2 Kings 8:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב יוֹרָם֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֲחַזְיָ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

Transliteration

And yiškab yôrām with ʾăbōtāw, and yiqqābēr with ʾăbōtāw in ʿîr dāwid, and yimlōk ʾăḥazyāhû bənô in his place.

Grammar Details

*yiškab*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he slept/rested
*yôrām*: proper noun - Joram/Jehoram
*ʾăbōtāw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his fathers
*yiqqābēr*: verb, niphal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he was buried
*ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular construct - city of
*dāwid*: proper noun - David
*yimlōk*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he reigned
*ʾăḥazyāhû*: proper noun - Ahaziah
*bənô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his son

Word Meanings

*yiškab ʿim-ʾăbōtāw*: slept with his fathers/rested with his ancestors/died (euphemism)
*ʿîr dāwid*: City of David/Jerusalem

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 21:1 : 1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 21:17 : 17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
2 Chr 22:6 : 6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
2 Chr 25:23 : 23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
2 Chr 21:20-22:1 : 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. 1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
1 Kgs 2:10 : 10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
1 Kgs 11:43 : 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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.
1 Chr 3:11 : 11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

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