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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
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
רָעָ֤בrāʿāb
dearthnounH7458
famine · famished · hunger
גָּדוֹל֙gādwōl
elderadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
בְּ/שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןbəšōmərwōn
SamariapronH8111
וְ/הִנֵּ֖הwəhinēh
beholdconjH2009
lo · see
צָרִ֣יםṣāriym
adversaryverbH6696
assault · beset · besiege · bind ···
עָלֶ֑י/הָʿāleyhā
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עַ֣דʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
הֱי֤וֹתhĕywōt
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
רֹאשׁrōʾš
bandnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
חֲמוֹר֙ḥămwōr
assnounH2543
בִּ/שְׁמֹנִ֣יםbišəmōniym
eightypronH8084
fourscore
כֶּ֔סֶףkesep
moneynounH3701
price · silver
וְ/רֹ֛בַעwərōbaʿ
fourth participleconjH7255
הַ/קַּ֥בhaqab
cabparticleH6894
חריḥry
doves' dungnounH2755
יוניםywnym
dovenounH3123
pigeon
דִּבְיוֹנִ֖יםdibəywōniym
dove's dungnounH1686
בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁהbaḥămišāh
fifpronH2568
fifth · five
כָֽסֶףkāsep
moneynounH3701
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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