“Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father.”
2 Kings 16:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Kings 16:218 words
HebrewMeaning
בֶּןben
was a son ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
עֶשְׂרִ֤יםʿeśəriym
twentyadjH6242
twenty
שָׁנָה֙šānāh
yearsnounH8141
whole age · long · old
אָחָ֣זʾāḥāz
AhaznounH271
בְּ/מָלְכ֔/וֹbəmāləkwō
when became king hepronH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
וְ/שֵׁשׁwəšēš
and six-conjH8337
-teenth) · sixth
עֶשְׂרֵ֣הʿeśərēh
teenadjH6240
fif- · four- · nine- · seven- ···
שָׁנָ֔הšānāh
yearsnounH8141
whole age · long · old
מָלַ֖ךְmālakə
he reignedverbH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbiyrwšālāim
in JerusalempronH3389
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
עָשָׂ֣הʿāśāh
he didverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
הַ/יָּשָׁ֗רhayāšār
the rightparticleH3477
equity · Jasher · just · meet ···
בְּ/עֵינֵ֛יbəʿēynēy
in the eyes ofpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהָ֖י/וʾĕlōhāyw
God hisnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
כְּ/דָוִ֥דkədāwid
like DavidpronH1732
אָבִֽי/וʾābiyw
ancestor hisnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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