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2 Kings 18:36 — King James Version← Study notes

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.


2 Kings 18:36Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 18:3613 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הֶחֱרִ֣ישׁוּwəheḥĕriyšw
ceaseconjH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
הָ/עָ֔םhāʿām
peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
עָנ֥וּʿānw
give accountverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
אֹת֖/וֹʾōtwō
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דָּבָ֑רdābār
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
כִּיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִצְוַ֨תmiṣəwat
commandednounH4687
law · ordinance · precept
הַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
הִ֛יאhiyʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
לֵ/אמֹ֖רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תַעֲנֻֽ/הוּtaʿănuhw
give accountverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
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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