2 Kings

2 Kings 6:28–29

28Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?”

And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’ 29So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”

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2 Kings 6:28

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Then the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְham·me·leḵArticle; Noun - masculine singularH4428 king
askedוַיֹּֽאמֶר־way·yō·mer-Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
herלָ֥הּlāhPreposition; third person feminine singular
Whatמַה־mah-InterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
is the matterלָּ֑ךְlāḵPreposition; second person feminine singular
And she answeredוַתֹּ֗אמֶרwat·tō·merConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH559 utter, say
Thisהַזֹּ֜אתhaz·zōṯArticle; Pronoun - feminine singularH2063 this
womanהָאִשָּׁ֨הhā·’iš·šāhArticle; Noun - feminine singularH802 woman, wife, female
saidאָמְרָ֣ה’ā·mə·rāhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularH559 utter, say
to meאֵלַ֗י’ê·layPreposition; first person common singularH413 motion to
Give upתְּנִ֤יtə·nîVerb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularH5414 give, put, set
your sonבְּנֵךְ֙bə·nêḵNoun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singularH1121 son
that we may eat himוְנֹאכְלֶ֣נּוּwə·nō·ḵə·len·nūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural; third person masculine singularH398 eat
andוְאֶת־wə·’eṯ-Conjunctive waw; Direct object markerH853 mark of the accusative
tomorrowמָחָֽר׃mā·ḥārAdverbH4279 tomorrow, in time to come
we will eatנֹאכַ֥לnō·ḵalVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common pluralH398 eat
my sonבְּנִ֖יbə·nîNoun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH1121 son

2 Kings 6:29

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
So we boiledוַנְּבַשֵּׁ֥לwan·nə·ḇaš·šêlConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common pluralH1310 boil, seethe
my sonבְּנִ֖יbə·nîNoun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH1121 son
and ate himוַנֹּֽאכְלֵ֑הוּwan·nō·ḵə·lê·hūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural; third person masculine singularH398 eat
and the nextהָאַחֵ֗רhā·’a·ḥêrArticle; Adjective - masculine singularH312 another
dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbay·yō·wmPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH3117 day
I saidוָאֹמַ֨רwā·’ō·marConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularH559 utter, say
to herאֵלֶ֜יהָ’ê·le·hāPreposition; third person feminine singularH413 motion to
Give upתְּנִ֤יtə·nîVerb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularH5414 give, put, set
your sonבְּנֵךְ֙bə·nêḵNoun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singularH1121 son
that we may eat himוְנֹ֣אכְלֶ֔נּוּwə·nō·ḵə·len·nūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural; third person masculine singularH398 eat
But she had hiddenוַתַּחְבִּ֖אwat·taḥ·biConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH2244 withdraw, hide
her sonבְּנָֽהּ׃bə·nāhNoun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singularH1121 son

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2 Kings 6:28 2 Samuel 14:5 · Judges 18:23 · Leviticus 26:29 · Lamentations 4:10 · Luke 23:29

2 Kings 6:29 Leviticus 26:29 · Deuteronomy 28:53 · Deuteronomy 28:57 · 1 Kings 3:26

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.