2 Kings 3:12

Webster's Bible (1833)

Jehoshaphat said, The word of Yahweh is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔ט יֵ֥שׁ אוֹת֖וֹ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּרְד֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו מֶ֧לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט וּמֶ֥לֶךְ אֱדֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer Yĕhôšāpāṭ, yēš with-him word-of-YHWH. wa-yērĕdû to-him king-of-Yiśrāʾēl and-Yĕhôšāpāṭ and-king-of-ʾĔdôm.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Yĕhôšāpāṭ*: proper name - Jehoshaphat
• *yēš*: adverb of existence - there is
• *ʾôtô*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him
• *dĕbar-YHWH*: construct relationship - word of YHWH
• *wa-yērĕdû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they went down
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - Israel
• *ʾĔdôm*: proper name - Edom

Word Meanings

• *yēš*: there is/exists
• *dĕbar-YHWH*: word of the LORD/divine message
• *wa-yērĕdû*: went down/descended/came down

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 3:19-21 : 19 Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh. 21 Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.
• 2 Kgs 2:14-15 : 14 He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah? and when he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha went over. 15 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha. They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
• 2 Kgs 2:21 : 21 He went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus says Yahweh, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying.
• 2 Kgs 2:24-25 : 24 He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them. 25 He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
• 2 Kgs 5:8-9 : 8 It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
• 2 Kgs 5:15 : 15 He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, please take a present from your servant.
• Isa 49:23 : 23 Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.
• Isa 60:14 : 14 The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending to you; and all those who despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you The city of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
• Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.