2 Kings 10:8
When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
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ASV
And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.
KJV
And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֤א | vai.ya.Vo' | and he came | H935 → |
| הַמַּלְאָךְ֙ | ha.mal.'oKh | the messenger | H4397 → |
| וַיַּגֶּד־ | vai.ya.ged- | and he told | H5046 → |
| ל֣וֹ | lo | to him | |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| הֵבִ֖יאוּ | he.Vi.'u | they have brought | H935 → |
| רָאשֵׁ֣י | ra.Shei | [the] heads of | H7218 → |
| בְנֵֽי־ | ve.nei- | [the] sons of | H1121 → |
| הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| שִׂ֣ימוּ | Si.mu | make | H7760 → |
| אֹתָ֞ם | 'o.Tam | <obj.> them | H853 → |
| שְׁנֵ֧י | she.Nei | two | H8147 → |
| צִבֻּרִ֛ים | tzi.bu.Rim | heaps | H6652 → |
| פֶּ֥תַח | Pe.tach | [the] entrance of | H6607 → |
| הַשַּׁ֖עַר | ha.Sha.'ar | the gate | H8179 → |
| עַד־ | 'ad- | until | H5704 → |
| הַבֹּֽקֶר׃ | ha.Bo.ker | the morning | H1242 → |
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