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2 Kings 6:29

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And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.	So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.	And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth within upon his flesh.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

So we boiled^H1310 my son^H1121, and did eat^H398 him: and I said^H559 unto her on the next^H312 day^H3117, Give^H5414 thy son^H1121, that we may eat^H398 him: and she hath hid^H2244 her son^H1121.

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Original Hebrew

וַנְּבַשֵּׁל אֶת־בְּנִי וַנֹּאכְלֵהוּ וָאֹמַר אֵלֶיהָ בַּיֹּום הָאַחֵר תְּנִי אֶת־בְּנֵךְ וְנֹאכְלֶנּוּ וַתַּחְבִּא אֶת־בְּנָהּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/נְּבַשֵּׁ֥ל	va./ne.va.Shel	H1310	HC/Vpw1cp	and/ we cooked
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בְּנִ֖/י	be.N/i	H1121	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	son/ my
וַ/נֹּֽאכְלֵ֑/הוּ	va./no.khe.Le./hu	H398	HC/Vqw1cp/Sp3ms	and/ we ate/ him
וָ/אֹמַ֨ר	va./'o.Mar	H559	HC/Vqw1cs	and/ I said
אֵלֶ֜י/הָ	'e.Lei./ha	H413	HR/Sp3fs	to/ her
בַּ/יּ֣וֹם	ba/i.Yom	H3117	HRd/Ncmsa	on the/ day
הָ/אַחֵ֗ר	ha./'a.Cher	H312	HTd/Aamsa	(the)/ other
תְּנִ֤י	te.Ni	H5414	HVqv2fs	give
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בְּנֵ/ךְ֙	be.ne/Kh	H1121	HNcmsc/Sp2fs	son/ your
וְ/נֹ֣אכְלֶ֔/נּוּ	ve./No.khe.Le./nu	H398	HC/Vqi1cp/Sp3ms	so/ we may eat/ him
וַ/תַּחְבִּ֖א	va./tach.Bi'	H2244	HC/Vhw3fs	and/ she had hidden
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בְּנָֽ/הּ	be.Na/h	H1121	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	son/ her

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H312 — אַחֵר (ʼachêr, akh-air'): from אָחַר; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.; (an-) other man, following, next, strange.
• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1310 — בָּשַׁל (bâshal, baw-shal'): a primitive root; properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen; bake, boil, bring forth, roast, seethe, sod (be sodden).
• H2244 — חָבָא (châbâʼ, khaw-baw'): a primitive root (compare חָבַב); to secrete; [idiom] held, hide (self), do secretly.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• she hath hid — 1 Kings 3:26, Isaiah 49:15, Isaiah 66:13

Reciprocal references (7): Leviticus 26:29, Deuteronomy 28:53, 2 Kings 6:25, Job 39:16, Lamentations 2:20, Lamentations 4:10, Ezekiel 5:10

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: SYRIA
• Nave’s: ARMIES, CANNIBALISM, FAMINE, ISRAEL, PROPHECY, SAMARIA, SIEGE, WOMEN

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