2 Kings

2 Kings 10:24

²⁴And they went in^d to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”

Footnotes

d 10:24 LXX he went in; see also verse 25.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And they went in	וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ	way·yā·ḇō·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to offer	לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת	la·‘ă·śō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H6213 do, make
sacrifices	זְבָחִ֣ים	zə·ḇā·ḥîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2077 sacrifice
and burnt offerings	וְעֹל֑וֹת	wə·‘ō·lō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H5930 whole burnt-offering
Now Jehu	וְיֵה֞וּא	wə·yê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3058 Jehu
had stationed	שָׂם־	śām-	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
eighty	שְׁמֹנִ֣ים	šə·mō·nîm	Number - common plural	H8084 an eighty
men	אִ֔ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
outside	בַחוּץ֙	ḇa·ḥūṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2351 the outside
and warned them	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
If anyone	הָאִ֤ישׁ	hā·’îš	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
allows one of	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the men	הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים	hā·’ă·nā·šîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H582 man, mankind
I	אֲנִי֙	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
am delivering	מֵבִ֣יא	mê·ḇî	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
into	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
your hands	יְדֵיכֶ֔ם	yə·ḏê·ḵem	Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine plural	H3027 hand
to escape	יִמָּלֵט֙	yim·mā·lêṭ	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4422 slip away
he will forfeit his life	נַפְשׁ֖וֹ	nap̄·šōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
for	תַּ֥חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
theirs	נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃	nap̄·šōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

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