2 Kings 10:8

“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.””

2 Kings 10:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Kings 10:8, word by word

The messengerמַּלְאָךְmalach

messenger

Someone sent on an errand.

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cameיָּבֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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and toldיַּגֶּדyaged

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe

head

The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.

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of the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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sonsבְנֵיvene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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“Putשִׂימוּsimu

put

To put something somewhere.

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in twoשְׁנֵיshene

two

A pair, a quantity of two.

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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."

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at the entranceפֶּתַחpetach

entrance, door

Entrance, doorway, door, opening.

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of the gateשַּׁעַרshaar

gate

The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.

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the morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

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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?

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