2 Kings 14:7
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱדֹם
ʼĔdôm
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
גַּיְא
gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
מֶלַח
melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
עֶשֶׂר
ʻeser
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
יׇקְתְאֵל
Yoqthᵉʼêl
Joktheel, the name of a place in Palestine, and of one in Idumaea
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
Key Terms in This Verse
יׇקְתְאֵל Yoqthᵉʼêl
Joktheel, the name of a place in Palestine, and of one in Idumaea
Study H3371 →מֶלַח melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
Study H4417 →אֱדֹם ʼĔdôm
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
Study H123 →גַּיְא gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Study H1516 →מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Study H4421 →אֶלֶף ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Study H505 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →Cross References
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
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