His allowance,וַאֲרֻחָתוֹa continualתָּמִידallowance,אֲרֻחַתwas givenנִתְּנָהto himלּוֹfromמֵאֵתthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְthe portion of each dayדְּבַר יוֹםon its day,בְּיוֹמוֹallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיof his life.חַיָּו
2 Kings 25:30
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2 Kings 25:30, word by word
- His allowanceאֲרֻחָתaruchat
allowance, ration
Allowance: the portion of food given to someone for each day (2 Kings 25:30; Jeremiah 40:5). In Proverbs 15:17, a simple dish of vegetables.
Where else “aruchat” appears- a continualתָּמִידtamid
continually
Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.
Where else “tamid” appears- was givenנִתְּנָהnitna
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “nitna” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- the portion of each dayדְּבַרdevar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appears- the portion of each dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of his lifeחַיָּchaya
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaya” appears
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2 Kings 25:27-30
27And it happened, in year thirty-seven of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison. 28He spoke good things to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 29He changed the clothes of his prison, and he ate bread always before him all the days of his life. 30His allowance, a continual allowance, was given to him from the king, the portion of each day on its day, all the days of his life.
31And it happened, in year thirty-seven of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. 32He spoke good things to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33He changed the clothes of his prison, and he ate bread before him always all the days of his life. 34His allowance, a continual allowance, was given to him from the king of Babylon, the portion of each day on its day, until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
The context
29He changed the clothes of his prison, and he ate bread always before him all the days of his life.
30 · This verse (above)