Study it in the app“Then Menahem struck Tiphsah and all who were in it and its territories from Tirzah, because they did not open to him; and he struck it; all its pregnant women he ripped open.”
ThenאָזMenahemמְנַחֵםstruckיַכֶּהTiphsahאֶת תִּפְסַחand allוְאֶת כָּלwhoאֲשֶׁרwere in itבָּהּand its territoriesוְאֶת גְּבוּלֶיהָfrom Tirzah,מִתִּרְצָהbecauseכִּיthey did notלֹאopen to him;פָתַחand he struck it;וַיַּךְallאֵת כָּלits pregnant womenהֶהָרוֹתֶיהָhe ripped open.בִּקֵּעַ
Menahem
Menahem. A personal name meaning "comforter." King of Israel, son of Gadi; he took the throne by killing Shallum and reigned ten years in Samaria (2 Kings 15:14-22).
Where else “menachem” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yake” appearsTiphsah
Tiphsah: a city by the Euphrates River, the limit of the territory Solomon ruled (1 Kings 4:24). Another city of the same name appears in 2 Kings 15:16.
Where else “tifsach” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevule” appearsTirzah
Tirzah, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad; also a city of Canaan. The name means "delight."
Where else “tirtsa” appearsopen
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “fatach” appearspregnant
Pregnant, with child.
Where else “harote” appearsrip open
To rip a body or a thing violently to pieces.
Where else “bikea” appears15The rest of the acts of Shallum and his conspiracy that he conspired, there they are, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
16 · This verse (above)
17In year thirty-nine of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned ten years in Samaria.
