2 Kings 23:31
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהוֹאָחָז
Yᵉhôwʼâchâz
Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites
עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
מַלְכוּת
malkûwth
a rule; concretely, a dominion
מָלַךְ
mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
חֹדֶשׁ
chôdesh
the new moon; by implication, a month
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
חֲמוּטַל
Chămûwṭal
Chamutal or Chamital, an Israelitess
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
יִרְמְיָה
Yirmᵉyâh
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
לִבְנָה
Libnâh
Libnah, a place in the Desert and one in Palestine
Key Terms in This Verse
מָלַךְ mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
Study H4427 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →Cross References
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
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