2 Chronicles 18:25

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל קְחוּ֙ אֶת־מִיכָ֔יְהוּ וַהֲשִׁיבֻ֖הוּ אֶל־אָמ֣וֹן שַׂר־הָעִ֑יר וְאֶל־יוֹאָ֖שׁ בֶּן־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer melek Yiśrāʾēl qəḥû ʾet-Mîkāyəhû wa-hăšîbuhû unto-ʾĀmôn śar-hā-ʿîr and-unto-Yôʾāš ben-ha-melek

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *melek Yiśrāʾēl*: masculine singular noun construct + proper noun - king of Israel
• *qəḥû*: qal imperative masculine plural - take
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *Mîkāyəhû*: proper noun - Micaiah
• *wa-hăšîbuhû*: conjunction + hiphil imperative masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and return him
• *ʾĀmôn*: proper noun - Amon
• *śar-hā-ʿîr*: masculine singular noun construct + definite article + feminine singular noun - governor of the city
• *Yôʾāš*: proper noun - Joash
• *ben-ha-melek*: masculine singular noun construct + definite article + masculine singular noun - son of the king

Word Meanings

• *qəḥû*: take/seize/fetch
• *hăšîbuhû*: return him/bring him back/restore him
• *śar*: prince/official/chief

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 18:8 : 8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
• 2 Chr 34:8 : 8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
• Jer 37:15-21 : 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. 16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? 19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? 20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. 21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
• Jer 38:6-7 : 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. 7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
• Acts 24:25-27 : 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. 26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him. 27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.