2 Chronicles 22:9
{ "verseID": "2 Chronicles.22.9", "source": "וַיְבַקֵּשׁ֩ אֶת־אֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֜הוּ וְה֧וּא מִתְחַבֵּ֣א בְשֹֽׁמְר֗וֹן וַיְבִאֻ֣הוּ אֶל־יֵהוּא֮ וַיְמִתֻהוּ֒ וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֔הוּ כִּ֤י אָֽמְרוּ֙ בֶּן־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט ה֔וּא אֲשֶׁר־דָּרַ֥שׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה בְּכָל־לְבָב֑וֹ וְאֵין֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲחַזְיָ֔הוּ לַעְצֹ֥ר כֹּ֖חַ לְמַמְלָכָֽה׃", "text": "And *wayḇaqqēš* *ʾet*-*ʾăḥazyāhū* and *wayyilkədūhū* and-*hūʾ* *mitḥabbēʾ* in-*šōmərōn*, and *wayḇīʾūhū* to-*yēhūʾ* and *wayəmitūhū*; and *wayyiqbərūhū* because *ʾāmərū* son-of-*yəhōšāp̄āṭ* *hūʾ*, who-*dāraš* *ʾet*-*YHWH* with-all-*ləḇāḇō*; and-*ʾēyn* to-house-of-*ʾăḥazyāhū* *laʿṣōr* *kōaḥ* *ləmamlāḵāh*.", "grammar": { "*wayḇaqqēš*": "Piel waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he sought'", "*ʾet*": "Direct object marker", "*ʾăḥazyāhū*": "Proper noun - 'Ahaziah'", "*wayyilkədūhū*": "Qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'and they captured him'", "*hūʾ*": "Independent personal pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he'", "*mitḥabbēʾ*": "Hithpael participle masculine singular - 'hiding himself'", "*šōmərōn*": "Proper noun - 'Samaria'", "*wayḇīʾūhū*": "Hiphil waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'and they brought him'", "*yēhūʾ*": "Proper noun - 'Jehu'", "*wayəmitūhū*": "Hiphil waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'and they put him to death'", "*wayyiqbərūhū*": "Qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'and they buried him'", "*ʾāmərū*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - 'they said'", "*yəhōšāp̄āṭ*": "Proper noun - 'Jehoshaphat'", "*dāraš*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'sought/inquired of'", "*YHWH*": "Proper noun - divine name", "*ləḇāḇō*": "Noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his heart'", "*ʾēyn*": "Particle of negation - 'there was not'", "*laʿṣōr*": "Qal infinitive construct - 'to retain/keep'", "*kōaḥ*": "Noun masculine singular - 'strength/power'", "*ləmamlāḵāh*": "Noun feminine singular - 'for kingdom/kingship'" }, "variants": { "*wayḇaqqēš*": "sought/searched for/looked for", "*mitḥabbēʾ*": "hiding himself/concealing himself", "*dāraš*": "sought/inquired of/followed after", "*laʿṣōr*": "to retain/to keep/to maintain", "*kōaḥ*": "strength/power/ability", "*ləmamlāḵāh*": "for kingdom/for kingship/for royal power" } }