2 Kings 22:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.”

2 Kings 22:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 22:1110 words

HebrewMeaning

וַֽ/יְהִי֙wayəhiy

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

כִּ/שְׁמֹ֣עַkišəmōʿa

call togetherpronH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

דִּבְרֵ֖יdibərēy

wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

סֵ֣פֶרsēper

billnounH5612

book · evidence · learn · letter ···

הַ/תּוֹרָ֑הhatwōrāh

lawparticleH8451

וַ/יִּקְרַ֖עwayiqəraʿ

cut outconjH7167

rend · surely · tear

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

בְּגָדָֽי/וbəgādāyw

apparelnounH899

cloth(-es · ing) · garment · lap ···

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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