2 Kings

2 Kings 16:17–18

¹⁷King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base. ¹⁸And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy^d they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.

Footnotes

d 16:18 Or the base of his throne; see also LXX.

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2 Kings 16:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
King	הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Ahaz also	אָחָ֜ז	’ā·ḥāz	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H271 Achaz
cut off	וַיְקַצֵּץ֩	way·qaṣ·ṣêṣ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7112 cut off
the frames	הַמִּסְגְּר֣וֹת	ham·mis·gə·rō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural construct	H4526 border, rim
of the movable stands	הַמְּכֹנ֗וֹת	ham·mə·ḵō·nō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4350 fixed resting-place, base
and removed	וַיָּ֤סַר	way·yā·sar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5493 turn aside
the	הַכִּיֹּ֔ר	hak·kî·yōr	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3595 pot, basin
from each of them	מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙	mê·‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition-m; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
He took down	הוֹרִ֔ד	hō·w·riḏ	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
the Sea	הַיָּ֣ם	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
from	מֵעַ֛ל	mê·‘al	Preposition-m	H5921 height
the bronze	הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת	han·nə·ḥō·šeṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5178 copper, bronze
oxen	הַבָּקָ֥ר	hab·bā·qār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1241 cattle, herd, ox
that	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
were under it	תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ	taḥ·te·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H8478 the under part
and put	וַיִּתֵּ֣ן	way·yit·tên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
it	אֹת֔וֹ	’ō·ṯōw	Direct object marker; third person masculine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
on	עַ֖ל	‘al	Preposition	H5921 height
a stone	אֲבָנִֽים׃	’ă·ḇā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H68 stone
base	מַרְצֶ֥פֶת	mar·ṣe·p̄eṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H4837 id.

2 Kings 16:18

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
on account	מִפְּנֵ֖י	mip·pə·nê	Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
of the king	מֶ֥לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Assyria	אַשּֽׁוּר׃	’aš·šūr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H804 Asshur, Assyria
he removed	הֵסֵ֖ב	hê·sêḇ	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5437 turn about, go around, surround
the Sabbath	הַשַּׁבָּ֜ת	haš·šab·bāṯ	Article; Noun - common singular	H7676 Sabbath
canopy	מִיסַךְ	mī·saḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4329 portico
they had built	בָּנ֣וּ	bā·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1129 build
in the temple	בַבַּ֗יִת	ḇab·ba·yiṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
and closed the royal	הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
entryway	מְב֤וֹא	mə·ḇō·w	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3996 entrance, a coming in, entering
outside	הַֽחִיצ֔וֹנָה	ha·ḥî·ṣō·w·nāh	Article; Adjective - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H2435 outer, external
the house	בֵּ֣ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.