2 Kings

2 Kings 2:24

²⁴Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD.

Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then he turned	וַיִּ֤פֶן	way·yi·p̄en	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6437 turn
around	אַֽחֲרָיו֙	’a·ḥă·rāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H310 behind
looked at them	וַיִּרְאֵ֔ם	way·yir·’êm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H7200 see
and called down a curse on them	וַֽיְקַלְלֵ֖ם	way·qal·lêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H7043 be slight, swift, trifling
in the name	בְּשֵׁ֣ם	bə·šêm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
of the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
Suddenly two	שְׁתַּ֤יִם	šə·ta·yim	Number - fd	H8147 two
female bears	דֻּבִּים֙	dub·bîm	Noun - feminine plural	H1677 bear
came out	וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה	wat·tê·ṣe·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H3318 go or come out
of	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the woods	הַיַּ֔עַר	hay·ya·‘ar	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3293 wood, forest, thicket
and mauled	וַתְּבַקַּ֣עְנָה	wat·tə·ḇaq·qa‘·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H1234 cleave, break open or through
forty-two	אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	’ar·bā·‘îm	Number - common plural	H705 forty
of the boys	יְלָדִֽים׃	yə·lā·ḏîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3206 child, son, boy, youth

Cross-references

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Acts 13:9–11 · Amos 7:17 · Acts 5:5 · Hosea 13:8 · Acts 5:9 · Mark 11:21 · 2 Samuel 17:8 · Jeremiah 29:21–23 · Jeremiah 28:16 · 1 Kings 19:17 · 1 Kings 20:36 · 2 Kings 1:10–12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.