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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֨יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2רָעָ֤בH7458faminehunger (more or less extensive)
3גָּדוֹל֙H1419And there was a greatgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
4בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןH8111in Samariashomeron, a place in palestine
5וְהִנֵּ֖הH2009lo!
6צָרִ֣יםH6696and behold they besiegedto cramp, i.e., confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
7עָלֶ֑יהָH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8עַ֣דH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
9הֱי֤וֹתH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
10רֹאשׁH7218headthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
11חֲמוֹר֙H2543it until an ass'sa male ass (from its dun red)
12בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣יםH8084was sold for fourscoreeighty, also eightieth
13כָֽסֶף׃H3701pieces of silversilver (from its pale color); by implication, money
14וְרֹ֛בַעH7255and the fourth parta quarter
15הַקַּ֥בH6894of a caba hollow, i.e., vessel used as a (dry) measure
16חִרייוֹנִ֖יםH2755excrements of doves or a vegetable
17בַּֽחֲמִשָּׁהH2568for fivefive
18כָֽסֶף׃H3701pieces of silversilver (from its pale color); by implication, money

Verse Context

2 Kings 6:24 And it came to pass after this gathered that Benhadad...
2 Kings 6:25 (current) 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
2 Kings 6:26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall...

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