2 Kings 7:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?”

2 Kings 7:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 7:316 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֧הwəʾarəbāʿāh

fourconjH702

אֲנָשִׁ֛יםʾănāšiym

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

הָי֥וּhāyw

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

מְצֹרָעִ֖יםməṣōrāʿiym

leperverbH6879

leprous

פֶּ֣תַחpetaḥ

doornounH6607

entering · entrance · gate · opening ···

הַ/שָּׁ֑עַרhašāʿar

cityparticleH8179

door · gate · port

וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙wayōʾmərw

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אִ֣ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

רֵעֵ֔/הוּrēʿēhw

brothernounH7453

companion · fellow · friend · husband ···

מָ֗הmāh

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

אֲנַ֛חְנוּʾănaḥənw

ourselvesprepH587

us · we

יֹשְׁבִ֥יםyōšəbiym

abideverbH3427

continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···

פֹּ֖הpōh

hereadvH6311

hither · the one (other · this · that) side

עַדʿad

againstpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

מָֽתְנוּmātənw

dead (bodyverbH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

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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