18{
"verseID": "2 Kings.25.18",
"source": "וַיִּקַּ֣ח רַב־טַבָּחִ֗ים אֶת־שְׂרָיָה֙ כֹּהֵ֣ן הָרֹ֔אשׁ וְאֶת־צְפַנְיָ֖הוּ כֹּהֵ֣ן מִשְׁנֶ֑ה וְאֶת־שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת שֹׁמְרֵ֥י הַסַּֽף׃",
"text": "*wa*-*yiqqaḥ* *rab*-*ṭabbāḥîm* *ʾet*-*śərāyâh* *kōhēn* the-*rōʾš* *wə*-*ʾet*-*ṣəpanyāhû* *kōhēn* *mišneh* *wə*-*ʾet*-*šəlōšet* *šōmərê* the-*sap*.",
"grammar": {
"*wa*": "conjunction - and",
"*yiqqaḥ*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - took/seized",
"*rab*": "noun, masculine construct - chief of",
"*ṭabbāḥîm*": "noun, masculine plural - guards/executioners (lit: slaughterers)",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*śərāyâh*": "proper noun - Seraiah",
"*kōhēn*": "noun, masculine singular - priest",
"*rōʾš*": "noun, masculine singular - head/chief",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ṣəpanyāhû*": "proper noun - Zephaniah",
"*mišneh*": "noun, masculine singular - second/deputy",
"*šəlōšet*": "numeral, feminine construct - three of",
"*šōmərê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - keepers of",
"*sap*": "noun, masculine singular - threshold/doorway"
},
"variants": {
"*rab*-*ṭabbāḥîm*": "chief of the guard/captain of bodyguard/chief executioner",
"*kōhēn* the-*rōʾš*": "chief priest/high priest",
"*kōhēn* *mišneh*": "second priest/deputy priest",
"*šōmərê* the-*sap*": "keepers of the threshold/doorkeepers/guardians of the entrance"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "2 Kings.25.19",
"source": "וּמִן־הָעִ֡יר לָקַח֩ סָרִ֨יס אֶחָ֜ד אֲֽשֶׁר־ה֥וּא פָקִ֣יד ׀ עַל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה אֲנָשִׁ֜ים מֵרֹאֵ֤י פְנֵֽי־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִמְצְא֣וּ בָעִ֔יר וְאֵ֗ת הַסֹּפֵר֙ שַׂ֣ר הַצָּבָ֔א הַמַּצְבִּ֖א אֶת־עַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים אִישׁ֙ מֵעַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֖ים בָּעִֽיר׃",
"text": "*û*-from-the-*ʿîr* *lāqaḥ* *sārîs* *ʾeḥād* who-he *pāqîd* upon-*ʾanšê* the-*milḥāmâh* *wa*-*ḥămiššâh* *ʾănāšîm* from-*rōʾê* *pənê*-the-*melek* who *nimṣəʾû* in-the-*ʿîr* *wə*-*ʾēt* the-*sōpēr* *śar* the-*ṣābāʾ* the-*maṣbîʾ* *ʾet*-*ʿam* the-*ʾāreṣ* *wə*-*šiššîm* *ʾîš* from-*ʿam* the-*ʾāreṣ* the-*nimṣəʾîm* in-the-*ʿîr*.",
"grammar": {
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʿîr*": "noun, feminine singular - city",
"*lāqaḥ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - took/seized",
"*sārîs*": "noun, masculine singular - officer/eunuch",
"*ʾeḥād*": "numeral, masculine singular - one",
"*pāqîd*": "noun, masculine singular - overseer/officer/appointed one",
"*ʾanšê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - men of",
"*milḥāmâh*": "noun, feminine singular - war/battle",
"*wa*": "conjunction - and",
"*ḥămiššâh*": "numeral, feminine - five",
"*ʾănāšîm*": "noun, masculine plural - men",
"*rōʾê*": "verb, qal participle masculine plural construct - seers of/who see",
"*pənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - face of",
"*melek*": "noun, masculine singular - king",
"*nimṣəʾû*": "verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - were found",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*sōpēr*": "noun, masculine singular - scribe/secretary",
"*śar*": "noun, masculine singular construct - commander of",
"*ṣābāʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - army/host",
"*maṣbîʾ*": "verb, hiphil participle, masculine singular - mustering/conscripting",
"*ʿam*": "noun, masculine singular - people",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - land/earth/country",
"*šiššîm*": "numeral - sixty",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man/each",
"*nimṣəʾîm*": "verb, niphal participle, masculine plural - being found/who were found"
},
"variants": {
"*sārîs*": "officer/eunuch/court official",
"*pāqîd*": "overseer/officer/appointee/commander",
"*rōʾê* *pənê*-the-*melek*": "those who saw the king's face/royal advisors/courtiers",
"*sōpēr* *śar* the-*ṣābāʾ*": "the scribe of the commander of the army/military secretary",
"*maṣbîʾ*": "mustering/conscripting/enrolling",
"*ʿam* the-*ʾāreṣ*": "people of the land/common people/civilian population"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "2 Kings.25.20",
"source": "וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֹתָ֔ם נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֑ים וַיֹּ֧לֶךְ אֹתָ֛ם עַל־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל רִבְלָֽתָה׃",
"text": "*wa*-*yiqqaḥ* them *nəbûzarʾădān* *rab*-*ṭabbāḥîm* *wa*-*yōlek* them to-*melek* *bābel* *riblātâh*.",
"grammar": {
"*wa*": "conjunction - and",
"*yiqqaḥ*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - took/seized",
"*nəbûzarʾădān*": "proper noun - Nebuzaradan",
"*rab*": "noun, masculine construct - chief of",
"*ṭabbāḥîm*": "noun, masculine plural - guards/executioners (lit: slaughterers)",
"*yōlek*": "verb, hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - led/brought",
"*melek*": "noun, masculine singular construct - king of",
"*bābel*": "proper noun - Babylon",
"*riblātâh*": "proper noun with directional he - to Riblah"
},
"variants": {
"*nəbûzarʾădān*": "Nebuzaradan (Babylonian name)",
"*rab*-*ṭabbāḥîm*": "chief of the guard/captain of bodyguard/chief executioner",
"*riblātâh*": "to Riblah (city in Syria)"
}
}