2 Kings 15:38

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב יוֹתָם֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵר֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו בְּעִ֖יר דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָחָ֥ז בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ

Transliteration

wayyiškab yôtām ʿim-ʾăbōtāyw wayyiqqābēr ʿim-ʾăbōtāyw bəʿîr dāwid ʾābîw wayyimlōk ʾāḥāz bənô taḥtāyw

Grammar Details

*wayyiškab*: conjunction + verb qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - and he lay down/slept
*yôtām*: proper noun - Jotham
*ʿim*: preposition - with
*ʾăbōtāyw*: noun masculine plural + suffix 3rd masculine singular - his fathers
*wayyiqqābēr*: conjunction + verb niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - and he was buried
*bəʿîr*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - in city of
*dāwid*: proper noun - David
*ʾābîw*: noun masculine singular + suffix 3rd masculine singular - his father
*wayyimlōk*: conjunction + verb qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - and he reigned
*ʾāḥāz*: proper noun - Ahaz
*bənô*: noun masculine singular + suffix 3rd masculine singular - his son
*taḥtāyw*: preposition + suffix 3rd masculine singular - in his place

Word Meanings

*wayyiškab*: and he lay down/slept/rested (euphemism for died)
*wayyiqqābēr*: and he was buried/entombed
*ʿîr*: city/town
*wayyimlōk*: and he reigned/became king/ruled
*taḥtāyw*: in his place/instead of him/in his stead

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 7:12 : 12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Kgs 1:2 : 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
1 Kgs 14:20 : 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 14:31 : 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 16:1 : 1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
1 Chr 3:13 : 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
2 Chr 28:1 : 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:
Matt 1:9 : 9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

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