2 Kings

2 Kings 10:7

⁷And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	וַיְהִ֗י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
when the letter	הַסֵּ֙פֶר֙	has·sê·p̄er	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5612 missive, document, writing, book
arrived	כְּבֹ֤א	kə·ḇō	Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H935 come in, come, go in, go
they took	וַיִּקְחוּ֙	way·yiq·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3947 take
the sons	בְּנֵ֣י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of the king	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
and slaughtered	וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ	way·yiš·ḥă·ṭū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7819 slaughter, beat
all seventy	שִׁבְעִ֣ים	šiḇ·‘îm	Number - common plural	H7657 seventy
of them	אִ֑ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
They put	וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ	way·yā·śî·mū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7760 put, place, set
their heads	רָֽאשֵׁיהֶם֙	rā·šê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H7218 head
in baskets	בַּדּוּדִ֔ים	bad·dū·ḏîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1731 pot, jar
and sent them	וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּ	way·yiš·lə·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7971 send
to Jehu	אֵלָ֖יו	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
at Jezreel	יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃	yiz·rə·‘e·lāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H3157 Jizreel

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.