5{
"verseID": "2 Kings.16.5",
"source": "אָ֣ז יַעֲלֶ֣ה רְצִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲ֠רָם וּפֶ֨קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֧הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיָּצֻ֙רוּ֙ עַל־אָחָ֔ז וְלֹ֥א יָכְל֖וּ לְהִלָּחֵֽם",
"text": "*ʾāz* *yaʿăleh* *rəṣîn* *meleḵ*-*ʾărām* and *peqaḥ* *ben*-*rəmalyāhû* *meleḵ*-*yiśrāʾēl* *yərûšālaim* for *milḥāmā* *wayyāṣurû* on *ʾāḥāz* *wə-lōʾ* *yāḵəlû* *ləhillāḥēm*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾāz*": "adverb - then",
"*yaʿăleh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he went up",
"*rəṣîn*": "proper name - Rezin",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular construct - king of",
"*ʾărām*": "proper name - Aram/Syria",
"*peqaḥ*": "proper name - Pekah",
"*ben*": "masculine singular construct - son of",
"*rəmalyāhû*": "proper name - Remaliah",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular construct - king of",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper name - Israel",
"*yərûšālaim*": "proper name - Jerusalem",
"*milḥāmā*": "feminine singular noun with prefix lamed - for war/battle",
"*wayyāṣurû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they besieged",
"*ʾāḥāz*": "proper name - Ahaz",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*yāḵəlû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they were able",
"*ləhillāḥēm*": "preposition + Niphal infinitive construct - to fight"
},
"variants": {
"*yāṣurû*": "besieged/laid siege to/surrounded",
"*yāḵəlû* *ləhillāḥēm*": "they were not able to fight/could not prevail in battle"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "2 Kings.16.6",
"source": "בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא הֵ֠שִׁיב רְצִ֨ין מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֤ם אֶת־אֵילַת֙ לַֽאֲרָ֔ם וַיְנַשֵּׁ֥ל אֶת־הַיְהוּדִ֖ים מֵֽאֵיל֑וֹת *וארמים **וַֽאֲדוֹמִים֙ בָּ֣אוּ אֵילַ֔ת וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ שָׁ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה",
"text": "In *ʿēṯ* *hahîʾ* *hēšîḇ* *rəṣîn* *meleḵ*-*ʾărām* *ʾeṯ*-*ʾêlaṯ* to *ʾărām* *waynaššēl* *ʾeṯ*-*hayyəhûḏîm* from *ʾêlôṯ* *wa-ʾăḏômîm* *bāʾû* *ʾêlaṯ* *wayyēšəḇû* there until *hayyôm* *hazzeh*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿēṯ*": "feminine singular construct - time of",
"*hahîʾ*": "feminine singular demonstrative - that",
"*hēšîḇ*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he restored/returned",
"*rəṣîn*": "proper name - Rezin",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular construct - king of",
"*ʾărām*": "proper name - Aram/Syria",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾêlaṯ*": "proper name - Elath",
"*ʾărām*": "proper name with prefix lamed - to Aram/Syria",
"*waynaššēl*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he drove out",
"*hayyəhûḏîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the Jews",
"*ʾêlôṯ*": "proper name with prefix min - from Eloth",
"*wa-ʾăḏômîm*": "conjunction + masculine plural noun - and Edomites",
"*bāʾû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they came",
"*ʾêlaṯ*": "proper name - Elath",
"*wayyēšəḇû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they dwelt",
"*hayyôm*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the day",
"*hazzeh*": "masculine singular demonstrative - this"
},
"variants": {
"*hēšîḇ*": "restored/returned/gave back",
"*waynaššēl*": "drove out/expelled/cleared out",
"*wa-ʾăḏômîm*": "and Edomites (textual variant: *wa-ʾărammîm* = and Arameans)"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "2 Kings.16.7",
"source": "וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח אָחָ֜ז מַלְאָכִ֗ים אֶל־תִּ֠גְלַת פְּלֶ֤סֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר עַבְדְּךָ֥ וּבִנְךָ֖ אָ֑נִי עֲלֵ֨ה וְהוֹשִׁעֵ֜נִי מִכַּ֣ף מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֗ם וּמִכַּף֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַקּוֹמִ֖ים עָלָֽי",
"text": "*wayyišlaḥ* *ʾāḥāz* *malʾāḵîm* to *tiḡlaṯ* *pəleser* *meleḵ*-*ʾaššûr* *lēmōr* *ʿaḇdəḵā* and *ḇinḵā* I *ʿălēh* and *hôšîʿēnî* from *kap* *meleḵ*-*ʾărām* and from *kap* *meleḵ* *yiśrāʾēl* *haqqômîm* against me",
"grammar": {
"*wayyišlaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he sent",
"*ʾāḥāz*": "proper name - Ahaz",
"*malʾāḵîm*": "masculine plural noun - messengers",
"*tiḡlaṯ* *pəleser*": "proper name - Tiglath-Pileser",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular construct - king of",
"*ʾaššûr*": "proper name - Assyria",
"*lēmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*ʿaḇdəḵā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your servant",
"*ḇinḵā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your son",
"*ʿălēh*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - go up",
"*hôšîʿēnî*": "Hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - save me",
"*kap*": "feminine singular construct - hand/palm of",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular construct - king of",
"*ʾărām*": "proper name - Aram/Syria",
"*kap*": "feminine singular construct - hand/palm of",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular construct - king of",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper name - Israel",
"*haqqômîm*": "definite article + Qal participle, masculine plural - the ones rising"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿaḇdəḵā* and *ḇinḵā* I": "I am your servant and your son (vassal relationship)",
"*kap*": "hand/palm/power",
"*haqqômîm* against me": "who are rising against me/attacking me"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "2 Kings.16.8",
"source": "וַיִּקַּ֨ח אָחָ֜ז אֶת־הַכֶּ֣סֶף וְאֶת־הַזָּהָ֗ב הַנִּמְצָא֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה וּבְאֹֽצְר֖וֹת בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח לְמֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר שֹֽׁחַד",
"text": "*wayyiqqaḥ* *ʾāḥāz* *ʾeṯ*-*hakkeseḇ* and *ʾeṯ*-*hazzāhāḇ* *hannimṣāʾ* *bêṯ* *YHWH* and in *ʾôṣərôṯ* *bêṯ* *hammeleḵ* *wayyišlaḥ* to *meleḵ*-*ʾaššûr* *šōḥaḏ*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiqqaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he took",
"*ʾāḥāz*": "proper name - Ahaz",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*hakkeseḇ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the silver",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*hazzāhāḇ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the gold",
"*hannimṣāʾ*": "definite article + Niphal participle, masculine singular - the found/the existing",
"*bêṯ*": "masculine singular construct - house of",
"*YHWH*": "divine name",
"*ʾôṣərôṯ*": "masculine plural construct with prefix bet - in treasuries of",
"*bêṯ*": "masculine singular construct - house of",
"*hammeleḵ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the king",
"*wayyišlaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he sent",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular construct - king of",
"*ʾaššûr*": "proper name - Assyria",
"*šōḥaḏ*": "masculine singular noun - present/gift/bribe"
},
"variants": {
"*hakkeseḇ*": "silver/money",
"*hazzāhāḇ*": "gold/treasure",
"*šōḥaḏ*": "present/gift/bribe/tribute"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "2 Kings.16.9",
"source": "וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע אֵלָיו֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וַיַּעַל֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ אַשּׁ֤וּר אֶל־דַּמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ וַֽיִּתְפְּשֶׂ֔הָ וַיַּגְלֶ֖הָ קִ֑ירָה וְאֶת־רְצִ֖ין הֵמִֽית",
"text": "*wayyišmaʿ* to him *meleḵ* *ʾaššûr* *wayyaʿal* *meleḵ* *ʾaššûr* to *dammeśeq* *wayyiṯpəśehā* *wayyaḡlehā* *qîrāh* and *ʾeṯ*-*rəṣîn* *hēmîṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyišmaʿ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he listened/hearkened",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular construct - king of",
"*ʾaššûr*": "proper name - Assyria",
"*wayyaʿal*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went up",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular construct - king of",
"*ʾaššûr*": "proper name - Assyria",
"*dammeśeq*": "proper name - Damascus",
"*wayyiṯpəśehā*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and he captured it",
"*wayyaḡlehā*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and he exiled it",
"*qîrāh*": "proper name with directional hey - to Kir",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*rəṣîn*": "proper name - Rezin",
"*hēmîṯ*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he killed"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyišmaʿ* to him": "listened to him/complied with his request/agreed with him",
"*wayyiṯpəśehā*": "captured it/seized it",
"*wayyaḡlehā*": "deported it/exiled it/carried it away"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "2 Kings.16.10",
"source": "וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָחָ֡ז לִ֠קְרַאת תִּגְלַ֨ת פִּלְאֶ֤סֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ דּוּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וַיַּ֥רְא אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּדַמָּ֑שֶׂק וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָחָ֜ז אֶל־אוּרִיָּ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן אֶת־דְּמ֧וּת הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ וְאֶת־תַּבְנִית֖וֹ לְכָֽל־מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ",
"text": "*wayyēleḵ* *hammeleḵ* *ʾāḥāz* to meet *tiḡlaṯ* *pilʾeser* *meleḵ*-*ʾaššûr* *dûmmeśeq* *wayyarʾ* *ʾeṯ*-*hammizbēaḥ* which was in *dammāśeq* *wayyišlaḥ* *hammeleḵ* *ʾāḥāz* to *ʾûrîyāh* *hakkōhēn* *ʾeṯ*-*dəmûṯ* *hammizbēaḥ* and *ʾeṯ*-*taḇnîṯô* for all *maʿăśêhû*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyēleḵ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went",
"*hammeleḵ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the king",
"*ʾāḥāz*": "proper name - Ahaz",
"*tiḡlaṯ* *pilʾeser*": "proper name - Tiglath-Pileser",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular construct - king of",
"*ʾaššûr*": "proper name - Assyria",
"*dûmmeśeq*": "proper name - Damascus",
"*wayyarʾ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he saw",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*hammizbēaḥ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the altar",
"*dammāśeq*": "proper name - Damascus",
"*wayyišlaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he sent",
"*hammeleḵ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the king",
"*ʾāḥāz*": "proper name - Ahaz",
"*ʾûrîyāh*": "proper name - Uriah",
"*hakkōhēn*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the priest",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*dəmûṯ*": "feminine singular construct - likeness of",
"*hammizbēaḥ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the altar",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*taḇnîṯô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its pattern",
"*maʿăśêhû*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its workmanship"
},
"variants": {
"*dəmûṯ*": "likeness/model/pattern",
"*taḇnîṯô*": "its pattern/its design/its model",
"*maʿăśêhû*": "its workmanship/its construction/how it was made"
}
}
11{
"verseID": "2 Kings.16.11",
"source": "וַיִּ֛בֶן אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַכֹּהֵ֖ן אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ כְּכֹ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָחָ֜ז מִדַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק כֵּ֤ן עָשָׂה֙ אוּרִיָּ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֔ן עַד־בּ֥וֹא הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־אָחָ֖ז מִדַּמָּֽשֶׂק",
"text": "*wayyiḇen* *ʾûrîyāh* *hakkōhēn* *ʾeṯ*-*hammizbēaḥ* according to all which *šālaḥ* *hammeleḵ* *ʾāḥāz* from *dammeśeq* thus *ʿāśāh* *ʾûrîyāh* *hakkōhēn* until *bôʾ* *hammeleḵ*-*ʾāḥāz* from *dammāśeq*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiḇen*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he built",
"*ʾûrîyāh*": "proper name - Uriah",
"*hakkōhēn*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the priest",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*hammizbēaḥ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the altar",
"*šālaḥ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he sent",
"*hammeleḵ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the king",
"*ʾāḥāz*": "proper name - Ahaz",
"*dammeśeq*": "proper name - Damascus",
"*ʿāśāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he made/did",
"*ʾûrîyāh*": "proper name - Uriah",
"*hakkōhēn*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the priest",
"*bôʾ*": "Qal infinitive construct - coming of",
"*hammeleḵ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the king",
"*ʾāḥāz*": "proper name - Ahaz",
"*dammāśeq*": "proper name - Damascus"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyiḇen*": "built/constructed",
"*bôʾ*": "coming/arrival/return"
}
}