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Menahemמְנַחֵםlay downוַיִּשְׁכַּבwith his fathers,עִם אֲבֹתָיוand Pekahiahוַ פְּקַחְיָהhis sonבְנוֹreignedיִּמְלֹךְin his place.תַּחְתָּיו
2 Kings 15:22
Study it in the app“Menahem lay down with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 15:22, word by word
- Menahemמְנַחֵםmenachem
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” appears- lay downיִּשְׁכַּבyishkav
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “yishkav” appears- with his fathersאֲבֹתָיavotay
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avotay” appears- and Pekahiahפְּקַחְיָהpekachya
Pekahiah
Pekahiah. A personal name meaning "YHWH has opened (the eyes)." King of Israel, son of Menahem; he reigned two years and was killed by his captain Pekah (2 Kings 15:22-26).
Where else “pekachya” appears- his sonבְנven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- reignedיִּמְלֹךְyimloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appears
The context
21The rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22 · This verse (above)
23In year fifty of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned two years.