2 Kings 11:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽעֲתַלְיָה֙ אֵ֣ם אֲחַזְיָ֔הוּ וראתה רָאֲתָ֖ה כִּ֣י מֵ֣ת בְּנָ֑הּ וַתָּ֙קָם֙ וַתְּאַבֵּ֔ד אֵ֖ת כָּל־זֶ֥רַע הַמַּמְלָכָֽה׃

Transliteration

And ʿătalyāh ʾēm ʾăḥazyāhû when she rāʾătāh that mēt her bənāh, wattāqām and wattəʾabbēd ʾēt all-zeraʿ the-mamlākāh.

Grammar Details

• *wə-*: conjunction - and, prefix
• *ʿătalyāh*: proper noun, feminine singular - Athaliah
• *ʾēm*: noun, construct state - mother of
• *ʾăḥazyāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ahaziah
• *rāʾătāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she saw
• *kî*: conjunction - that, because
• *mēt*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - died, was dead
• *bənāh*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her son
• *wattāqām*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - and she arose
• *wattəʾabbēd*: verb, piel imperfect consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - and she destroyed
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *kol*: noun, construct - all of
• *zeraʿ*: noun, masculine singular, construct - seed of
• *ha-mamlākāh*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the kingdom

Word Meanings

• *ʿătalyāh*: Athaliah (name meaning 'YHWH has constrained')
• *rāʾătāh*: saw, perceived, understood
• *mēt*: died, was dead
• *wattāqām*: and she arose, stood up, established herself
• *wattəʾabbēd*: and she destroyed, annihilated, caused to perish
• *zeraʿ*: seed, offspring, descendants, royal line
• *mamlākāh*: kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 22:10-12 : 10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest,(for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. 12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
• 2 Kgs 8:26 : 26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
• 2 Kgs 9:27 : 27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
• 2 Kgs 25:25 : 25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
• 2 Chr 24:7 : 7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
• Jer 41:1 : 1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
• Matt 2:13 : 13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
• Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
• Matt 21:38-39 : 38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.