2 Kings 14:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹא־דִבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה לִמְחוֹת֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיּ֣וֹשִׁיעֵ֔ם בְּיַ֖ד יָרָבְעָ֥ם בֶּן־יוֹאָֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

Wə-lōʾ-dibber YHWH li-mḥôth ʾeth-shēm yiśrāʾēl mi-taḥath ha-shāmāyim wa-yôshîʿēm bə-yad yārābəʿām ben-yôʾāsh

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *dibber*: piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he spoke
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *li*: preposition - to
• *mḥôth*: qal infinitive construct - blot out
• *ʾeth*: direct object marker
• *shēm*: construct masculine singular - name of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *mi*: preposition - from
• *taḥath*: preposition - under
• *ha*: definite article - the
• *shāmāyim*: masculine plural - heavens
• *wa*: consecutive prefix - and
• *yôshîʿēm*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - he saved them
• *bə*: preposition - by
• *yad*: construct feminine singular - hand of
• *yārābəʿām*: proper noun - Jeroboam
• *ben*: construct masculine singular - son of
• *yôʾāsh*: proper noun - Joash

Word Meanings

• *li-mḥôth*: to blot out/to erase/to wipe away
• *mi-taḥath ha-shāmāyim*: from under heaven [idiom for completely]
• *bə-yad*: by the hand of/through/by means of

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 13:23 : 23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
• 2 Kgs 13:5 : 5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
• Ps 69:28 : 28 Let them be blotted{H8735)} out of the book of the living, and not be written{H8735)} with the righteous.
• Hos 1:6-7 : 6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
• Rom 11:2-9 : 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
• Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• Rev 3:5 : 5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
• Exod 32:32-33 : 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
• Deut 9:14 : 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
• Deut 25:19 : 19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
• Deut 29:20 : 20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
• 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.