2 Kings 15:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֣ז יַכֶּֽה־מְ֠נַחֵם אֶת־תִּפְסַ֨ח וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֤הּ וְאֶת־גְּבוּלֶ֙יהָ֙ מִתִּרְצָ֔ה כִּ֛י לֹ֥א פָתַ֖ח וַיַּ֑ךְ אֵ֛ת כָּל־הֶהָ֥רוֹתֶ֖יהָ בִּקֵּֽעַ׃

Transliteration

Then yakkeh-Mənaḥēm 'eth-Tifsaḥ and 'eth-all-which-in her and 'eth-gəvūleyhā from Tirtsāh because not pāthaḥ wayyakh 'ēth all-the hehārōtheyhā biqqēa'.

Grammar Details

*yakkeh*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he struck
*Mənaḥēm*: proper name - Menahem
*Tifsaḥ*: proper name - Tiphsah
*gəvūleyhā*: masculine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her borders/territories
*Tirtsāh*: proper name - Tirzah
*pāthaḥ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he opened
*wayyakh*: Hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he struck
*hehārōtheyhā*: feminine plural noun with definite article and 3rd feminine singular suffix - her pregnant women
*biqqēa'*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he ripped open/split open

Word Meanings

*yakkeh*: struck/attacked/defeated
*gəvūleyhā*: her borders/her territories/her surrounding regions
*pāthaḥ*: opened/surrendered/submitted
*hehārōtheyhā*: her pregnant women
*biqqēa'*: ripped open/split open/cut open

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 8:12 : 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Hos 13:16 : 16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
1 Kgs 4:24 : 24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
Amos 1:13 : 13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

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