Hebrew Interlinear
2 Kings 6:25 Interlinear
“ famine And there was a great in Samaria and behold they besieged head it until an ass's was sold for fourscore pieces of silver and the fourth part of a cab for five pieces of silver”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיְהִ֨י | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 2 | רָעָ֤ב | H7458 | famine | hunger (more or less extensive) |
| 3 | גָּדוֹל֙ | H1419 | And there was a great | great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent |
| 4 | בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן | H8111 | in Samaria | shomeron, a place in palestine |
| 5 | וְהִנֵּ֖ה | H2009 | lo! | |
| 6 | צָרִ֣ים | H6696 | and behold they besieged | to cramp, i.e., confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile) |
| 7 | עָלֶ֑יהָ | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 8 | עַ֣ד | H5704 | as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | |
| 9 | הֱי֤וֹת | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 10 | רֹאשׁ | H7218 | head | the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) |
| 11 | חֲמוֹר֙ | H2543 | it until an ass's | a male ass (from its dun red) |
| 12 | בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים | H8084 | was sold for fourscore | eighty, also eightieth |
| 13 | כָֽסֶף׃ | H3701 | pieces of silver | silver (from its pale color); by implication, money |
| 14 | וְרֹ֛בַע | H7255 | and the fourth part | a quarter |
| 15 | הַקַּ֥ב | H6894 | of a cab | a hollow, i.e., vessel used as a (dry) measure |
| 16 | חִרייוֹנִ֖ים | H2755 | excrements of doves or a vegetable | |
| 17 | בַּֽחֲמִשָּׁה | H2568 | for five | five |
| 18 | כָֽסֶף׃ | H3701 | pieces of silver | silver (from its pale color); by implication, money |
Verse Context
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