He came,וַיָּבֹאand there wereוְהִנֵּהthe commandersשָׂרֵיof the army,הַחַיִלsitting.יֹשְׁבִיםHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I have a wordדָּבָר לִיfor you,אֵלֶיךָcommander.”הַשָּׂרJehuיֵהוּאsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Forאֶלwhichמִיofמִall of us?”כֻּלָּנוּHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“For you,אֵלֶיךָcommander.”הַשָּׂר
2 Kings 9:5
Study it in the app“He came, and there were the commanders of the army, sitting. He said, “I have a word for you, commander.” Jehu said, “For which of all of us?” He said, “For you, commander.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 9:5, word by word
- He cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- the commandersשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- of the armyחַיִלchayil
army
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chayil” appears- sittingיֹשְׁבִיםyoshvim
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshvim” appears- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “I have a wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- Jehuיֵהוּאyehu
Jehu
Jehu: a name meaning "YHWH is he." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Hanani, who spoke against Baasha (1 Kings 16), and the king of Israel anointed to put an end to the house of Ahab (2 Kings 9–10).
Where else “yehu” appears
The context
4The young man, the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead.
5 · This verse (above)
6He got up and went into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, ‘I have anointed you king over the people of YHWH, over Israel.