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Mesha,וּמֵישַׁעkingמֶלֶךְof Moab,מוֹאָבwasהָיָהa sheep breeder,נֹקֵדand he deliveredוְהֵשִׁיבto the kingלְמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלa hundredמֵאָהthousandאֶלֶףlambsכָּרִיםand a hundredוּמֵאָהthousandאֶלֶףramsאֵילִיםwith their wool.צָמֶר
2 Kings 3:4
Study it in the app“Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep breeder, and he delivered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams with their wool.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 3:4, word by word
- Meshaמֵישַׁעmesha
Mesha
Mesha. A personal name meaning "salvation, deliverance." He is the king of Moab who paid tribute to Israel and rebelled after Ahab's death (2 Kings 3:4-5). Another man also bears it (1 Chronicles 8:9).
Where else “mesha” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- a sheep breederנֹקֵדnoked
sheep breeder
Sheep breeder, owner of flocks. Said of Mesha, king of Moab (2 Kings 3:4), and of the prophet Amos (Amos 1:1).
Where else “noked” appears- and he deliveredהֵשִׁיבheshiv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “heshiv” 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- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- lambsכָּרִיםkarim
lamb
A fattened lamb.
Where else “karim” appears- ramsאֵילִיםelim
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “elim” appears- with their woolצָמֶרtsamer
wool
Wool.
Where else “tsamer” 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
3Only he clung to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin, he did not turn away from it.
4 · This verse (above)
5And it happened, when Ahab died, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.