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Hazaelוַחֲזָאֵלkingמֶלֶךְof AramאֲרָםoppressedלָחַץIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיof Jehoahaz.יְהוֹאָחָז
2 Kings 13:22
Study it in the app“Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 13:22, word by word
- Hazaelחֲזָאֵלchazael
Hazael
Hazael: a name meaning "El has seen." He is the king of Aram, in Damascus, who harshly oppressed Israel (1 Kings 19:15; 2 Kings 8:7-15; 13:22).
Where else “chazael” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Aramאֲרָםaram
Aram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appears- oppressedלָחַץlachats
oppress
To mistreat the weak or the foreigner.
Where else “lachats” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of Jehoahazיְהוֹאָחָזyehoachaz
Jehoahaz
Jehoahaz: a name meaning "YHWH has grasped" (holds by the hand). Borne by a son of Jehu, king of Israel (2 Kings 10:35; 13:1), by a son of Josiah, king of Judah (2 Kings 23:30), and it is another form of the name of Ahaziah son of Joram (2 Chronicles 21:17).
Where else “yehoachaz” appears
The context
21And it happened, as they were burying a man, that, look, they saw the band; and they threw the man into the tomb of Elisha. And the man went down and touched the bones of Elisha, and he came to life and stood up on his feet.
22 · This verse (above)
23But YHWH showed favor to them and had mercy on them and turned toward them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and he was not willing to destroy them, and he did not cast them from before his face until now.