2 Kings 11:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתֵּ֡רֶא וְהִנֵּ֣ה הַמֶּלֶךְ֩ עֹמֵ֨ד עַֽל־הָעַמּ֜וּד כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט וְהַשָּׂרִ֤ים וְהַחֲצֹֽצְרוֹת֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְכָל־עַ֤ם הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ שָׂמֵ֔חַ וְתֹקֵ֖עַ בַּחֲצֹֽצְר֑וֹת וַתִּקְרַ֤ע עֲתַלְיָה֙ אֶת־בְּגָדֶ֔יהָ וַתִּקְרָ֖א קֶ֥שֶׁר קָֽשֶׁר׃ ס

Transliteration

And wattēreʾ and behold the-king ʿōmēd by-the-ʿammûd according-to-the-mišpāṭ, and the-śārîm and the-ḥăṣōṣərôt by-the-king, and all-ʿam the-ʾāreṣ śāmēaḥ and tōqēaʿ with-ḥăṣōṣərôt; and wattiqraʿ ʿătalyāh ʾet-her-garments and wattiqrāʾ qešer qāšer.

Grammar Details

• *wattēreʾ*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - and she saw
• *wəhinnēh*: conjunction + demonstrative particle - and behold
• *hammelek*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the king
• *ʿōmēd*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - standing
• *ʿal-hāʿammûd*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - by the pillar/platform
• *kammišpāṭ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - according to the custom
• *wəhaśśārîm*: conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine plural - and the officers
• *wəhaḥăṣōṣərôt*: conjunction + definite article + noun, feminine plural - and the trumpets
• *ʾel-hammelek*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - by the king
• *wəkol-ʿam*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and all people of
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
• *śāmēaḥ*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - rejoicing
• *wətōqēaʿ*: conjunction + verb, qal participle, masculine singular - and blowing
• *baḥăṣōṣərôt*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine plural - with trumpets
• *wattiqraʿ*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - and she tore
• *ʾet-bəgādeyhā*: direct object marker + noun, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her garments
• *wattiqrāʾ*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - and she cried
• *qešer*: noun, masculine singular - conspiracy
• *qāšer*: noun, masculine singular - conspiracy

Word Meanings

• *ʿammûd*: pillar, column, platform
• *mišpāṭ*: custom, manner, ordinance, judgment
• *śārîm*: officers, officials, princes, leaders
• *ḥăṣōṣərôt*: trumpets, horns
• *ʿam hāʾāreṣ*: people of the land, common people, citizenry
• *qešer qāšer*: treason, conspiracy, rebellion - doubled for emphasis

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 23:3 : 3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
• 2 Chr 34:31 : 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
• 2 Kgs 9:23 : 23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
• 1 Kgs 1:39-40 : 39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. 40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
• Luke 19:37 : 37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
• Rev 19:1-7 : 1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
• Prov 29:2 : 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
• 1 Kgs 18:17-18 : 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
• Gen 37:29 : 29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
• Gen 44:13 : 13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
• Num 10:1-9 : 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. 6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. 9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
• 2 Kgs 11:1-2 : 1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
• 2 Kgs 11:10-11 : 10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
• 1 Chr 12:40 : 40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.