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The kingמֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרcarried Israel into exileוַיֶּגֶל אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלto Assyriaאַשּׁוּרָהand led themוַיַּנְחֵםto Halahבַּחְלַחand to the Habor,וּבְחָבוֹרthe riverנְהַרof Gozan,גּוֹזָןand to the citiesוְעָרֵיof the Medes,מָדָי
2 Kings 18:11
Study it in the app“The king of Assyria carried Israel into exile to Assyria and led them to Halah and to the Habor, the river of Gozan, and to the cities of the Medes,”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 18:11, word by word
- The kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- carried Israel into exileיֶּגֶלyegel
go into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “yegel” appears- carried Israel into exileיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
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 led themיַּנְחֵyanche
lead, guide
Lead, guide along the way; bring someone to a place.
Where else “yanche” appears- to Halahחְלַחchelach
Halah
Halah. A region of Assyria to which the Israelites of the northern kingdom were carried (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11).
Where else “chelach” appears- and to the Haborחָבוֹרchavor
Habor
Habor. A river of the region of Gozan, in Assyria, beside which the Israelites carried into exile were settled (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11).
Where else “chavor” appears- the riverנְהַרnehar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nehar” appears- of Gozanגּוֹזָןgozan
Gozan
Gozan. A region of Assyria, by the river Habor, to which the northern Israelites were carried into exile (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 19:12).
Where else “gozan” appears- and to the citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- of the Medesמָדָיmaday
Madai
Madai, a son of Japheth; it is the Hebrew name of the Medes (Media).
Where else “maday” appears
Places in this verse
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
10They captured it at the end of three years; in year six of Hezekiah, that is year nine of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured.
11 · This verse (above)
12because they did not listen to the voice of YHWH their Elohim, and they transgressed his covenant, all that Moses the servant of YHWH commanded; they did not listen, and they did not do it.