2 Kings 6:27
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אַיִן
ʼayin
where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
English grammatical function word ('barnfloor'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivale...
יֶקֶב
yeqeb
a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('barnfloor'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are ...
Study GRAM →יֶקֶב yeqeb
a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)
Study H3342 →Cross References
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
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