2 Kings
2 Kings 9:22
22When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?”
“How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatrye and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
Footnotes
- e 9:22 Hebrew adultery or prostitution, here a metaphor for idolatry
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When Joram | יְהוֹרָם֙ | yə·hō·w·rām | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3088 Jehoram |
| saw | כִּרְא֤וֹת | kir·’ō·wṯ | Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H7200 see |
| Jehu | יֵה֔וּא | yê·hū | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3058 Jehu |
| he asked | וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Have you come in peace | הֲשָׁל֣וֹם | hă·šā·lō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7965 completeness, soundness, welfare, peace |
| Jehu | יֵה֑וּא | yê·hū | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3058 Jehu |
| How | מָ֣ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| can there be | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| peace | הַשָּׁל֔וֹם | haš·šā·lō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7965 completeness, soundness, welfare, peace |
| he replied | וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| as long as | הָרַבִּֽים׃ | hā·rab·bîm | Article; Adjective - masculine plural | H7227 much, many, great |
| the idolatry | זְנוּנֵ֞י | zə·nū·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H2183 adultery, idolatry |
| and witchcraft | וּכְשָׁפֶ֖יהָ | ū·ḵə·šā·p̄e·hā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H3785 sorcery |
| of your mother | אִמְּךָ֛ | ’im·mə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H517 mother |
| Jezebel abound | אִיזֶ֧בֶל | ’î·ze·ḇel | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H348 Izebel |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Nahum 3:4 · 2 Chronicles 21:13 · 1 Kings 16:30–33 · 1 Kings 18:4 · 1 Kings 21:25 · Revelation 18:23 · Isaiah 57:19–21 · Revelation 2:20–23 · 1 Kings 19:1–2 · Revelation 18:3 · 1 Kings 21:8–10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.