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They said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“A lie!שֶׁקֶרTellהַגֶּדus,לָנוּplease.”נָאHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thusכָּזֹאתand thusוְכָזֹאתhe saidאָמַרto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָה“I have anointed youמְשַׁחְתִּיךָkingלְמֶלֶךְoverאֶלIsrael.”’”יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Kings 9:12
Study it in the app“They said, “A lie! Tell us, please.” He said, “Thus and thus he said to me, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH, “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 9:12, 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- “A lieשֶׁקֶרsheker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appears- Tellהַגֶּדhaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “haged” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- “I have anointed youמְשַׁחְתִּיmeshachti
anoint
To pour oil on someone to set them apart for God.
Where else “meshachti” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Israel.”’יִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
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
The context
11Jehu went out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?” He said to them, “You know the man and his talk.”
12 · This verse (above)
13They hurried, and each man took his garment and they put it under him on the bare steps; and they blew the shofar and said, “Jehu is king!”