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Thatהוּאwas the wordדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe spokeדִּבֶּרto Jehu,אֶל יֵהוּאsaying,לֵאמֹר“Sons of yoursבְּנֵי לְךָto the fourth generationרְבִיעִיםwill sitיֵשְׁבוּon the throneעַל כִּסֵּאof Israel.”יִשְׂרָאֵלAnd so it was.וַיְהִי כֵן
2 Kings 15:12
Study it in the app“That was the word of YHWH that he spoke to Jehu, saying, “Sons of yours to the fourth generation will sit on the throne of Israel.” And so it was.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 15:12, word by word
- was the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- he spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- to Jehuיֵהוּאyehu
Jehu
Jehu: a name meaning "YHWH is he." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Hanani, who spoke against Baasha (1 Kings 16), and the king of Israel anointed to put an end to the house of Ahab (2 Kings 9–10).
Where else “yehu” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Sons of yoursבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- to the fourth generationרְבִיעִיםreviim
fourth
What holds the place after the third.
Where else “reviim” appears- will sitיֵשְׁבוּyeshvu
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- on the throneכִּסֵּאkise
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kise” appears- of 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- And so it wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears
The context
11The rest of the acts of Zechariah, there they are, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12 · This verse (above)
13Shallum son of Jabesh became king in year thirty-nine of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned a full month in Samaria.