Hebrew Interlinear

2 Kings 25:24 Interlinear

sware And Gedaliah and said unto them Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon and it shall be well

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עH7650swareto seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
2לָהֶ֤םH0
3גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙H1436And Gedaliahgedaljah, the name of five israelites
4וּלְאַנְשֵׁיהֶ֔םH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
5וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
6לָהֶ֔םH0
7אַלH408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
8תִּֽירְא֖וּH3372unto them Fearto fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
9מֵֽעַבְדֵ֣יH5650not to be the servantsa servant
10הַכַּשְׂדִּ֑יםH3778of the Chaldeesa kasdite, or descendant of kesed; by implication, a chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
11שְׁב֣וּH3427dwellproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
12בָאָ֗רֶץH776in the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
13וְעִבְד֛וּH5647and serveto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
14אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
15מֶ֥לֶךְH4428the kinga king
16בָּבֶ֖לH894of Babylonbabel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire
17וְיִטַ֥בH3190and it shall be wellto be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
18לָכֶֽם׃H0

Verse Context

2 Kings 25:23heard And when all the captains of the armies ...
2 Kings 25:24 (current)sware And Gedaliah and said unto them Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon and it shall be well
2 Kings 25:25 month But it came to pass in the seventh came that Ishmael the son...

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