2 Kings
2 Kings 6:29
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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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So we boiled | וַנְּבַשֵּׁ֥ל | wan·nə·ḇaš·šêl | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural | H1310 boil, seethe |
| my son | בְּנִ֖י | bə·nî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H1121 son |
| and ate him | וַנֹּֽאכְלֵ֑הוּ | wan·nō·ḵə·lê·hū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural; third person masculine singular | H398 eat |
| and the next | הָאַחֵ֗ר | hā·’a·ḥêr | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H312 another |
| day | בַּיּ֣וֹם | bay·yō·wm | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| I said | וָאֹמַ֨ר | wā·’ō·mar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H559 utter, say |
| to her | אֵלֶ֜יהָ | ’ê·le·hā | Preposition; third person feminine singular | H413 motion to |
| Give up | תְּנִ֤י | tə·nî | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| your son | בְּנֵךְ֙ | bə·nêḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H1121 son |
| that we may eat him | וְנֹ֣אכְלֶ֔נּוּ | wə·nō·ḵə·len·nū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural; third person masculine singular | H398 eat |
| But she had hidden | וַתַּחְבִּ֖א | wat·taḥ·bi | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H2244 withdraw, hide |
| her son | בְּנָֽהּ׃ | bə·nāh | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H1121 son |
Cross-references
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Leviticus 26:29 · Deuteronomy 28:53 · Deuteronomy 28:57 · 1 Kings 3:26
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.