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2 Kings 9:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?


2 Kings 9:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 9:1722 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הַ/צֹּפֶה֩wəhaṣōpeh
beholdconjH6822
espy · look up · wait for · watch
עֹמֵ֨דʿōmēd
abideverbH5975
appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···
עַֽלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מִּגְדָּ֜לhamigədāl
castleparticleH4026
flower · tower. Compare the names following
בְּ/יִזְרְעֶ֗אלbəyizərəʿeʾl
JezreelpronH3157
וַ/יַּ֞רְאwayarəʾ
advise selfconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שִׁפְעַ֤תšipəʿat
abundancenounH8229
company · multitude
יֵהוּא֙yēhwʾ
JehunounH3058
בְּ/בֹא֔/וֹbəbōʾwō
abidepronH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שִׁפְעַ֖תšipəʿat
abundancenounH8229
company · multitude
אֲנִ֣יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
רֹאֶ֑הrōʾeh
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוֹרָ֗םyəhwōrām
JehoramnounH3088
Joram. Compare
קַ֥חqaḥ
acceptverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
רַכָּ֛בrakāb
chariot mannounH7395
driver of a chariot · horseman
וּֽ/שְׁלַ֥חwšəlaḥ
appointconjH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
לִ/קְרָאתָ֖/םliqərāʾtām
helppronH7125
against · meet · seek · to ···
וְ/יֹאמַ֥רwəyōʾmar
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הֲ/שָׁלֽוֹםhăšālwōm
familiarparticleH7965
do · fare · favour · friend ···
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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