2 Kings

2 Kings 6:25

²⁵So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver,^b and a quarter cab of dove’s dung^c sold for five shekels of silver.^d

Footnotes

b 6:25 80 shekels is approximately 2 pounds or 907.2 grams of silver.
c 6:25 Or a quarter cab of seed pods; that is, approximately 0.28 dry quarts or 0.31 liters
d 6:25 5 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams of silver.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So there was	וַיְהִ֨י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a great	גָּדוֹל֙	gā·ḏō·wl	Adjective - masculine singular	H1419 great
famine	רָעָ֤ב	rā·‘āḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger
in Samaria	בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן	bə·šō·mə·rō·wn	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8111 Shomeron
Indeed	וְהִנֵּ֖ה	wə·hin·nêh	Conjunctive waw; Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
they besieged	צָרִ֣ים	ṣā·rîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H6696 confine, bind, besiege
so long that	עַ֣ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
a donkey’s	חֲמוֹר֙	ḥă·mō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H2543 heap
head	רֹאשׁ־	rōš-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head
sold	הֱי֤וֹת	hĕ·yō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
for eighty	בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים	biš·mō·nîm	Preposition-b; Number - common plural	H8084 an eighty
of silver	כֶּ֔סֶף	ke·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
and a quarter	וְרֹ֛בַע	wə·rō·ḇa‘	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7255 fourth part
cab	הַקַּ֥ב	haq·qaḇ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6894 kab
of dove’s dung	חֲרֵייוֹנִים	ḥă·rē·yō·nīm	Noun - masculine plural	H2716 dung
sold for five	בַּחֲמִשָּׁה־	ba·ḥă·miš·šāh-	Preposition-b, Article; Number - masculine singular	H2568 five
of silver	כָֽסֶף׃	ḵā·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money

Cross-references

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Jeremiah 14:13–15 · Jeremiah 52:6 · 2 Kings 6:28–29 · Jeremiah 14:18 · Jeremiah 32:24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.