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2 Kings 6:25 — King James Version← Study notes

And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.


2 Kings 6:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 6:2520 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֨יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
רָעָ֤בrāʿāb
a faminenounH7458
famine · famished · hunger
גָּדוֹל֙gādwōl
greatadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
בְּ/שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןbəšōmərwōn
in SamariapronH8111
וְ/הִנֵּ֖הwəhinēh
and there!conjH2009
lo · see
צָרִ֣יםṣāriym
they were laying siegeverbH6696
assault · beset · besiege · bind ···
עָלֶ֑י/הָʿāleyhā
on itpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עַ֣דʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
הֱי֤וֹתhĕywōt
wasverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
רֹאשׁrōʾš
the head ofnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
חֲמוֹר֙ḥămwōr
a donkeynounH2543
בִּ/שְׁמֹנִ֣יםbišəmōniym
for eightypronH8084
fourscore
כֶּ֔סֶףkesep
silvernounH3701
price · silver
וְ/רֹ֛בַעwərōbaʿ
and the fourth part ofconjH7255
הַ/קַּ֥בhaqab
the kabparticleH6894
חריḥry
doves' dungnounH2755
יוניםywnym
dovenounH3123
pigeon
דִּבְיוֹנִ֖יםdibəywōniym
dove's dungnounH1686
בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁהbaḥămišāh
for fivepronH2568
fifth · five
כָֽסֶףkāsep
silvernounH3701
price · silver
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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