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HeהוּאstruckהִכָּהEdomאֶת אֱדוֹםin the Valleyבְּגֵיאof Salt,מֶלַחtenעֲשֶׂרֶתthousand,אֲלָפִיםand seizedוְתָפַשׂSelaאֶת הַסֶּלַעin battle,בַּמִּלְחָמָהand calledוַיִּקְרָאits nameאֶת שְׁמָהּJoktheel,יָקְתְאֵלtoעַדthisהַזֶּהday.הַיּוֹם
2 Kings 14:7
Study it in the app“He struck Edom in the Valley of Salt, ten thousand, and seized Sela in battle, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 14:7, word by word
- struckהִכָּהhika
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hika” appears- Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- in the Valleyגֵיאge
valley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “ge” appears- of Saltמֶלַחmelach
salt
Salt. "The Salt Sea" is the Dead Sea.
Where else “melach” appears- tenעֲשֶׂרֶתaseret
ten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appears- thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- and seizedתָפַשׂtafas
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “tafas” appears- Selaסֶּלַעsela
Sela
Sela. The name of a city of Edom built among crags; it means "the Rock" (2 Kings 14:7; Isaiah 16:1). Amaziah took it and called it Joktheel. With the article, the same word is the common noun "the rock."
Where else “sela” appears- in battleמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- and calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- its nameשְׁמָshema
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shema” appears- Joktheelיָקְתְאֵלyaktel
Joktheel
Joktheel: a town of Judah in the Shephelah; also the name given to a place in Edom (2 Kings 14:7).
Where else “yaktel” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
Translation note
“Sela” means “the Rock.”
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
6But the sons of those who struck him he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses, which YHWH commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, and sons shall not be put to death for fathers; but each shall be put to death for his own sin.”
7 · This verse (above)
8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look each other in the face.”