2 Kings 20:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִבָּנֶ֜יךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֵצְא֧וּ מִמְּךָ֛ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תּוֹלִ֖יד *יקח **יִקָּ֑חוּ וְהָיוּ֙ סָֽרִיסִ֔ים בְּהֵיכַ֖ל מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃

Transliteration

û-from-bānêḵā which yēṣəʾû from-you, which tôlîd *yiqqāḥû, wə-hāyû sārîsîm in-hêḵal meleḵ Bābel.

Grammar Details

*û*-: conjunction - and
*bānêḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your sons
*yēṣəʾû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will come out
*tôlîd*: hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will beget
*yiqqāḥû*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will be taken
*wə*-: conjunction - and
*hāyû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural with waw consecutive - they will become
*sārîsîm*: masculine plural noun - officials/eunuchs
*hêḵal*: masculine singular construct - palace of
*meleḵ*: masculine singular construct - king of
*Bābel*: proper name - Babylon

Word Meanings

*yēṣəʾû*: will come out/will descend/will proceed
*tôlîd*: you will beget/you will father
*sārîsîm*: eunuchs/officials/court officers
*hêḵal*: palace/temple

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 33:11 : 11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
2 Kgs 24:12 : 12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
Dan 1:3 : 3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;
2 Kgs 25:6 : 6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

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