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They rose earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּימוּin the morning,בַבֹּקֶרand the sunוְהַשֶּׁמֶשׁshoneזָרְחָהonעַלthe water,הַמָּיִםand Moabוַ מוֹאָבsawיִּרְאוּthe waterאֶת הַמַּיִםacross from themמִנֶּגֶדredאֲדֻמִּיםas blood.כַּדָּם
2 Kings 3:22
Study it in the app“They rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and Moab saw the water across from them red as blood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 3:22, word by word
- They rose earlyיַּשְׁכִּימוּyashkimu
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkimu” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- and the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- shoneזָרְחָהzarcha
rise, shine
Rise (of the sun); shine, dawn.
Where else “zarcha” appears- the waterמָּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- sawיִּרְאוּyiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appears- across from themנֶּגֶדneged
aloof
Opposite, at a distance.
Where else “neged” appears- redאֲדֻמִּיםadumim
red
Red, reddish.
Where else “adumim” appears- as bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” 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
21All Moab heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, and they were called out, all from those who could gird on a belt and upward, and they stood at the border.
22 · This verse (above)
23They said, “This is blood! The kings have surely fought among themselves and struck one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”