2 Kings

2 Kings 23:17

¹⁷Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?”

And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then	וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
What	מָ֚ה	māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
is this	הַלָּ֔ז	hal·lāz	Pronoun - masculine singular	H1975 this
monument	הַצִּיּ֣וּן	haṣ·ṣî·yūn	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6725 sign-post, monument
I	אֲנִ֣י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
see	רֹאֶ֑ה	rō·’eh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7200 see
And the men	אַנְשֵׁ֣י	’an·šê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H582 man, mankind
of the city	הָעִ֗יר	hā·‘îr	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
replied	וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
It is the tomb	הַקֶּ֤בֶר	haq·qe·ḇer	Article; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6913 grave, sepulchre
of the man	אִישׁ־	’îš-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
of God	הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙	hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
who	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
came	בָּ֣א	bā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
from Judah	מִֽיהוּדָ֔ה	mî·hū·ḏāh	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
and proclaimed	וַיִּקְרָ֗א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
these	הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙	hā·’êl·leh	Article; Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
things	הַדְּבָרִ֤ים	had·də·ḇā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1697 speech, word
that	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you have done	עָשִׂ֔יתָ	‘ā·śî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
to	עַ֖ל	‘al	Preposition	H5921 height
the altar	הַמִּזְבַּ֥ח	ham·miz·baḥ	Article; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4196 altar
of	בֵּֽית־	bêṯ-	Preposition	H1008 Bethel
Bethel	אֵֽל׃	’êl	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1008 Bethel

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.