2 Kings

2 Kings 20:14

¹⁴Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?”

“They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then the prophet	הַנָּבִ֔יא	han·nā·ḇî	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet
Isaiah	יְשַֽׁעְיָ֣הוּ	yə·ša‘·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3470 Jeshajah
went	וַיָּבֹא֙	way·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
King	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Hezekiah	חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ	ḥiz·qî·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2396 Chizkijah
and asked	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Where	וּמֵאַ֙יִן֙	ū·mê·’a·yin	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Adverb	H370 whence?
did those	הָאֵ֗לֶּה	hā·’êl·leh	Article; Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
men	הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים	hā·’ă·nā·šîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H582 man, mankind
come from	יָבֹ֣אוּ	yā·ḇō·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
and what	מָ֥ה	māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
did they say	אָמְר֣וּ׀	’ā·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H559 utter, say
to you	אֵלָ֜יו	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
They came	בָּ֖אוּ	bā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
from a distant	רְחוֹקָ֛ה	rə·ḥō·w·qāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H7350 distant, far
land	מֵאֶ֧רֶץ	mê·’e·reṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
Hezekiah	חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ	ḥiz·qî·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2396 Chizkijah
replied	וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
from Babylon	מִבָּבֶֽל׃	mib·bā·ḇel	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.