The kingהַמֶּלֶךְgot upוַיָּקָםin the nightלַיְלָהand saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלhis servants,עֲבָדָיו“Let me tellאַגִּידָה נָּאyouלָכֶםwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרAramאֲרָםhas doneעָשׂוּto us.לָנוּThey knowיָדְעוּthatכִּיweאֲנַחְנוּare hungry,רְעֵבִיםand they have gone outוַיֵּצְאוּofמִןthe campהַמַּחֲנֶהto hideלְהֵחָבֵהin the field,בַשָּׂדֶהsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Whenכִּיthey come outיֵצְאוּofמִןthe city,הָעִירwe will seize themוְנִתְפְּשֵׂםaliveחַיִּיםand getוְ נָבֹאintoאֶלthe city.’”הָעִיר
2 Kings 7:12
Study it in the app“The 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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 7:12, word by word
- The kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- got upיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- in the nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- “Let me tellאַגִּידָהagida
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “agida” appears- Aramאֲרָםaram
Aram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appears- has doneעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- They knowיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- are hungryרְעֵבִיםreevim
hungry
Hungry, suffering hunger.
Where else “reevim” appears- and they have gone outיֵּצְאוּyetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- to hideהֵחָבֵהhechave
hide
Hide oneself, take cover so as not to be found.
Where else “hechave” appears- in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- we will seize themנִתְפְּשֵׂnitpse
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “nitpse” appears- aliveחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears- and getנָבֹאnavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “navo” appears
The context
11The gatekeepers called out, and they told it to the king’s household inside.
12 · This verse (above)
13One of his servants answered and said, “Let men take, please, five of the remaining horses, which are left in it; look, they are like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; look, they are like all the multitude of Israel that have perished; and let us send and see.”