2 Kings 7:12
So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
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ASV
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.
KJV
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
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33 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֨קָם | vai.Ya.kom | and he arose | H6965 → |
| הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| לַ֗יְלָה | Lay.lah | night | H3915 → |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| עֲבָדָ֔יו | 'a.va.Dav | servants his | H5650 → |
| אַגִּֽידָה־ | 'a.gi.dah- | let me tell | H5046 → |
| נָּ֣א | na' | please | H4994 → |
| לָכֶ֔ם | la.Khem | to you | |
| אֵ֛ת | 'et | <obj.> | H853 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | [that] which | H834 → |
| עָ֥שׂוּ | 'A.su | they have done | H6213 → |
| לָ֖נוּ | La.nu | to us | |
| אֲרָ֑ם | 'a.Ram | Aram | H758 → |
| יָדְע֞וּ | ya.de.'U | they know | H3045 → |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| רְעֵבִ֣ים | re.'e.Vim | [are] hungry | H7457 → |
| אֲנַ֗חְנוּ | 'a.Nach.nu | we | H587 → |
| וַיֵּצְא֤וּ | vai.ye.tze.'U | and they have gone out | H3318 → |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → |
| הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ | ha.ma.cha.Neh | the camp | H4264 → |
| לְהֵחָבֵ֤ה | le.he.cha.Veh | to hide themselves | H2247 → |
| בַשָּׂדֶה֙ | ve.ha.sa.deh | in open country | H7704 → |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| יֵצְא֤וּ | ye.tze.'U | they will come out | H3318 → |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → |
| הָעִיר֙ | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| וְנִתְפְּשֵׂ֣ם | ve.nit.pe.Sem | and we will seize them | H8610 → |
| חַיִּ֔ים | chai.Yim | alive | H2416 → |
| וְאֶל־ | ve.'el- | and into | H413 → |
| הָעִ֖יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| נָבֹֽא׃ | na.Vo' | we will go | H935 → |
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