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Hazaelחֲזָאֵלkingמֶלֶךְof Aramאֲרָםdied,וַיָּמָתand Ben-hadadוַ בֶּן הֲדַדhis sonבְּנוֹreignedיִּמְלֹךְin his place.תַּחְתָּיו
2 Kings 13:24
Study it in the app“Hazael king of Aram died, and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 13:24, 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- diedיָּמָתyamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appears- and Ben-hadadבֶּןben
Ben-hadad
Ben-hadad: a name meaning "son of Hadad" (Hadad was the storm god of the Arameans). It was borne by several kings of Aram who reigned in Damascus, among them the one who made a pact with Asa and the one who fought against Ahab.
Where else “ben” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- reignedיִּמְלֹךְyimloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appears
The context
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.
24 · This verse (above)
25Then Joash son of Jehoahaz again took the cities from the hand of Ben-hadad son of Hazael that he had taken from the hand of Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash struck him, and he brought back the cities of Israel.