2 Kings

2 Kings 25:3

³By the ninth day of the fourth month,^b the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

Footnotes

b 25:3 Probable reading (see Jeremiah 52:6|JER 52:6); MT does not include fourth.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
By the ninth	בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה	bə·ṯiš·‘āh	Preposition-b; Number - masculine singular	H8672 a nine, nonad
of the	לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ	la·ḥō·ḏeš	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
the famine	הָרָעָ֖ב	hā·rā·‘āḇ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger
in the city	בָּעִ֑יר	bā·‘îr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
was so severe	וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק	way·ye·ḥĕ·zaq	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
that the people	לְעַ֥ם	lə·‘am	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5971 people
of the land	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
had	הָ֥יָה	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
no	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
food	לֶ֖חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.