2 Kings 3:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה עָשֹׂ֛ה הַנַּ֥חַל הַזֶּ֖ה גֵּבִ֥ים ׀ גֵּבִֽים׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer, thus ʾāmar YHWH: ʿāsōh ha-naḥal ha-zeh gēbîm gēbîm.

Grammar Details

*wa-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*kōh*: adverb - thus/so
*ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has said
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
*ʿāsōh*: qal infinitive absolute - make
*ha-naḥal*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the valley/wadi
*ha-zeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this
*gēbîm gēbîm*: masculine plural noun, repeated - ditches upon ditches/many ditches

Word Meanings

*ʿāsōh*: make/dig
*ha-naḥal*: valley/wadi/streambed
*gēbîm gēbîm*: ditches upon ditches/many trenches/pools everywhere

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 2:16-18 : 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. 17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. 18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
2 Kgs 4:3 : 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

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