2 Kings 25:27
On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
BSB
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ASV
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
KJV
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
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28 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִי֩ | vay.Hi | and it was | H1961 → |
| בִשְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים | vish.lo.Shim | in thirty | H7970 → |
| וָשֶׁ֜בַע | va.She.va' | and seven | H7651 → |
| שָׁנָ֗ה | sha.Nah | year | H8141 → |
| לְגָלוּת֙ | le.ga.Lut | of [the] exile of | H1546 → |
| יְהוֹיָכִ֣ין | ye.ho.ya.Khin | Jehoiachin | H3078 → |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | Me.lekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | ye.hu.Dah | Judah | H3063 → |
| בִּשְׁנֵ֤ים | bish.Neim | in two [plus] | H8147 → |
| עָשָׂר֙ | 'a.Sar | ten | H6240 → |
| חֹ֔דֶשׁ | Cho.desh | month | H2320 → |
| בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים | be.'es.Rim | on [day] twenty | H6242 → |
| וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה | ve.shiv.'Ah | and seven | H7651 → |
| לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ | la.Cho.desh | of the month | H2320 → |
| נָשָׂ֡א | na.Sa' | he lifted up | H5375 → |
| אֱוִ֣יל | 'e.Vil | Evil- | H192 → |
| מְרֹדַךְ֩ | me.ro.daKh | Merodach | H192 → |
| מֶ֨לֶךְ | Me.lekh | [the] king of | H4428 → |
| בָּבֶ֜ל | ba.Vel | Babylon | H894 → |
| בִּשְׁנַ֣ת | bish.Nat | in [the] year | H8141 → |
| מָלְכ֗וֹ | ma.le.Kho | became king he | H4427 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| רֹ֛אשׁ | rosh | [the] head of | H7218 → |
| יְהוֹיָכִ֥ין | ye.ho.ya.Khin | Jehoiachin | H3078 → |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | Me.lekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | ye.hu.Dah | Judah | H3063 → |
| מִבֵּ֥ית | mi.Beit | from [the] house of | H1004 → |
| כֶּֽלֶא׃ | Ke.le' | imprisonment | H3608 → |
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