2 Kings 13:19

Bible › 2 Kings › Chapter 13 › Verse 19

And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.But the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to it. But now you will strike down Aram only three times.”

In other translations

And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.But the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to it. But now you will strike down Aram only three times.”

Hebrew words

וַיִּקְצֹףvaiyiktzofand he was angryH7107עָלָיו'alavtowards himH5921אִישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376הָאֱלֹהִיםha'elohim<the> GodH430וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לְהַכּוֹתlehakotto strikeH5221חָמֵשׁchameshfiveH2568אוֹ־'ov-orH176שֵׁשׁsheshsixH8337פְּעָמִיםpe'amimtimesH6471אָז'azthenH227הִכִּיתָhikitayou have struck downH5221אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֲרָם'aramAramH758עַד־'ad-untilH5704כַּלֵּהkalehmake an endH3615וְעַתָּהve'atahand nowH6258שָׁלֹשׁshaloshthreeH7969פְּעָמִיםpe'amimtimesH6471תַּכֶּהtakehyou will strike downH5221אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֲרָם׃ ס'aramAramH758

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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People and places

Places: Syria

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