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2 Kings 7:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.


2 Kings 7:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 7:927 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְרוּ֩wayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אִ֨ישׁʾiyš
eachnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
רֵעֵ֜/הוּrēʿēhw
neighbor hisnounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
כֵ֣ןkēn
rightadjH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
אֲנַ֣חְנוּʾănaḥənw
weprepH587
us · we
עֹשִׂ֗יםʿōśiym
are doingverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
הַ/יּ֤וֹםhaywōm
the dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/זֶּה֙hazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
יוֹםywōm
is a day ofnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
בְּשֹׂרָ֣הbəśōrāh
good newsnounH1309
ה֔וּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
וַ/אֲנַ֣חְנוּwaʾănaḥənw
and weconjH587
us · we
מַחְשִׁ֗יםmaḥəšiym
are silentverbH2814
keep silence · be silent · still
וְ/חִכִּ֛ינוּwəḥikiynw
and we will delayconjH2442
tarry · wait
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
א֥וֹרʾwōr
the light ofnounH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
הַ/בֹּ֖קֶרhabōqer
the morningparticleH1242
early · morning · morrow
וּ/מְצָאָ֣/נוּwməṣāʾānw
and it will find usconjH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
עָו֑וֹןʿāwwōn
punishmentnounH5771
iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin
וְ/עַתָּה֙wəʿatāh
and thereforeconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
לְכ֣וּləkw
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
וְ/נָבֹ֔אָהwənābōʾāh
so let us goconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
וְ/נַגִּ֖ידָהwənagiydāh
and let us tellconjH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
בֵּ֥יתbēyt
the household ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
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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