2 Kings 17:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁוּר֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַגּוֹיִ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִגְלִ֙יתָ֙ וַתּ֙וֹשֶׁב֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י שֹׁמְר֔וֹן לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ אֶת־מִשְׁפַּ֖ט אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיְשַׁלַּח־בָּ֣ם אֶת־הָאֲרָי֗וֹת וְהִנָּם֙ מְמִיתִ֣ים אוֹתָ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ אֵינָ֣ם יֹדְעִ֔ים אֶת־מִשְׁפַּ֖ט אֱלֹהֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

And they ʾāmar to king of ʾaššûr saying, 'The gôy which you gālâ and caused to yāšab in cities of šōmᵊrôn not they yādaʿ ʾēt-mišpāṭ of ʾĕlōhîm of the ʾereṣ; and he sent among them ʾēt-the ʾaryēh, and behold them mût them, because they are not yādaʿ ʾēt-mišpāṭ of ʾĕlōhîm of the ʾereṣ.'

Grammar Details

*ʾāmar*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - they said
*ʾaššûr*: proper noun - Assyria
*gôy*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the nations
*gālâ*: Hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you exiled
*yāšab*: Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - you caused to dwell
*šōmᵊrôn*: proper noun - Samaria
*yādaʿ*: Qal participle masculine plural - knowing
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine singular construct - custom/manner of
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the land
*ʾaryēh*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the lions
*mût*: Hiphil participle masculine plural - causing to die

Word Meanings

*ʾāmar*: say/speak/tell
*gôy*: nations/peoples/gentiles
*gālâ*: exile/deport/remove
*yāšab*: cause to dwell/settle/place
*yādaʿ*: know/understand/be acquainted with
*mišpāṭ*: custom/manner/law/ordinance
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/deity
*ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory
*ʾaryēh*: lions/predators
*mût*: causing to die/killing

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 8:9 : 9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
1 Sam 10:25 : 25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
2 Kgs 17:27 : 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
Amos 8:14 : 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

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2 Kgs 17:23-25
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27Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
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24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
25And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
26And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
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