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The gatekeepersהַשֹּׁעֲרִיםcalled out,וַיִּקְרָאand they told itוַיַּגִּידוּto the king’sהַמֶּלֶךְhouseholdבֵּיתinside.פְּנִימָה
2 Kings 7:11
Study it in the app“The gatekeepers called out, and they told it to the king’s household inside.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 7:11, word by word
- The gatekeepersשֹּׁעֲרִיםshoarim
gatekeeper
Gatekeeper: one who guards the gate of a city, a palace or the temple. In Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah it is an office of the Levites.
Where else “shoarim” appears- called outיִּקְרָאyikra
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikra” appears- and they told itיַּגִּידוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- to the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- householdבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- insideפְּנִימָהpenima
inside
Toward the inside, within.
Where else “penima” appears
The context
10They came and called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, saying, “We came to the camp of Aram, and there was no one there, not a human sound, but only the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were.”
11 · This verse (above)
12The king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what Aram has done to us. They know that we are hungry, and they have gone out of the camp to hide in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we will seize them alive and get into the city.’”