Isaiah 36:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֡י בְּאַרְבַּע֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה שָׁנָ֜ה לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ עָלָ֞ה סַנְחֵרִ֤יב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ עַ֣ל כָּל־עָרֵ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם

Transliteration

And wayəhî in ʾarbaʿ ʿeśrēh šānāh to the melek ḥizqîyāhû, ʿālāh sanḥērîḇ melek-ʾaššûr against all-ʿārê yəhûḏāh the bəṣurôṯ and wayyitpəśēm

Grammar Details

• *wayəhî*: waw-consecutive + imperfect 3rd masculine singular of root היה - and it was/came to pass
• *ʾarbaʿ ʿeśrēh šānāh*: cardinal number + feminine noun singular - fourteen years
• *melek ḥizqîyāhû*: construct noun + proper noun - king Hezekiah
• *ʿālāh*: perfect 3rd masculine singular - went up/ascended
• *sanḥērîḇ melek-ʾaššûr*: proper noun + construct noun + proper noun - Sennacherib king of Assyria
• *ʿārê*: construct plural of עיר - cities of
• *yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *bəṣurôṯ*: feminine plural adjective - fortified/defended
• *wayyitpəśēm*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he seized/captured them

Word Meanings

• *wayəhî*: and it happened/came to pass/was
• *ʿālāh*: went up/ascended/attacked
• *bəṣurôṯ*: fortified/fenced/defended
• *wayyitpəśēm*: and he seized/captured/took possession of them

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 32:1 : 1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
• 2 Kgs 18:13 : 13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
• 2 Kgs 18:17 : 17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
• Isa 1:7-8 : 7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. 8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
• Isa 7:17 : 17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
• Isa 8:7-8 : 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
• Isa 10:28-32 : 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: 29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. 30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. 31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. 32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
• Isa 33:7-8 : 7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. 8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.