The messengerהַמַּלְאָךְcameוַיָּבֹאand toldוַיַּגֶּדhim,לוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר“They have broughtהֵבִיאוּthe headsרָאשֵׁיof the king’sהַמֶּלֶךְsons.”בְנֵיHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Putשִׂימוּthemאֹתָםin twoשְׁנֵיheapsצִבֻּרִיםat the entranceפֶּתַחof the gateהַשַּׁעַרuntilעַדthe morning.”הַבֹּקֶר
2 Kings 10:8
Study it in the app“The messenger came and told him, saying, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” He said, “Put them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 10:8, word by word
- The messengerמַּלְאָךְmalach
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malach” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- and toldיַּגֶּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rashe” appears- of the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- “Putשִׂימוּsimu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “simu” appears- in twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- heapsצִבֻּרִיםtsiburim
heap
Heap, things piled up. It appears only once (2 Kings 10:8): the two heaps of heads at the entrance of the gate. It comes from the verb "pile up."
Where else “tsiburim” appears- at the entranceפֶּתַחpetach
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appears- of the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears
The context
7And it happened, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.
8 · This verse (above)
9And it happened in the morning that he went out and stood and said to all the people, “You are righteous. Look, I conspired against my master and killed him; but who struck all these?