2 Kings

2 Kings 3:26–27

²⁶When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail. ²⁷So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall.

And there was great fury against the Israelites,^e so they withdrew and returned to their own land.

Footnotes

e 3:27 Or And Israel’s fury was great

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2 Kings 3:26

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the king	מֶ֣לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Moab	מוֹאָ֔ב	mō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
saw	וַיַּרְא֙	way·yar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7200 see
that	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the battle	הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה	ham·mil·ḥā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4421 battle, war
was too fierce	חָזַ֥ק	ḥā·zaq	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
for him	מִמֶּ֖נּוּ	mim·men·nū	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
he took	וַיִּקַּ֣ח	way·yiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
with him	א֠וֹתוֹ	’ō·w·ṯōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H854 with
seven	שְׁבַע־	šə·ḇa‘-	Number - feminine singular construct	H7651 seven
hundred	מֵא֨וֹת	mê·’ō·wṯ	Number - feminine plural	H3967 hundred
swordsmen	אִ֜ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
to break through	לְהַבְקִ֛יעַ	lə·haḇ·qî·a‘	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H1234 cleave, break open or through
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the king	מֶ֥לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Edom	אֱד֖וֹם	’ĕ·ḏō·wm	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H123 name of a condiment
but they could not prevail	יָכֹֽלוּ׃	yā·ḵō·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3201 be able, have power, prevail, endure

2 Kings 3:27

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So he took	וַיִּקַּח֩	way·yiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
his firstborn	הַבְּכ֜וֹר	hab·bə·ḵō·wr	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1060 first-born
son	בְּנ֨וֹ	bə·nōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
who	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
was to succeed him	יִמְלֹ֣ךְ	yim·lōḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
and offered him	וַיַּעֲלֵ֤הוּ	way·ya·‘ă·lê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
as a burnt offering	עֹלָה֙	‘ō·lāh	Noun - feminine singular	H5930 whole burnt-offering
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the city wall	הַ֣חֹמָ֔ה	ha·ḥō·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2346 wall
And there was	וַיְהִ֥י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
great	גָּד֖וֹל	gā·ḏō·wl	Adjective - masculine singular	H1419 great
fury	קֶצֶף־	qe·ṣep̄-	Noun - masculine singular	H7110 wrath
against	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the Israelites	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
so they withdrew	וַיִּסְעוּ֙	way·yis·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5265 pull out or up, set out, journey
and returned	וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ	way·yā·šu·ḇū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
to	לָאָֽרֶץ׃פ	lā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

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2 Kings 3:27 Micah 6:7 · Deuteronomy 12:31 · Judges 11:31 · Ezekiel 16:20 · Amos 2:1 · Psalm 106:37–38 · 1 Samuel 14:36–46 · Judges 11:39 · Genesis 22:13 · Genesis 22:2

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