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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Let him alone;הַנִּיחוּ לוֹlet no oneאִישׁ אַלdisturbיָנַעhis bones.”עַצְמֹתָיוSo they leftוַיְמַלְּטוּhis bonesעַצְמֹתָיוsafe,אֵתwith the bonesעַצְמוֹתof the prophetהַנָּבִיאwhoאֲשֶׁרcameבָּאfrom Samaria.מִשֹּׁמְרוֹן
2 Kings 23:18
Study it in the app“He said, “Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones.” So they left his bones safe, with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 23:18, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Let him aloneהַנִּיחוּhanichu
leave
To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.
Where else “hanichu” appears- let no oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- disturbיָנַעyana
stagger
To shake, tremble, totter.
Where else “yana” appears- his bonesעַצְמֹתָיatsmotay
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmotay” appears- So they leftיְמַלְּטוּyemaltu
rescue
To bring another out of danger and set him safe.
Where else “yemaltu” appears- of the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- from Samariaשֹּׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears
Translation note
See 1 Kings 13:31-32.
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
17He said, “What is that marker that I see?” The men of the city said to him, “It is the tomb of the man of Elohim who came from Judah and cried out these things that you have done on the altar of Bethel.”
18 · This verse (above)
19Also all the houses of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke YHWH to anger, Josiah removed; and he did to them according to all the deeds that he had done at Bethel.