2 Kings

2 Kings 9:30

30Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

Read all of 2 Kings 9

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Now when Jehuיֵה֖וּאyê·hūNoun - proper - masculine singularH3058 Jehu
arrivedוַיָּב֥וֹאway·yā·ḇō·wConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH935 come in, come, go in, go
in Jezreelיִזְרְעֶ֑אלָהyiz·rə·‘e·lāhNoun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singularH3157 Jizreel
Jezebelוְאִיזֶ֣בֶלwə·’î·ze·ḇelConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singularH348 Izebel
heardשָׁמְעָ֗הšā·mə·‘āhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularH8085 hear
So she paintedוַתָּ֨שֶׂםwat·tā·śemConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH7760 put, place, set
her eyesעֵינֶ֙יהָ֙‘ê·ne·hāNoun - cdc; third person feminine singularH5869 eye
adornedוַתֵּ֣יטֶבwat·tê·ṭeḇConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing
her headרֹאשָׁ֔הּrō·šāhNoun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singularH7218 head
and looked downוַתַּשְׁקֵ֖ףwat·taš·qêp̄Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH8259 overhang, look out and down
fromבְּעַ֥דbə·‘aḏPrepositionH1157 separation
a windowהַחַלּֽוֹן׃ha·ḥal·lō·wnArticle; Noun - common singularH2474 window

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 4:30 · Ezekiel 23:40 · Ezekiel 24:17 · Isaiah 3:18–24 · 1 Timothy 2:9–10 · 1 Peter 3:3 · 1 Kings 19:1–2

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.