Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAnd when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel. Young's Literal Translation And it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the letter unto them, that they take the sons of the king, and slaughter seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and send unto him to Jezreel, King James Bible And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him [them] to Jezreel. Hebrew Andוַיְהִ֗י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be when the letter הַסֵּ֙פֶר֙ (has·sê·p̄er) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5612: A missive, document, writing, book arrived, כְּבֹ֤א (kə·ḇō) Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go they took וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (way·yiq·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3947: To take the king’s הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king sons בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son and slaughtered וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ (way·yiš·ḥă·ṭū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7819: To slaughter, beat all seventy שִׁבְעִ֣ים (šiḇ·‘îm) Number - common plural Strong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number) of them, אִ֑ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person put וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ (way·yā·śî·mū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set their heads רָֽאשֵׁיהֶם֙ (rā·šê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 7218: The head in baskets, בַּדּוּדִ֔ים (bad·dū·ḏîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1731: A pot, a basket and sent וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּ (way·yiš·lə·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out them to Jehu אֵלָ֖יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to at Jezreel. יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃ (yiz·rə·‘e·lāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 3157: Jezreel -- 'God sows', two Israelites, also two cities in Israel, also a valley in Northern Israel |
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