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In yearבִּשְׁנַתtwelveשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵהof Ahazלְאָחָזkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהHosheaהוֹשֵׁעַsonבֶּןof Elahאֵלָהbecame kingמָלַךְin Samariaבְשֹׁמְרוֹןover Israelעַל יִשְׂרָאֵלand reignednineתֵּשַׁעyears.שָׁנִים
2 Kings 17:1
Study it in the app“In year twelve of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king in Samaria over Israel and reigned nine years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 17:1, word by word
- In yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- twelveשְׁתֵּיםshetem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shetem” appears- twelveעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- of Ahazאָחָזachaz
Ahaz
Ahaz: a name meaning "he has grasped" (short form of Jehoahaz). King of Judah, son of Jotham and father of Hezekiah (2 Kings 15:38; 16); also a descendant of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:35).
Where else “achaz” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- Hosheaהוֹשֵׁעַhoshea
Hoshea
Hoshea, the first name of Joshua son of Nun; other men bear it later, among them the prophet Hosea. It means "salvation" or "deliverer."
Where else “hoshea” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Elahאֵלָהela
Elah
Elah, the name of several men (a chief of Edom; a king of Israel) and of the valley of Elah in Judah, where David defeated Goliath. As a common word it means "oak" or "terebinth".
Where else “ela” appears- became kingמָלַךְmalach
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appears- in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- over 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- nineתֵּשַׁעtesha
nine
Nine; also "ninth".
Where else “tesha” appears
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, only not like the kings of Israel who were before him.