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2 Kings 25:3
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And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
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And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
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And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which [is] by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the plain.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
And on the ninthH8672 day of the fourth monthH2320 the famineH7458 prevailedH2388 in the cityH5892, and there was no breadH3899 for the peopleH5971 of the landH776.
Original Hebrew
בְּתִשְׁעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ וַיֶּחֱזַק הָרָעָב בָּעִיר וְלֹא־הָיָה לֶחֶם לְעַם הָאָרֶץ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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בְּ/תִשְׁעָ֣ה |
be./tish.'Ah | H8672 | HR/Acmsa | on/ (day) nine |
לַ/חֹ֔דֶשׁ |
la./Cho.desh | H2320 | HRd/Ncmsa | of the/ month |
וַ/יֶּחֱזַ֥ק |
va/i.ye.che.Zak | H2388 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ it was severe |
הָ/רָעָ֖ב |
ha./ra.'Av | H7458 | HTd/Ncmsa | the/ famine |
בָּ/עִ֑יר |
ba./'Ir | H5892 | HRd/Ncfsa | in the/ city |
וְ/לֹא |
ve./lo'- | H3808 | HC/Tn | and/ not |
הָ֥יָה |
Ha.yah | H1961 | HVqp3ms | it belonged |
לֶ֖חֶם |
Le.chem | H3899 | HNcbsa | food |
לְ/עַ֥ם |
le./'Am | H5971 | HR/Ncmsc | to/ (the) people of |
הָ/אָֽרֶץ |
ha./'A.retz | H776 | HTd/Ncbsa | the/ land |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
- H2320 — חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh, kho'-desh): from חָדַשׁ; the new moon; by implication, a month; month(-ly), new moon.
- H2388 — חָזַק (châzaq, khaw-zak'): a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
- H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
- H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
- H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
- H7458 — רָעָב (râʻâb, raw-awb'): from רָעֵב; hunger (more or less extensive); dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.
- H8672 — תֵּשַׁע (têshaʻ, tay'-shah): or (masculine) תִּשְׁעָה; perhaps from שָׁעָה through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten; nine or (ordinal) ninth; nine ([phrase] -teen, [phrase] -teenth, -th).
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
- H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- the famine — Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 28:52-53, Lamentations 4:4-10, Ezekiel 4:9-17, Ezekiel 5:10, Ezekiel 5:12, Ezekiel 7:15, Ezekiel 14:21
- the ninth day — Jeremiah 39:2, Jeremiah 52:6, Zechariah 8:19
- there was no — Jeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 38:2
Reciprocal references (3): 2 Kings 6:25, Isaiah 8:21, Jeremiah 41:1
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