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2 Kings 17:25 — King James Version← Study notes

And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.


2 Kings 17:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 17:2516 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֗יwayəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בִּ/תְחִלַּת֙bitəḥilat
beginpronH8462
first
שִׁבְתָּ֣/םšibətām
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
שָׁ֔םšām
in itadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָרְא֖וּyārəʾw
affrightverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֨חwayəšalaḥ
appointconjH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
יְהוָ֤הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בָּ/הֶם֙bāhem
pron
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ֣/אֲרָי֔וֹתhāʾărāywōt
lionparticleH738
pierce
וַ/יִּֽהְי֥וּwayihəyw
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
הֹרְגִ֖יםhōrəgiym
destroyverbH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
בָּ/הֶֽםbāhem
pron
Words 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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