3 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.3",
"source": "וְאַרְבָּעָ֧ה אֲנָשִׁ֛ים הָי֥וּ מְצֹרָעִ֖ים פֶּ֣תַח הַשָּׁ֑עַר וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֔הוּ מָ֗ה אֲנַ֛חְנוּ יֹשְׁבִ֥ים פֹּ֖ה עַד־מָֽתְנוּ",
"text": "And *ʾarbaʿâ* *ʾănāšîm* *hāyû* *mĕṣōrāʿîm* *petaḥ* the-*šaʿar*; and *wayyōʾmĕrû* *ʾîš* to *rēʿēhû*, What *ʾănaḥnû* *yōšĕbîm* here until *mātnû*?",
"grammar": {
"*ʾarbaʿâ*": "cardinal number masculine - four",
"*ʾănāšîm*": "masculine plural noun - men",
"*hāyû*": "qal perfect 3rd common plural - were/had been",
"*mĕṣōrāʿîm*": "pual participle masculine plural - being leprous/afflicted with skin disease",
"*petaḥ*": "masculine singular construct - entrance/opening of",
"*šaʿar*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the gate",
"*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 neighbor/companion",
"*ʾănaḥnû*": "1st common plural independent pronoun - we",
"*yōšĕbîm*": "qal participle masculine plural - sitting/dwelling/remaining",
"*mātnû*": "qal perfect 1st common plural - we die/we are dead"
},
"variants": {
"*mĕṣōrāʿîm*": "lepers/those afflicted with skin disease/ceremonially unclean",
"*petaḥ*": "entrance/opening/doorway",
"*yōšĕbîm*": "sitting/dwelling/remaining/staying"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.4",
"source": "אִם־אָמַרְנוּ֩ נָב֨וֹא הָעִ֜יר וְהָרָעָ֤ב בָּעִיר֙ וָמַ֣תְנוּ שָׁ֔ם וְאִם־יָשַׁ֥בְנוּ פֹ֖ה וָמָ֑תְנוּ וְעַתָּ֗ה לְכוּ֙ וְנִפְּלָה֙ אֶל־מַחֲנֵ֣ה אֲרָ֔ם אִם־יְחַיֻּ֣נוּ נִֽחְיֶ֔ה וְאִם־יְמִיתֻ֖נוּ וָמָֽתְנוּ",
"text": "If *ʾāmarnû* *nābôʾ* the-*ʿîr* and-the-*rāʿāb* in-the-*ʿîr* and-*matnû* there, and-if *yāšabnû* here and-*mātnû*; and-now *lĕḵû* and-*nippĕlâ* to *maḥănê* *ʾărām*; if *yĕḥayyūnû* *niḥyê*, and-if *yĕmîtūnû* and-*mātnû*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾāmarnû*": "qal perfect 1st common plural - we say/we said",
"*nābôʾ*": "qal imperfect 1st common plural cohortative - let us enter",
"*ʿîr*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the city",
"*rāʿāb*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the famine/hunger",
"*matnû*": "qal perfect 1st common plural - we die/we died",
"*yāšabnû*": "qal perfect 1st common plural - we remain/we stayed",
"*lĕḵû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - go!",
"*nippĕlâ*": "qal imperfect 1st common plural cohortative - let us fall/desert",
"*maḥănê*": "masculine singular construct - camp of",
"*ʾărām*": "proper noun - Aram/Syria",
"*yĕḥayyūnû*": "piel imperfect 3rd masculine plural + 1st common plural suffix - they let us live",
"*niḥyê*": "qal imperfect 1st common plural - we will live",
"*yĕmîtūnû*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural + 1st common plural suffix - they kill us"
},
"variants": {
"*nippĕlâ*": "let us desert to/fall to/surrender to",
"*yĕḥayyūnû*": "they keep us alive/spare us",
"*yĕmîtūnû*": "they put us to death/kill us"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.5",
"source": "וַיָּק֣וּמוּ בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף לָב֖וֹא אֶל־מַחֲנֵ֣ה אֲרָ֑ם וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ עַד־קְצֵה֙ מַחֲנֵ֣ה אֲרָ֔ם וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵֽין־שָׁ֖ם אִֽישׁ",
"text": "And *wayyāqûmû* in-the-*nešep* *lābôʾ* to *maḥănê* *ʾărām*, and *wayyābōʾû* unto *qĕṣê* *maḥănê* *ʾărām*, and-behold *ʾên*-there *ʾîš*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāqûmû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they arose",
"*nešep*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the twilight/dawn",
"*lābôʾ*": "qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - to enter/come",
"*maḥănê*": "masculine singular construct - camp of",
"*ʾărām*": "proper noun - Aram/Syria",
"*wayyābōʾû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came",
"*qĕṣê*": "masculine singular construct - edge/outskirts of",
"*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not",
"*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun - man/anyone"
},
"variants": {
"*nešep*": "twilight/dusk/dawn",
"*qĕṣê*": "edge/extremity/outskirts"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.6",
"source": "וַאדֹנָ֞י הִשְׁמִ֣יעַ ׀ אֶת־מַחֲנֵ֣ה אֲרָ֗ם ק֥וֹל רֶ֙כֶב֙ ק֣וֹל ס֔וּס ק֖וֹל חַ֣יִל גָּד֑וֹל וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־אָחִ֗יו הִנֵּ֣ה שָֽׂכַר־עָלֵינוּ֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־מַלְכֵ֧י הַחִתִּ֛ים וְאֶת־מַלְכֵ֥י מִצְרַ֖יִם לָב֥וֹא עָלֵֽינוּ",
"text": "And *ʾădōnāy* *hišmîaʿ* *ʾet*-*maḥănê* *ʾărām* *qôl* *reḵeb*, *qôl* *sûs*, *qôl* *ḥayil* *gādôl*; and *wayyōʾmĕrû* *ʾîš* to *ʾāḥîw*, Behold, *śāḵar*-against-us *meleḵ* *Yiśrāʾēl* *ʾet*-*malḵê* the-*Ḥittîm* and-*ʾet*-*malḵê* *Miṣrayim* *lābôʾ* against-us.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾădōnāy*": "divine name/Lord with 1st plural suffix - my Lord/the Lord",
"*hišmîaʿ*": "hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - caused to hear/made hear",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*maḥănê*": "masculine singular construct - camp of",
"*ʾărām*": "proper noun - Aram/Syria",
"*qôl*": "masculine singular construct - sound of",
"*reḵeb*": "masculine singular noun - chariot(s)",
"*sûs*": "masculine singular noun - horse",
"*ḥayil*": "masculine singular noun - army/force",
"*gādôl*": "masculine singular adjective - great/large",
"*wayyōʾmĕrû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said",
"*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun - man/each man",
"*ʾāḥîw*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother",
"*śāḵar*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - has hired",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular construct - king of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*malḵê*": "masculine plural construct - kings of",
"*Ḥittîm*": "proper noun with definite article - the Hittites",
"*Miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt",
"*lābôʾ*": "qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - to come"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾădōnāy*": "the Lord/my Lord (referring to God)",
"*ḥayil*": "army/military force/strength",
"*śāḵar*": "hired/paid/contracted"
}
}
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"
}
}