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The kingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Alas!אֲהָהּForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas calledקָרָאtheseהָאֵלֶּהthreeלִשְׁלֹשֶׁתkingsהַמְּלָכִיםto giveלָתֵתthemאוֹתָםinto the handבְּיַדof Moab.”מוֹאָב
2 Kings 3:10
Study it in the app“The king of Israel said, “Alas! For YHWH has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 3:10, word by word
- The kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Alasאֲהָהּahah
alas
Alas!: a cry of pain or distress.
Where else “ahah” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- has calledקָרָאkara
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kara” appears- threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- to giveתֵתtet
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “tet” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
9So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they went around a journey of seven days, and there was no water for the camp or for the animals that followed them.
10 · This verse (above)
11Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here a prophet of YHWH, that we may consult YHWH through him?” One of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.”