2 Kings 3:7

Webster's Bible (1833)

He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against Moab to battle? He said, I will go up: I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֡לֶךְ וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֨ט מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר מֶ֤לֶךְ מוֹאָב֙ פָּשַׁ֣ע בִּ֔י הֲתֵלֵ֥ךְ אִתִּ֛י אֶל־מוֹאָ֖ב לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶעֱלֶ֔ה כָּמ֧וֹנִי כָמ֛וֹךָ כְּעַמִּ֥י כְעַמֶּ֖ךָ כְּסוּסַ֥י כְּסוּסֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

wa-yēlek wa-yišlaḥ to-Yĕhôšāpāṭ king-of-Yĕhûdāh lēʾmōr, king-of-Môʾāb pāšaʿ against-me; hă-tēlēk with-me to-Môʾāb for-milḥāmāh? wa-yōʾmer, ʾeʿĕleh, as-I as-you, as-my-people as-your-people, as-my-horses as-your-horses.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yēlek*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went
• *wa-yišlaḥ*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he sent
• *Yĕhôšāpāṭ*: proper name - Jehoshaphat
• *Yĕhûdāh*: proper name - Judah
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
• *Môʾāb*: proper name - Moab
• *pāšaʿ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has rebelled
• *hă-tēlēk*: interrogative particle + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - will you go?
• *milḥāmāh*: feminine singular noun - battle/war
• *wa-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ʾeʿĕleh*: qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I will go up

Word Meanings

• *pāšaʿ*: rebelled/revolted
• *hă-tēlēk*: will you go/come
• *milḥāmāh*: battle/war/fighting
• *ʾeʿĕleh*: I will go up/ascend/join you

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 22:4 : 4 He said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
• 1 Kgs 22:32-33 : 32 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel; and they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. 33 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
• 2 Chr 18:3 : 3 Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? He answered him, I am as you are, and my people as your people; and [we will be] with you in the war.
• 2 Chr 18:29-32 : 29 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put you on your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle. 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 31 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they turned about to fight against him: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from him. 32 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
• 2 Chr 19:2 : 2 Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? for this thing wrath is on you from before Yahweh.
• 2 Chr 21:4-7 : 4 Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and various also of the princes of Israel. 5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh. 7 However Yahweh would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always.
• 2 Chr 22:3-4 : 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly. 4 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.
• 2 Chr 22:10-12 : 10 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she didn't kill him. 12 He was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.