Hebrew Interlinear

2 Kings 25:3 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of 2 Kings 25:3, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

And on the ninth day of the fourth month prevailed the famine in the city and there was no bread for the people of the land

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1בְּתִשְׁעָ֣הH8672And on the ninthnine or (ordinal) ninth
2לַחֹ֔דֶשׁH2320day of the fourth monththe new moon; by implication, a month
3וַיֶּֽחֱזַ֥קH2388prevailedto fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra
4הָֽרָעָ֖בH7458the faminehunger (more or less extensive)
5בָּעִ֑ירH5892in the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
6וְלֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
7הָ֥יָהH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8לֶ֖חֶםH3899and there was no breadfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
9לְעַ֥םH5971for the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
10הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776of the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

2 Kings 25:2was besieged And the city unto the eleventh ...
2 Kings 25:3 (current)And on the ninth day of the fourth month prevailed the famine in the city and there was no bread for the people of the land
2 Kings 25:4was broken up And the city of war fled by night...

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