš* and-*qôl* *ʾādām*; but only the-*sûs* *ʾāsûr* and-the-*ḥămôr* *ʾāsûr*, and-*ʾōhālîm* as-*ʾăšer*-they.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyābōʾû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came",
"*wayyiqrĕʾû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they called",
"*šōʿēr*": "qal participle masculine singular construct - gatekeeper of",
"*ʿîr*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the city",
"*wayyaggîdû*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they told",
"*lēmōr*": "qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*maḥănê*": "masculine singular construct - camp of",
"*ʾărām*": "proper noun - Aram/Syria",
"*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not",
"*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun - man",
"*qôl*": "masculine singular construct - sound of",
"*ʾādām*": "masculine singular noun - man/human",
"*sûs*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the horse",
"*ʾāsûr*": "qal passive participle masculine singular - tied/tethered",
"*ḥămôr*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the donkey",
"*ʾōhālîm*": "masculine plural noun - tents",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - as/which"
},
"variants": {
"*šōʿēr*": "gatekeeper/doorkeeper/porter",
"*ʾāsûr*": "tied/tethered/bound",
"*ʾōhālîm kaʾăšer-hēmmâ*": "tents as they were/tents just as they were"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.11",
"source": "וַיִּקְרָ֖א הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֑ים וַיַּגִּ֕ידוּ בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ פְּנִֽימָה",
"text": "And *wayyiqrāʾ* the-*šōʿărîm*, and *wayyaggîdû* *bêt* the-*meleḵ* *pĕnîmâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiqrāʾ*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called out",
"*šōʿărîm*": "qal participle masculine plural with definite article - the gatekeepers",
"*wayyaggîdû*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they told",
"*bêt*": "masculine singular construct - house of",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the king",
"*pĕnîmâ*": "adverb - within/inside"
},
"variants": {
"*šōʿărîm*": "gatekeepers/porters",
"*pĕnîmâ*": "within/inside/inward"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.12",
"source": "וַיָּ֨קָם הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לַ֗יְלָה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־עֲבָדָ֔יו אַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לָכֶ֔ם אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥שׂוּ לָ֖נוּ אֲרָ֑ם יָדְע֞וּ כִּי־רְעֵבִ֣ים אֲנַ֗חְנוּ וַיֵּצְא֤וּ מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ לְהֵחָבֵ֤ה *בהשדה **בַשָּׂדֶה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כִּֽי־יֵצְא֤וּ מִן־הָעִיר֙ וְנִתְפְּשֵׂ֣ם חַיִּ֔ים וְאֶל־הָעִ֖יר נָבֹֽא",
"text": "And *wayyāqām* the-*meleḵ* *laylâ* and *wayyōʾmer* to *ʿăbādāyw*, I-will-*ʾaggîdâ*-please to-you *ʾēt* *ʾăšer*-*ʿāśû* to-us *ʾărām*; they-know that-*rĕʿēbîm* *ʾănaḥnû*, and *wayyēṣĕʾû* from-the-*maḥăneh* *lĕhēḥābēh* in-the-*śādeh* *lēmōr*, When *yēṣĕʾû* from-the-*ʿîr* and-*nitpĕśēm* *ḥayyîm*, and-to-the-*ʿîr* *nābōʾ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāqām*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he arose",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the king",
"*laylâ*": "masculine singular noun - night",
"*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*ʿăbādāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants",
"*ʾaggîdâ*": "hiphil imperfect 1st common singular cohortative - let me tell",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - what",
"*ʿāśû*": "qal perfect 3rd common plural - they have done",
"*ʾărām*": "proper noun - Aram/Syria",
"*rĕʿēbîm*": "adjective masculine plural - hungry",
"*ʾănaḥnû*": "1st common plural independent pronoun - we",
"*wayyēṣĕʾû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went out",
"*maḥăneh*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the camp",
"*lĕhēḥābēh*": "niphal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - to hide",
"*śādeh*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the field",
"*lēmōr*": "qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*yēṣĕʾû*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they come out",
"*ʿîr*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the city",
"*nitpĕśēm*": "qal imperfect 1st common plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - we will catch them",
"*ḥayyîm*": "masculine plural adjective - alive",
"*nābōʾ*": "qal imperfect 1st common plural - we will come"
},
"variants": {
"*lĕhēḥābēh*": "to hide themselves/to conceal themselves",
"*nitpĕśēm ḥayyîm*": "seize them alive/capture them alive",
"*aggîdâ-nāʾ*": "please let me tell/I will tell you"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.13",
"source": "וַיַּעַן֩ אֶחָ֨ד מֵעֲבָדָ֜יו וַיֹּ֗אמֶר וְיִקְחוּ־נָ֞א חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה מִן־הַסּוּסִים֮ הַֽנִּשְׁאָרִים֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁאֲרוּ־בָהּ֒ הִנָּ֗ם כְּכָל־*ההמון **הֲמ֤וֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁאֲרוּ־בָ֔הּ הִנָּ֕ם כְּכָל־הֲמ֥וֹן יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־תָּ֑מּוּ וְנִשְׁלְחָ֖ה וְנִרְאֶֽה",
"text": "And *wayyaʿan* one of *ʿăbādāyw* and *wayyōʾmer*, And-let-them-*yiqḥû*-please five from-the-*sûsîm* the-*nišʾārîm* *ʾăšer* *nišʾărû*-in-her; behold-they like-all-*hămôn* *Yiśrāʾēl* *ʾăšer* *nišʾărû*-in-her, behold-they like-all-*hămôn* *Yiśrāʾēl* *ʾăšer*-*tāmmû*; and let-us-*nišlĕḥâ* and let-us-*nirʾeh*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyaʿan*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he answered",
"*ʿăbādāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants",
"*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*yiqḥû*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural jussive - let them take",
"*sûsîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the horses",
"*nišʾārîm*": "niphal participle masculine plural with definite article - the ones remaining",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which",
"*nišʾărû*": "niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they remained",
"*hămôn*": "masculine singular construct - multitude of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*tāmmû*": "qal perfect 3rd common plural - they are consumed/finished",
"*nišlĕḥâ*": "qal imperfect 1st common plural cohortative - let us send",
"*nirʾeh*": "qal imperfect 1st common plural cohortative - let us see"
},
"variants": {
"*nišʾărû*": "remained/were left",
"*hămôn*": "multitude/crowd/abundance",
"*tāmmû*": "consumed/finished/spent/exhausted",
"*hinnām kĕḵol-hămôn*": "behold, they are like all the multitude (meaning they face the same fate as the rest of Israel)"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.14",
"source": "וַיִּקְח֕וּ שְׁנֵ֖י רֶ֣כֶב סוּסִ֑ים וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אַחֲרֵ֧י מַחֲנֵֽה־אֲרָ֛ם לֵאמֹ֖ר לְכ֥וּ וּרְאֽוּ",
"text": "And *wayyiqḥû* two *reḵeb* *sûsîm*, and *wayyišlaḥ* the-*meleḵ* after *maḥănê*-*ʾărām* *lēmōr*, *lĕḵû* and *rĕʾû*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiqḥû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they took",
"*reḵeb*": "masculine singular construct - chariot(s) of",
"*sûsîm*": "masculine plural noun - horses",
"*wayyišlaḥ*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he sent",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the king",
"*maḥănê*": "masculine singular construct - camp of",
"*ʾărām*": "proper noun - Aram/Syria",
"*lēmōr*": "qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*lĕḵû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - go!",
"*rĕʾû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - see!"
},
"variants": {
"*reḵeb sûsîm*": "chariot(s) of horses/horse-drawn chariot(s)",
"*lĕḵû ûrĕʾû*": "go and see/go to see"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.15",
"source": "וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ אַחֲרֵיהֶם֮ עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּן֒ וְהִנֵּ֣ה כָל־הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ מְלֵאָ֤ה בְגָדִים֙ וְכֵלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־הִשְׁלִ֥יכוּ אֲרָ֖ם *בהחפזם **בְּחָפְזָ֑ם וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ לַמֶּֽלֶךְ",
"text": "And *wayyēlĕḵû* after-them unto-the-*Yardēn*, and-behold all-the-*dereḵ* *mĕlēʾâ* *bĕgādîm* and-*kēlîm* *ʾăšer*-*hišlîḵû* *ʾărām* in-*bĕḥopzām*; and *wayyāšubû* the-*malʾāḵîm* and *wayyaggîdû* to-the-*meleḵ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyēlĕḵû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went",
"*Yardēn*": "proper noun with definite article - the Jordan",
"*dereḵ*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the way/road",
"*mĕlēʾâ*": "adjective feminine singular - full",
"*bĕgādîm*": "masculine plural noun - clothes/garments",
"*kēlîm*": "masculine plural noun - vessels/articles/equipment",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which",
"*hišlîḵû*": "hiphil perfect 3rd common plural - they cast away",
"*ʾărām*": "proper noun - Aram/Syria",
"*bĕḥopzām*": "noun masculine singular with prefixed preposition and 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their haste/flight",
"*wayyāšubû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they returned",
"*malʾāḵîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the messengers",
"*wayyaggîdû*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they told",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the king"
},
"variants": {
"*bĕḥopzām*": "in their haste/in their panic/in their flight",
"*malʾāḵîm*": "messengers/envoys",
"*dereḵ*": "way/road/path"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.16",
"source": "וַיֵּצֵ֣א הָעָ֔ם וַיָּבֹ֕זּוּ אֵ֖ת מַחֲנֵ֣ה אֲרָ֑ם וַיְהִ֨י סְאָה־סֹ֜לֶת בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל וְסָאתַ֧יִם שְׂעֹרִ֛ים בְּשֶׁ֖קֶל כִּדְבַ֥ר יְהוָֽה",
"text": "And *wayyēṣēʾ* the-*ʿām* and *wayyābōzzû* *ʾēt* *maḥănê* *ʾărām*; and *wayĕhî* *sĕʾâ*-*sōlet* for-*šeqel* and two-*sĕʾâ* *śĕʿōrîm* for-*šeqel* according-to-*dĕbar* *YHWH*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyēṣēʾ*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and they went out",
"*ʿām*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the people",
"*wayyābōzzû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they plundered",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*maḥănê*": "masculine singular construct - camp of",
"*ʾărām*": "proper noun - Aram/Syria",
"*wayĕhî*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it was",
"*sĕʾâ*": "feminine singular construct - seah of",
"*sōlet*": "feminine singular noun - fine flour",
"*šeqel*": "masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition - for a shekel",
"*śĕʿōrîm*": "feminine plural noun - barley",
"*dĕbar*": "masculine singular construct - word of",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyābōzzû*": "they plundered/looted",
"*sĕʾâ*": "dry measure (approx. 7.3 liters)",
"*kidbar YHWH*": "according to the word of YHWH/as YHWH had said"
}
}