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They said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Thisזֶהis blood!דָּםThe kingsהַמְּלָכִיםhave surely fought among themselvesהָחֳרֵב נֶחֶרְבוּand struckוַיַּכּוּoneאִישׁanother.אֶת רֵעֵהוּNowוְעַתָּהto the plunder,לַשָּׁלָלMoab!”מוֹאָב
2 Kings 3:23
Study it in the app“They said, “This is blood! The kings have surely fought among themselves and struck one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 3:23, word by word
- They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- is bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- The kingsמְּלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- have surely fought among themselvesהָחֳרֵבhachorev
destroy each other
To destroy one another, to kill each other.
Where else “hachorev” appears- and struckיַּכּוּyaku
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yaku” appears- oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- anotherרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- to the plunderשָּׁלָלshalal
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appears- 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
22They rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and Moab saw the water across from them red as blood.
23 · This verse (above)
24They came to the camp of Israel, and Israel rose up and struck Moab, and they fled before them; and they struck in it, striking Moab.