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So we cookedוַנְּבַשֵּׁלmy sonבְּנִיand ate him;וַנֹּאכְלֵהוּand I saidוָאֹמַרto herאֵלֶיהָon the nextבַּ הָאַחֵרday,יּוֹם‘Giveתְּנִיyour son,בְּנֵךְand let us eat him’;וְנֹאכְלֶנּוּbut she has hiddenוַתַּחְבִּאher son.”בְּנָהּ
2 Kings 6:29
Study it in the app“So we cooked my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give your son, and let us eat him’; but she has hidden her son.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 6:29, word by word
- So we cookedנְּבַשֵּׁלnevashel
boil
To prepare food over the fire in a pot with water.
Where else “nevashel” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- and ate himנֹּאכְלֵnochle
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “nochle” appears- and I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- on the nextאַחֵרacher
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- ‘Giveתְּנִיteni
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “teni” appears- but she has hiddenתַּחְבִּאtachbi
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “tachbi” appears
The context
28The king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” She said, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, and let us eat him today, and my son we will eat tomorrow.’
29 · This verse (above)
30And it happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes, and he was passing by on the wall, and the people saw, and there was the sackcloth on his flesh underneath.