They went inוַיָּבֹאוּto offerלַעֲשׂוֹתsacrificesזְבָחִיםand burnt offerings.וְעֹלוֹתNow Jehuוְיֵהוּאhad stationedשָׂםfor himselfלוֹoutsideבַחוּץeightyשְׁמֹנִיםmenאִישׁand had said,וַיֹּאמֶר“The manהָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרlets escapeיִמָּלֵטany ofמִןthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםwhomאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיam bringingמֵבִיאintoעַלyour hands,יְדֵיכֶםhis lifeנַפְשׁוֹwill go forתַּחַתhis life.”נַפְשׁוֹ
2 Kings 10:24
Study it in the app“They went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself outside eighty men and had said, “The man who lets escape any of the men whom I am bringing into your hands, his life will go for his life.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 10:24, word by word
- They went inיָּבֹאוּyavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appears- to offerעֲשׂוֹתasot
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asot” appears- sacrificesזְבָחִיםzevachim
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevachim” appears- and burnt offeringsעֹלוֹתolot
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “olot” appears- Now Jehuיֵהוּאyehu
Jehu
Jehu: a name meaning "YHWH is he." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Hanani, who spoke against Baasha (1 Kings 16), and the king of Israel anointed to put an end to the house of Ahab (2 Kings 9–10).
Where else “yehu” appears- had stationedשָׂםsam
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “sam” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- eightyשְׁמֹנִיםshemonim
eighty
Eighty.
Where else “shemonim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- and had saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- lets escapeיִמָּלֵטyimalet
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “yimalet” appears- your handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- his lifeנַפְשׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears
The context
23Jehu and Jonadab son of Rechab went into the house of Baal, and he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search and see that there is not here with you any of the servants of YHWH, but only the worshipers of Baal.”
24 · This verse (above)
25And it happened, when he had finished offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the runners and to the captains, “Go in, strike them; let no one get out.” And they struck them with the edge of the sword, and the runners and the captains threw them out and went to the city of the house of Baal.